Defense policy bill aims to advance efforts on security for quantum computing, artificial intelligence

The final version of the annual defense policy bill now headed to the Senate floor includes provisions to accelerate work on securing federal systems against the future threat posed by quantum computing and to help advance the government’s work on promoting secure artificial intelligence development.

The House on Thursday approved the compromise fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act and the Senate is expected to follow suit this week. The measure addresses Pentagon and civilian government cyber programs.

The “Quantum...