DoD Growth In Artificial Intelligence: The Frontline Of A New Age In Defense
AI is a key growth investment area for DoD, with nearly $1 billion allocated for 2020. Breaking Defense takes an in-depth look at what's happening, and what's ahead.
AI, Cybersecurity, & The Data Trap: You Don’t Know Normal
"How do I even know what’s normal and what’s abnormal so I can detect anomalies? We simply don’t know," says Dean Souleles, chief technology advisor for the Director of National Intelligence.
The Army’s Digital Transformation
AI is reshaping the Army’s approach to cyber, electronic warfare and command and control. At TechNet Augusta 2026, leaders outlined how they’re turning emerging technology into capabilities for the battlefield.
Joint AI Chief: Start With 50% Solutions ASAP
The military will use Silicon Valley's approach to quickly field imperfect products, then rapidly improve them based on user feedback.
Campaign To Stop Killer Robots ‘Unethical’ & ‘Immoral’: Bob Work
"They’re willing to say, 'I’m willing to sacrifice the lives of American servicemen and women, I'm willing to take more civilian casualties ... on the off chance that sometime in the future this weapon will exist."
Air Combat Commander Doesn’t Trust Project Maven’s Artificial Intelligence — Yet
Before the Air Force will trust AI to pick out targets, Gen. Holmes said, it has to get smarter than a human three-year-old.
Army Seeks AI, Robotics For Grunts
Innovators! You have until Aug. 23 to submit white papers on how to make the future infantry squad “10 times more effective.”
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Why Bigger Fences Aren’t Enough in the Age of Drones
Traditional thinking about how to protect facilities must adapt to new threats such as drones or downstream attacks.
Simulating A Super Brain: Artificial Intelligence In Wargames
It’s one thing to wargame the impact of faster jets, bigger bombs, or tougher tanks. But how do you simulate something that’s smarter than you are?
Attacking Artificial Intelligence: How To Trick The Enemy
“Autonomy may look like an Achilles’ heel, and in a lot of ways it is” – but for both sides, DTRA's Nick Wager said. “I think that’s as much opportunity as that is vulnerability. We are good at this… and we can be better than the threat.”
Big Bad Data: Achilles’ Heel of Artificial Intelligence
An adversary who has access to the dataset your AI trained on can figure out what its likely blind spots are, said Brian Sadler, a senior scientist at the Army Research Laboratory: "If I know your data, I can create ways to fake out your system."