On June 1, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) posted a request for information (RFI) for the AI Forge Program. Responses are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on June 22.
The AI Forge Program is seeking to identify the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and research areas of interest of U.S. universities. The program intends to conduct high-impact, fast-paced, university-led, fundamental AI research aimed at solving AI Forge’s Critical AI Challenges for National Security, which are detailed in the report found on DARPA’s website.
DARPA, in coordination with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is seeking brief responses from U.S. universities to inform the AI Forge program development process. AI Forge aims to cultivate a robust ecosystem that combines university research expertise with the advanced capabilities and operational ability of frontier AI companies to drive disruptive AI innovation for national security.
Strategically aligned with America’s AI Action Plan, the program focuses on advancing research in three core areas: AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness. The Critical AI Challenges for National Security were defined during a workshop with eight leading frontier AI companies and over fifteen chief AI officers from the Department of War (DOW), Intelligence Community (IC), and other government stakeholders to surface challenges in these strategic thrust areas.
The AI Forge program seeks to establish a multi-faceted forum comprised of universities, frontier AI companies, and U.S. government defense and security representatives. The program will execute Project Ventures – high-risk, high-reward, fast-paced university-led efforts ranging from $750K to $3M or higher – spanning up to one year in duration. DARPA anticipates several Project Venture awards each year of the program.
The purpose of this RFI is to gather information from U.S. universities, including military service academies, regarding their capabilities to conduct Project Venture level research on these critical challenges. Responses to this RFI will be leveraged by AI Forge forum stakeholders to establish a repository of U.S. universities aligned and interested in accelerating next-generation AI research to solve critical national security challenges.
Review the DARPA AI Forge Program RFI.
Source: SAM
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