The Pentagon’s efforts in AI primarily are part of the military’s US$ 2.3 billion science and technology research budget, and revolve around the efforts of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in Washington.6 Additionally, the U. [...] Department of Defense had requested for US$ 874 million for artificial intelligence for the year 2022, which does not reflect the total investment of the department in AI.7 As of now, around 685 projects have been identified where the element of AI is part of the broader programme.8 For instance, the joint AI center is developing a targeting AI capability called ‘Smart Sensor’ which is ‘a video pr. [...] In 2019, the country produced its strategy for ‘the Development of AI’ through 2030.14 The document is designed to ensure accelerated development of AI and to conduct research in this area, enhance the availability of information and computing resources for users, as well as to improve training in this area.15 Besides the individual efforts of countries, there have also been collaborations among s. [...] However, a side effect of reduced costs is that the rise in exportation would reduce the ‘barriers to entry’, that is, such technologies could easily be available to non-state actors or sold in black markets, which is again a matter of concern.17 Also noteworthy is the research and development of AI drones in the commercial space which would further bring down the cost, but also make the availabil. [...] The US and a few other countries have been working with a series of start-ups to explore the potential terrain of AI drones in the military.18 Reports had highlighted that Google’s AI technology is being used by the US military for its Project Maven to analyse a vast amount of data and detect objects, however, this was later pulled out in 2018 after a series of protests.19 It indicates the tricky.
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