{"id":127205,"date":"2024-02-26T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127205"},"modified":"2024-02-26T17:40:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:40:28","slug":"bloomberg-us-used-ai-to-help-find-middle-east-targets-for-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127205","title":{"rendered":"(Bloomberg) US Used AI to Help Find Middle East Targets for Airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US used artificial intelligence to identify targets hit by air strikes in the Middle East this month, a defense official said, revealing\u00a0<\/strong>growing military use of the technology for combat.<\/p>\n

Machine learning algorithms that can teach themselves to identify objects helped to narrow down targets for more than 85 US air strikes on Feb. 2, according to Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer for US Central Command, which runs US military operations in the Middle East. The Pentagon said those strikes were conducted by US bombers and fighter aircraft against seven facilities in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been using computer vision to identify where there might be threats,\u201d\u00a0Moore<\/a>\u00a0said in an interview with Bloomberg News. \u201cWe\u2019ve certainly had more opportunities to target in the last 60 to 90 days,\u201d she said, adding the US is currently looking for \u201can awful lot\u201d of rocket launchers from hostile forces in the region.<\/p>\n

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The US used AI to identify targets hit by air strikes in the Middle East this month, a defense official says, revealing growing military use of the technology for combat https:\/\/t.co\/UmIJrNz5Or<\/a> via @technology<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rosalind Mathieson (@RosMathieson) February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n