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British AI startup with government ties is developing tech for military drones (www.theguardian.com)

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A company that has worked closely with the UK government on artificial intelligence safety, the NHS and education is also developing AI for military drones.

The consultancy Faculty AI has “experience developing and deploying AI models on to UAVs”, or unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a defence industry partner company.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Yay contracts corruption, but now with "AI". Even the corruption gets buzzwords! For anyone worried about Robocop prototypes they still aren't talking about autonomous firing decisions. The biggest likely impact right now is probably some evasive ability in a loyal wingman or arsenal drone.