JULY 10, 2020 - When it comes to advancements in artificial intelligence technology, China does have a lead in some places — like spying on its own people and using facial recognition technology to identify political dissenters. But those are areas where the U.S. simply isn't pointing its investments in artificial intelligence, said director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2020
Air Force Stands Up Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
JULY 9, 2020 - The Department of the Air Force, in support of both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, stood up a special task force June 9, to address the issue of racial, ethnic and other demographic disparities and their impact on the forces. Also, on June 2, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett and service chiefs, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. … [Read more...]
AI Enables Efficiencies in Quantum Information Processing
JULY 9, 2020 - A new machine learning framework could pave the way for small, mobile quantum networks. Researchers from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory and Tulane University combined machine learning with quantum information science, or QIS, using photon measurements to reconstruct the quantum state of an unknown … [Read more...]
Navy Updates Face Covering Rules: What You Need to Know
JULY 9, 2020 - Since April 5, the Navy has required the wearing of cloth face coverings for all military, Navy civilian and contractors as well as family members while on DoD property, installations and facilities when maintaining proper social distancing between people isn’t possible. Those rules, laid out in NAVADMIN message 100/20, remain in effect. Now, the Navy’s top … [Read more...]
Servicemembers Can Exercise Their Voting Rights While Overseas
JULY 9, 2020 – Americans have the right to vote wherever they are, and the process for doing so while overseas is simple. U.S. citizens can go online, fill out a form, print and sign it and send it to the voter registrar at their home state of record. “Voting is a right that we all defend,” said 2nd Lt. Nathan Laughlin, of 2nd Theater Signal Brigade and the installation … [Read more...]