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Senators press witnesses on workforce, procurement pathways and energy limits to scale defense AI
Summary
Senators asked industry witnesses about workforce development, procurement entry points for industry and the energy demands of AI; witnesses recommended community training pipelines, clearer procurement pathways (citing Project Maven as a model) and rightsized models for edge deployment to reduce power needs.
Senators used the hearing to press industry witnesses on three practical constraints affecting DoD AI adoption: workforce development, procurement pathways for industry, and energy demands tied to large-scale AI systems.
On workforce, witnesses described existing and pilot efforts. Dan Tadros highlighted a St. Louis program described as training nontraditional hires to perform data development and imagery annotation and noted community-college certificate programs as a pathway into…
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