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Industry witnesses urge DoD to prioritize AI-ready data, enterprise infrastructure and acquisition reform

2906915 · March 25, 2025
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Summary

Representatives of Scale AI and Cohere told senators the Department of Defense must build AI-ready data systems, adopt an "implementation-first" mindset, and reform procurement to field AI tools faster and avoid vendor lock-in.

Dan Tadros, head of public sector at Scale AI, and David Farris, global head of public sector at Cohere, told the Cyber Subcommittee that three near-term actions would help the Department of Defense adopt AI at scale: create AI-ready data requirements and enterprise-wide data infrastructure, shift to an "implementation-first" mindset, and reform acquisition rules that slow AI deployment.

Tadros said the U.S. government is the "world's leader" in the quantity and diversity of data but that much of that data is unused. "If The US wants to…

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