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Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE)

Funds theory and algorithms for large teams of AI agents that coordinate themselves while staying under human control.

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Militaries increasingly want to deploy not one autonomous system but many of them together, coordinating on a mission with no one available to micromanage them in real time. DICE exists to work out how that can be done without the coordination collapsing or running away from human control.

The program funds theory and algorithms for decentralized coordination and local inference control, aimed at…

AI

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: sam.gov