Israel Wants To Be An AI Superpower

Employees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel February 14, 2019. Picture taken February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen  

Reuters: Israel Aims to Be 'AI Superpower', Advance Autonomous Warfare 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel aims to parlay its technological prowess to become an artificial intelligence "superpower", the Defence Ministry director-general said on Monday, predicting advances in autonomous warfare and streamlined combat decision-making. 

Steps to harness rapid AI evolutions include the formation of a dedicated organisation for military robotics in the ministry, and a record-high budget for related research and development this year, retired army general Eyal Zamir said.  

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Update #1: Israel's goal is to be AI 'powerhouse' -- JNS  

Update #2: Between Iran, Russia and AI: Israel braces for a new phase in cyberwarfare -- Haaretz  

WNU Editor: The Israeli Defence Ministry director-general is stating what every military planner in the world is thinking. AI systems and networks is the future of warfare.