The use of AI in military applications is a contentious topic, with companies like Anthropic facing internal and external pressure regarding ethical boundaries. Despite concerns, there's ongoing development and deployment of AI-powered tools for military operations, including drones and decision support systems.
While companies like Anthropic debate limits on military uses of AI, Smack Technologies is training specific models to plan battlefield operations. The article raises ethical and strategic questions about the use of AI in military contexts.
As the US continues its military operations, Anthropic models are being used for decision support. However, defense-tech clients are reportedly moving away.
UK-based startup Mutable Tactics raised €1.8 million in a pre-seed round. They aim to develop AI software for drone automation, enabling autonomous operations and decision-making in scenarios with unreliable or lost communications. The software seeks...
British startup Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1 million to develop AI software that improves drone deployment in combat scenarios with disrupted communications. The funding will be used to expand the engineering team and validate the technology with ...
The US Department of Defense is reverse-engineering Iranian-made Shahed drones. The goal is to better understand asymmetric warfare tactics and develop countermeasures, particularly through the use of AI-controlled drone swarms within the LUCAS proje...
