# National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence **Entity class:** Federal advisory commission ## Definition The **National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI)** was a congressionally created commission that assessed how the United States should advance AI, machine learning, and associated technologies for national-security and defense needs. Its final report treated AI as a general-purpose capability affecting intelligence, military power, economic competitiveness, talent, data, and institutional organization. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Jason Matheny|Jason Matheny]], [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence and National Security|Artificial Intelligence and National Security]], [[wiki/Military AI|Military AI]], and [[wiki/Public-Private Intelligence Ecosystem|Public-Private Intelligence Ecosystem]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, *Final Report*, March 2021](https://www.dwt.com/-/media/files/blogs/artificial-intelligence-law-advisor/2021/03/nscai-final-report--2021.pdf). **As of:** 2026-09-23