Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military
7 days ago
- #Military Intelligence
- #Vannevar Labs
- #Generative AI
- Generative AI is being tested by the US military for intelligence collection and interpretation.
- The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit used AI to analyze open-source intelligence faster than manual methods.
- Vannevar Labs, a defense-tech company, received a $99 million contract to develop AI tools for military use.
- AI tools translate, summarize, and analyze data, including sentiment analysis of foreign news sources.
- The Pentagon plans to spend $100 million on generative AI pilots in the next two years.
- Concerns include AI inaccuracies, the subjectivity of sentiment analysis, and susceptibility to misinformation.
- Experts debate whether AI will be a supplementary tool or a trusted decision-making aid in military operations.