The Pentagon on Friday named as Chief Data Officer a ?computer scientist who aided billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts ?to overhaul the government last year and ?who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online. In a social media post, the Pentagon said Gavin Kliger’s new role “places him at the ?center of the Department’s most ambitious AI efforts,” focusing on “day-to-day alignment and execution of the Department’s ?AI projects, working directly with America’s frontier AI ?labs ?to support the warfighter.” The Pentagon did not ?immediately respond to a Reuters request for more comment. Kliger did not immediately return a message. Kliger,...