NASA has three slightly different definitions of what is classified as artificial intelligence technology.
NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that agency personnel have their own understanding of what the term AI means, rather than the formal definition provided by the agency. Risk of cyber threats.
NASA has various agency programs to use AI technology to prevent cybersecurity risks and threats, including storm forecasting tools, the Mars Perseverance rover, and elements of the Artemis space mission to define and manage AI.
“NASA has not adopted a standard definition of AI and instead has three separate definitions,” NASA’s OIG said in a May 3 report, “Managing Its Artificial Intelligence Capabilities. ” was discovered. “Although all three definitions are similar, the subtleties and nuances of each can change whether a given technology is properly considered AI.”
“As a result, NASA does not have a single designation or classification mechanism for accurately classifying and tracking AI or identifying AI spending within NASA’s financial system. It is becoming difficult to meet federal requirements to monitor the.” report added.
NASA OIG has recommended that agencies create a standardized definition of AI that “harmonizes” the three existing definitions. This will allow the new definition to maintain an institution’s AI use case inventory. Identify classification mechanisms that support the application of federal requirements for cybersecurity management and monitoring practices. We will also develop a way to track budgets and spending for AI use case inventories.
NASA has agreed or partially agreed with the OIG’s recommendations and has outlined how they will be addressed.
