Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Section 1087 ("Establishment of Department of Defense working group on multilateral artificial intelligence coordination")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: FY2025 NDAA;NDAA provisions
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-12-23

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Competitive dynamics

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with limited implicit references to competitive dynamics (6.4) through international AI coordination efforts, and potential implicit coverage of governance structures (6.5) through the establishment of multilateral coordination mechanisms. The document primarily focuses on operational coordination rather than risk mitigation.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• National Security

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the National Security sector through the establishment of a Department of Defense working group for coordinating AI initiatives with allies. It also has minimal coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services through references to R&D activities.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative provision enacted by the United States Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, containing mandatory obligations on the Secretary of Defense with specific timelines and requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a section of legislation enacted by the United States Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense; allies and partners of the United States
• Summary: The legislation directly targets the Secretary of Defense who must establish the working group, and indirectly targets U.S. allies and partners who will be invited to participate in the working group.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Secretary of Defense
• Summary: Congress has legislative oversight authority to ensure compliance with the statute. The Secretary of Defense has authority to implement and manage the working group's activities.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Department of Defense
• Summary: Congress maintains oversight authority over implementation of the statute. The working group itself will monitor and coordinate AI initiatives among member countries.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Build and Use Model, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It addresses research, development, testing, evaluation, and employment of AI systems for defense operations, as well as ongoing coordination and interoperability efforts.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions 'artificial intelligence systems' and 'artificial intelligence technologies' throughout but does not define specific AI types such as frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or generative AI. No compute thresholds or open-weight models are mentioned.