Marines Mandate Servicewide AI Training by Year’s End

Marine Corps mandates ‘Basic AI’ training course for all troops

All active-duty Marines and reservists must complete a new Basic AI Course before the end of the calendar year, according to a MARADMIN message released May 8. The announcement comes amid a broader push by the Marine Corps, and the Defense Department writ large, to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence capabilities for warfighting and back-office functions. One of the strategic goals outlined in the Corps’ AI implementation plan, re…

Marines must complete new course on the ‘practical application’ of AI

Just as all Marines are riflemen, they must now also be proficient in a new battlefield technology: Artificial intelligence, or AI. All Marines have until Dec. 31 to complete a roughly 45-minute online course about the basics of AI, according to a recent Marine Administrative Message, or MARADMIN. Civilians working for the Marine Corps are also “highly encouraged” to take the course, the message says. “Designed for Marines of all ranks and occup…

Marines mandate servicewide AI training by year’s end

The Marine Corps will require all Marines to complete a basic artificial intelligence course by the end of the year.