The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center—a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed, and integrated into US defense and intelligence systems, the agency's outgoing director announced Thursday. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone said the center would be incorporated into the NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, where it works with private industry and international partners to harden the US defense-industrial base against threats from adversaries led by China and Russia, the AP reports. "We maintain an advantage in AI in the United States today. That AI advantage should not be taken for granted," Nakasone said at…