Science & Tech
The US intelligence community is embracing generative AI
Intelligence agencies are using generative AI for a variety of purposes, including content triage and assisting analysts.
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DARPA wants to use AI to find new rare minerals
With spectral analysis, it’s possible to “tell the difference [between] cocaine that came from one cartel’s area of Colombia versus another.”
Defense Systems
Homeland Security tests AI waters with tools for intel analysts
The pilot program is starting with unclassified data.
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Army to seek industry help on AI
"We're not gonna develop our algorithms better than y’all,” a service acquisition leader told an industry conference.
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How AI is turning satellite imagery into a window on the future
What can a picture from space tell you? “You're likely to have a drought here that might lead to civil unrest.”
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Air Force tests AI-designed, 3D-printed drones
Qatar-based Task Force 99 is also eyeing a new U.S. component.
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As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons
A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.
Threats
How Russia-, China-linked actors use OpenAI for disinformation
American AI tools are boosting disinformation around the world. That has the makers of those tools concerned.
Defense Systems
Pentagon bets $480m on AI-fueled intel platform
Starting June 1, a Palantir system will bring enhanced intelligence data to the Joint Staff and combatant commands.
Policy
'Swarm pilots' will need new tactics—and entirely new training methods: Air Force special-ops chief
AFSOC will expand on groundbreaking experiments this summer, Lt. Gen. Bauernfeind says in interview.
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AI-powered F-16 impresses ride-along SECAF in dogfight
Air Force will deploy armed, automated aircraft around 2030, Kendall says.
Defense Systems
There’s ‘still more work to be done’ for DOD on AI
The Pentagon has started to use the technology, but challenges lie ahead.
Science & Tech
AI, new tech are creating a special-operations ‘renaissance’
U.S. SOCOM wants to use new tools to give small teams a big punch.
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Giant military manta ray drone passes first ocean test
Manta Ray prototype demonstrates propulsion, steering in step toward “real-world operations.”
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How digital engineering could produce new weapons faster
“This enables process automation more broadly,” GDIT engineer says of new accelerator.
Defense Systems
The Army is trying to identify all the obstacles to adopting AI in 100 days
Launched in March, the effort is looking at poisoned datasets, adversarial attacks, Trojans, and more.
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