Countries Chip: Report and Maintenance Problems

countries chip: The report urges the U.S. to advance such technology swiftly before other countries chip away at its technological advantage. ; Other nations, particularly China and Russia, are making significant investments in AI for military purposes, including in applications that raise questions regarding international norms and human rights, the report says, according to The Japan Times. It makes little mention of autonomous weapons but cites a 2012 military directive that requires humans to be in control. Outlined its first AI strategy in a report released Tuesday, the Pentagon called for accelerating the use of AI systems throughout the military, from intelligence-gathering operations to predicting maintenance problems in planes or ships. The U.S. and Russia are among a handful of nations that have blocked efforts at the United Nations for an international ban on killer robots fully autonomous weapons systems that could one day conduct war without human intervention. The strategy unveiled by the Department of Defense this week is focused on more immediate applications, but even some of those have sparked ethical debates. The U.S. has argued that it is premature to try to regulate them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.