The director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, listens during a round table meeting at the Pentagon on Feb. 12, 2019. (DOD / U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I.

The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division at the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (Air Force photo) Silicon Valley might not like the idea of war, Lt. Col.

Google will not seek another contract for Project Maven, a controversial military program that uses artificial intelligence to improve drone targeting, according to Gizmodo. Citing three sources with ...

The group is promoting a set of principles to guide the development of AI systems that won't trample on human rights. In wake of Project Maven backlash, Google unveils new AI policies Today Google ...

It remains unclear exactly what role the tech industry continues to play in the Pentagon initiative that seeks to use machine learning technology to quickly analyze images captured on the battlefield, ...

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, senior Washington correspondent Saleha Mohsin talks for her podcast with a former Defense ...

Drones like the MQ-9 Reaper (pictured) provide a valuable ISR capability when not on strike missions. However, their use in the targeted killing program has led to objections from the technology ...

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 ...