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Pentagon sets up Task Force Lima to assess generative AI

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Source: U.S. Department of WarAlso reported by CSIAC (DTIC)

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks directed the creation of Task Force Lima, announced on 10 August 2023, to assess, synchronise and employ generative AI tools such as large language models across the Department of Defense. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, headed by Craig Martell, leads it, with Navy Captain M. Xavier Lugo as mission commander.

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Defence AI vendors had one Pentagon office assessing how large language models would be tested and used; its work passed to the CDAO’s AI Rapid Capabilities Cell in December 2024.

When
10 Aug 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0080
Who
Department of Defense, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office; Kathleen Hicks, Craig Martell

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from U.S. Department of War and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at U.S. Department of War

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Led toPentagon sets up AI Rapid Capabilities Cell and winds down Task Force Lima

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WTA-N-2023-0080: “Pentagon sets up Task Force Lima to assess generative AI.” wheresthe.ai, 10 Aug 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-dod-task-force-lima-2023-08/ (source: U.S. Department of War).

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