Pentagon Developing AI to Aid Indo-Pacific and Other Commands
- Deputy Defense Secretary Hicks sees intriguing possibilities
- She says war in Ukraine has shown benefits of real-time data
The Pentagon, which already has 800 AI projects underway, has “obviously accelerated” its AI efforts.
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The Defense Department is speeding its development of artificial intelligence tools for the commander of US forces in the Indo-Pacific, according to a senior Defense official.
AI can assist Admiral John Aquilino, who is focused on the threat from China, with some of the problems “he is most worried about,” Deputy Defense secretary Kathleen Hicks said in an interview.