; and (D) leverage advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning in the private sector. (b) Periodic briefings Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, not less frequently than twice each year thereafter until the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until the date that is 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense shall jointly provide to the congressional intelligence committees and congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) briefings with updates on activities relating to, and the progress of, their respective artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives, particularly the Augmenting Intelligence Using Machines initiative and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. 404. Encouraging cooperative actions to detect and counter foreign influence operations (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Russian Federation, through military intelligence units, also known as the GRU , and Kremlin-linked troll organizations often referred to as the Internet Research Agency , deploy information warfare operations against the United States, its allies and partners, with the goal of advancing the strategic interests of the Russian Federation. (2) One line of effort deployed as part of these information warfare operations is the weaponization of social media platforms with the goals of intensifying societal tensions, undermining trust in governmental institutions within the United States, its allies and partners in the West, and generally sowing division, fear, and confusion. (3) These information warfare operations are a threat to the national security of the United States and that of the allies and partners of the United States. As Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats stated, These actions are persistent, they are pervasive and they