By Joe Phelan, Published by Live Science, 19 September 2023 The U.S. military research agency DARPA is spending millions to develop artificial intelligence that can help make strategic battlefield decisions. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is spending millions on research to use artificial intelligence (AI) in strategic
A British soldier tests a robotic dog. (Photo: MoD) By Richard Norton-Taylor, Published by Declassified UK, 12 September 2023 The Ministry of Defence is spending billions of pounds on artificial intelligence programmes to develop new lethal weapons - while refusing to disclose all its AI projects. The Ministry of Defence
By Ian DeMartino, Published by Sputnik, 6 September 2023 The first pilotless vehicles were developed by the United Kingdom and the United States during World War I but they were not used during the conflict. Reconnaissance drones were first used on a mass scale in Vietnam. However, deadly drone use
The Air Force’s pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft is run by artificial intelligence.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times By Eric Lipton, Published by NY Times, 28 August 2023 An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology, with
Ameca, a robot made by the UK's Engineered Arts interacts with visitors on July 6, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland. Johannes Simon / Getty Images By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 10 August 2023 A conversation with the leader of Task Force Lima reveals its objectives—and the main questions it's
A camouflaged Ukrainian military pilot is seen in the field as the Army of Drones announces the second stage of the UAV pilot training that will see 10,000 military personnel learn how to fly the drones and join the Defence Forces with new skills Volodymyr Tarasov / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via
Published by The Guardian, 3 June 2023 Colonel clarifies comments about ‘rogue AI drone’ that supposedly killed its operator A US air force colonel “misspoke” when he said at a Royal Aeronautical Society conference last month that a drone killed its operator in a simulated test because the pilot was
Published by The Guardian, 2 June 2023 Denial follows colonel saying drone used ‘highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal’ in virtual test The US air force has denied it has conducted an AI simulation in which a drone decided to “kill” its operator to prevent it from interfering with
