Pentagon's Adversarial AI Disinformation Capabilities May Lag Behind Peer Competitors

A defense department report identified gaps in u.s. adversarial ai disinformation capabilities compared to russia and china. The report detailed specific technical shortcomings and timeline estimates. The report was classified at a level that excluded the people who approve funding and strategy.

This happens because the classification level is determined before anyone knows what the findings will be. A different report, already at the right classification level, reached the decision-makers. That report may address adjacent issues or may not. The decision-makers now believe they have been briefed on the gap. they have been briefed on something.

The gap will widen. In two years a separate process will rediscover it and assign it a new classification level. Adequate will read that report too. It will use the same words.