Sea state The US Navy has announced $1 billion in contracts to supply systems for its new fleet of unmanned ships. Ten unmanned surface vessels are expected to be completed by 2025, and six extra-large …
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Editors’ picks for 2019: ‘AI and autonomous systems are urgent priorities for today’s defence force’
Originally published 29 April 2019. The 2016 defence white paper and the decades-long integrated investment program will deliver a future force that includes 72 joint strike fighters, several hundred infantry fighting vehicles, nine new frigates …
The beat Canadian intelligence officer accused of espionage The director-general of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s intelligence unit has been charged with obtaining and storing classified information with the intent of sharing it with a …
The Chinese government’s surveillance state in Xinjiang, where an estimated 1.5 million Uyghurs are being detained in ‘re-education camps’, has created a booming business for high-tech surveillance companies. Koala AI Technology is one of the …
The public discourse on artificial intelligence in the military context tends to get messy very quickly. There seems to be an AI variant of Godwin’s law (which holds that as any online discussion grows longer, …