Officials say AI could automate software compliance tasks as the department scales agentic AI and GenAI adoption.<\/p>\n
The War Department is piloting AI agents to automate parts of its authority to operate (ATO) process, an effort officials say could shorten the time it takes to deploy new software.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Generative AI] could actually do a lot of the compliance tasks, versus having humans have to sit down and type out massive pages of documents every time,\u201d Chief Digital and AI Officer Cameron Stanley said Tuesday at AWS Summit Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Stanley said the current ATO process can take as long as two years<\/a>, which would mean software and AI models become outdated before they reach users. By using generative AI to perform compliance tasks and generate required documentation, the department hopes to compress those timelines and deliver new capabilities faster.<\/p>\n The effort reflects a broader push by the office to accelerate AI use across the department. Stanley touted the continued growth of GenAI.mil<\/a> as evidence of that transformation.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve gone from 60,000 users to over half of the department,\u201d Stanley said. \u201cThere are 3.3 million Department of War users that are out there \u2026 and over half of them have touched it.\u201d<\/p>\n