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Sept. 12, 2024

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Angela Shefield, Director of AI Programs at SAIC, and retired Air Force Col. John “BigDogg” Rhone, SAIC’s C5ISR Programs Lead, explain how artificial intelligence and machine learning are evolving beyond bespoke applications and how SAIC is helping to enable next-generation AI capabilities for critical problem sets like accelerating kill chains and enhancing command and control.

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