Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, provides command and control of air power throughout Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and 17 other nations. The CAOC is comprised of a joint and coalition team that executes day-to-day combined air and space operations and provides rapid reaction, positive control, coordination, and de-confliction of weapon systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Strang)
Defense Tech: With Google Out of Maven, DoD Still Wants AI to Sort Surveillance Data
Even as the U.S. Air Force continues to search out potential solutions for streamlining drone and surveillance operations, leaders want to use artificial intelligence systems to sift through collected data. And the Pentagon hopes it can still get Silicon Valley companies to participate, despite the recent exit of Google's Project Maven, a top general said Thursday.
"The place where [research and development] money is being spent in the the U.S. is primarily in the civilian business structure," Air Combat Command commander Gen. Mike "Mobile" Holmes told reporters during a breakfast in Washington, D.C. "For the military to be able to move forward into the future, we need to take advantage of where that R&D money is being spent and where the advances are in technology."
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Update: This Is Not How ‘Skynet’ Begins, Air Force Says of Artificial Intelligence Efforts (Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose)
WNU Editor: The Pentagon will find someone. There is just too much money on the table for someone to grab it.
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Fiiiiine. I'll do it. Sigh
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