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Killer Robots Are Here: Are AI-Powered Weapons the Future of Warfare?
War is already bad enough. What happens when human combatants are replaced by machines?
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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Fresh Funds for U.S. Research: The U.S. plans to build new civilian AI research labs.
The U.S. plans to build nearly a dozen new civilian AI research labs. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) committed $220 million to fund 11 National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, complementing seven other AI research institutes that were established last year.
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Phantom Menace: Fighter pilot trains against augmented reality jet.
A fighter pilot battled a true-to-life virtual enemy in midair. In the skies over southern California, an airman pitted his dogfighting skills against an AI-controlled opponent that was projected onto his augmented-reality visor.
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AI Versus Ace: An AI fighter pilot beat a human ace in a virtual dogfight.
An autonomous fighter pilot shot down a human aerial ace in virtual combat. Built by defense contractor Heron Systems, the system also defeated automated rivals from seven other companies to win the AlphaDogfight trial.