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Adm. Frank Bradley, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, told attendees of a recent annual special forces conference in Tampa, Florida, that troops \u201chave to be very careful about how we come to (AI\u2019s) employment and its inspiration into the delivery of lethality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bradley said he can see a future where AI determines what targets to hit but that \u201cwe, as humans, have to have the confidence that \u2026 it\u2019s going to deliver violence only where we intend it to be delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The remarks from Bradley, who oversees the units that handle the military\u2019s most difficult and dangerous operations, about the need to ensure safeguards come as his boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is pushing to rapidly\u00a0evolve the military through AI. It is a push that has led to\u00a0clashes with some tech companies\u00a0worried about safety measures.<\/p>\n
Hegseth has insisted that the Pentagon be allowed to use the technology any legal way it sees fit. He\u00a0told an audience of SpaceX employees\u00a0in January he would reject any AI models \u201cthat won\u2019t allow you to fight wars\u201d and that his vision for the technology was systems that operate \u201cwithout ideological constraints that limit lawful military applications.\u201d<\/p>\n
AI\u2019s use in the military is part of the Republican administration\u2019s larger push to grow the capability it sees as a unique American advantage even as it faces\u00a0pressure to ensure responsible safeguards.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump abruptly called off plans to sign\u00a0a new AI executive order\u00a0hours before an expected White House ceremony over concerns the measure could dull America\u2019s edge on AI technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re leading China, we\u2019re leading everybody, and I don\u2019t want to do anything that\u2019s going to get in the way of that lead,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n
Two differing AI worlds within the military<\/p>\n
When asked about Bradley\u2019s remarks, a Pentagon official said efforts are focused on using AI to create \u201cfunctional battlefield tools\u201d that can help troops come up with and identify targets more quickly and, as a result, speed up strikes on those targets. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to offer more candid remarks.<\/p>\n
Officials at U.S. Special Operations Command talked about AI not as something that will help eliminate targets but rather as a tool that can offer troops more time to focus on their mission.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Maj. Andrew Krogman, the top enlisted official for U.S. Special Operations Command, said at the conference that he sees AI handling administrative tasks to free up operators or helping modernize how the command does business.<\/p>\n
Melissa Johnson, the top acquisition official for the command, said AI should be \u201creducing the cognitive workload on mundane tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re leveraging AI more and more, but it\u2019s not to replace operator judgment, it\u2019s to enhance it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Helen Toner, interim executive director at Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, said those differing descriptions about AI in the military are both true.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a huge number of potential uses for AI in these kinds of bureaucratic settings, which the U.S. military is actively exploring,\u201d Toner said.<\/p>\n
Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, head of Air Force Special Operations Command,\u00a0told a congressional committee\u00a0in May that his troops used AI \u201cbots\u201d to convert top secret intelligence down to a secret classification within seconds to make it easier to share with drone operators on the ground during the Iran war.<\/p>\n
However, there is no doubt that AI also is helping the military find and strike targets.<\/p>\n
The center that Toner oversees\u00a0published a case study\u00a0two years ago on how the Army\u2019s 18th Airborne Corps used AI to target artillery strikes \u201cjust as efficiently as the best unit in recent American history\u201d and with 2,000 fewer service members.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuman operators are still the ones making crucial decisions, but AI \u2026 is making it possible to operate with a new level of speed and scale,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
AI safety has created a public dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic<\/p>\n
The clash over the integration of AI into the military, who ultimately controls the technology and the ethics behind its use has played out in unusually public fashion during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Hegseth and Anthropic are\u00a0embroiled in a bitter contract dispute\u00a0over the company\u2019s\u00a0concerns about unchecked government use\u00a0of its technology, including the dangers of\u00a0fully autonomous armed drones\u00a0and of AI-assisted mass surveillance that could track dissent.<\/p>\n
After CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns about how the chatbot Claude is used in classified Pentagon networks, both Trump and Hegseth accused Anthropic of endangering national security.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Pentagon formally labeled\u00a0the San Francisco-based company\u00a0a supply chain risk\u00a0\u2014 ending its $200 million defense contract and prohibited other government contractors from working with the company.<\/p>\n
Anthropic sued, claiming the Pentagon is illegally retaliating by stigmatizing the company with a designation meant to protect against sabotage of national security systems by foreign adversaries. The Pentagon has since emphasized its\u00a0turn to Anthropic rivals\u00a0\u2014 including Google, OpenAI and SpaceX \u2014 to secure AI technology that can \u201caugment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toner, a former OpenAI board member ousted after a clash with CEO Sam Altman, said \u201cthe general public often seems to underestimate the caution with which the U.S. military approaches new technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCommanders want their missions to succeed, which means both being able to create lethal effects at scale, and avoiding unintended effects like friendly fire, civilian casualties, or simply identifying targets incorrectly,\u201d she said.The Trump administration is pushing to unleash the power of\u00a0artificial intelligence for the U.S. military\u00a0while facing\u00a0calls to put up guardrails\u00a0around the rapidly developing technology from some companies \u2014 and even notes of caution from top leaders in uniform.<\/p>\n
Adm. Frank Bradley, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, told attendees of a recent annual special forces conference in Tampa, Florida, that troops \u201chave to be very careful about how we come to (AI\u2019s) employment and its inspiration into the delivery of lethality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bradley said he can see a future where AI determines what targets to hit but that \u201cwe, as humans, have to have the confidence that \u2026 it\u2019s going to deliver violence only where we intend it to be delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The remarks from Bradley, who oversees the units that handle the military\u2019s most difficult and dangerous operations, about the need to ensure safeguards come as his boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is pushing to rapidly\u00a0evolve the military through AI. It is a push that has led to\u00a0clashes with some tech companies\u00a0worried about safety measures.<\/p>\n
Hegseth has insisted that the Pentagon be allowed to use the technology any legal way it sees fit. He\u00a0told an audience of SpaceX employees\u00a0in January he would reject any AI models \u201cthat won\u2019t allow you to fight wars\u201d and that his vision for the technology was systems that operate \u201cwithout ideological constraints that limit lawful military applications.\u201d<\/p>\n
AI\u2019s use in the military is part of the Republican administration\u2019s larger push to grow the capability it sees as a unique American advantage even as it faces\u00a0pressure to ensure responsible safeguards.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump abruptly called off plans to sign\u00a0a new AI executive order\u00a0hours before an expected White House ceremony over concerns the measure could dull America\u2019s edge on AI technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re leading China, we\u2019re leading everybody, and I don\u2019t want to do anything that\u2019s going to get in the way of that lead,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n
Two differing AI worlds within the military<\/p>\n
When asked about Bradley\u2019s remarks, a Pentagon official said efforts are focused on using AI to create \u201cfunctional battlefield tools\u201d that can help troops come up with and identify targets more quickly and, as a result, speed up strikes on those targets. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to offer more candid remarks.<\/p>\n
Officials at U.S. Special Operations Command talked about AI not as something that will help eliminate targets but rather as a tool that can offer troops more time to focus on their mission.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Maj. Andrew Krogman, the top enlisted official for U.S. Special Operations Command, said at the conference that he sees AI handling administrative tasks to free up operators or helping modernize how the command does business.<\/p>\n
Melissa Johnson, the top acquisition official for the command, said AI should be \u201creducing the cognitive workload on mundane tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re leveraging AI more and more, but it\u2019s not to replace operator judgment, it\u2019s to enhance it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Helen Toner, interim executive director at Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, said those differing descriptions about AI in the military are both true.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a huge number of potential uses for AI in these kinds of bureaucratic settings, which the U.S. military is actively exploring,\u201d Toner said.<\/p>\n
Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, head of Air Force Special Operations Command,\u00a0told a congressional committee\u00a0in May that his troops used AI \u201cbots\u201d to convert top secret intelligence down to a secret classification within seconds to make it easier to share with drone operators on the ground during the Iran war.<\/p>\n
However, there is no doubt that AI also is helping the military find and strike targets.<\/p>\n
The center that Toner oversees\u00a0published a case study\u00a0two years ago on how the Army\u2019s 18th Airborne Corps used AI to target artillery strikes \u201cjust as efficiently as the best unit in recent American history\u201d and with 2,000 fewer service members.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuman operators are still the ones making crucial decisions, but AI \u2026 is making it possible to operate with a new level of speed and scale,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
AI safety has created a public dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic<\/p>\n
The clash over the integration of AI into the military, who ultimately controls the technology and the ethics behind its use has played out in unusually public fashion during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Hegseth and Anthropic are\u00a0embroiled in a bitter contract dispute\u00a0over the company\u2019s\u00a0concerns about unchecked government use\u00a0of its technology, including the dangers of\u00a0fully autonomous armed drones\u00a0and of AI-assisted mass surveillance that could track dissent.<\/p>\n
After CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns about how the chatbot Claude is used in classified Pentagon networks, both Trump and Hegseth accused Anthropic of endangering national security.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Pentagon formally labeled\u00a0the San Francisco-based company\u00a0a supply chain risk\u00a0\u2014 ending its $200 million defense contract and prohibited other government contractors from working with the company.<\/p>\n
Anthropic sued, claiming the Pentagon is illegally retaliating by stigmatizing the company with a designation meant to protect against sabotage of national security systems by foreign adversaries. The Pentagon has since emphasized its\u00a0turn to Anthropic rivals\u00a0\u2014 including Google, OpenAI and SpaceX \u2014 to secure AI technology that can \u201caugment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toner, a former OpenAI board member ousted after a clash with CEO Sam Altman, said \u201cthe general public often seems to underestimate the caution with which the U.S. military approaches new technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCommanders want their missions to succeed, which means both being able to create lethal effects at scale, and avoiding unintended effects like friendly fire, civilian casualties, or simply identifying targets incorrectly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration is pushing to unleash the power of\u00a0artificial intelligence for the U.S. military\u00a0while facing\u00a0calls to put up guardrails\u00a0around the rapidly developing technology from some companies \u2014 and even notes of caution from top leaders in uniform.<\/p>\n
Adm. Frank Bradley, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, told attendees of a recent annual special forces conference in Tampa, Florida, that troops \u201chave to be very careful about how we come to (AI\u2019s) employment and its inspiration into the delivery of lethality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bradley said he can see a future where AI determines what targets to hit but that \u201cwe, as humans, have to have the confidence that \u2026 it\u2019s going to deliver violence only where we intend it to be delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The remarks from Bradley, who oversees the units that handle the military\u2019s most difficult and dangerous operations, about the need to ensure safeguards come as his boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is pushing to rapidly\u00a0evolve the military through AI. It is a push that has led to\u00a0clashes with some tech companies\u00a0worried about safety measures.<\/p>\n
Hegseth has insisted that the Pentagon be allowed to use the technology any legal way it sees fit. He\u00a0told an audience of SpaceX employees\u00a0in January he would reject any AI models \u201cthat won\u2019t allow you to fight wars\u201d and that his vision for the technology was systems that operate \u201cwithout ideological constraints that limit lawful military applications.\u201d<\/p>\n
AI\u2019s use in the military is part of the Republican administration\u2019s larger push to grow the capability it sees as a unique American advantage even as it faces\u00a0pressure to ensure responsible safeguards.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump abruptly called off plans to sign\u00a0a new AI executive order\u00a0hours before an expected White House ceremony over concerns the measure could dull America\u2019s edge on AI technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re leading China, we\u2019re leading everybody, and I don\u2019t want to do anything that\u2019s going to get in the way of that lead,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n
Two differing AI worlds within the military<\/p>\n
When asked about Bradley\u2019s remarks, a Pentagon official said efforts are focused on using AI to create \u201cfunctional battlefield tools\u201d that can help troops come up with and identify targets more quickly and, as a result, speed up strikes on those targets. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to offer more candid remarks.<\/p>\n
Officials at U.S. Special Operations Command talked about AI not as something that will help eliminate targets but rather as a tool that can offer troops more time to focus on their mission.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Maj. Andrew Krogman, the top enlisted official for U.S. Special Operations Command, said at the conference that he sees AI handling administrative tasks to free up operators or helping modernize how the command does business.<\/p>\n
Melissa Johnson, the top acquisition official for the command, said AI should be \u201creducing the cognitive workload on mundane tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re leveraging AI more and more, but it\u2019s not to replace operator judgment, it\u2019s to enhance it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Helen Toner, interim executive director at Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, said those differing descriptions about AI in the military are both true.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a huge number of potential uses for AI in these kinds of bureaucratic settings, which the U.S. military is actively exploring,\u201d Toner said.<\/p>\n
Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, head of Air Force Special Operations Command,\u00a0told a congressional committee\u00a0in May that his troops used AI \u201cbots\u201d to convert top secret intelligence down to a secret classification within seconds to make it easier to share with drone operators on the ground during the Iran war.<\/p>\n
However, there is no doubt that AI also is helping the military find and strike targets.<\/p>\n
The center that Toner oversees\u00a0published a case study\u00a0two years ago on how the Army\u2019s 18th Airborne Corps used AI to target artillery strikes \u201cjust as efficiently as the best unit in recent American history\u201d and with 2,000 fewer service members.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuman operators are still the ones making crucial decisions, but AI \u2026 is making it possible to operate with a new level of speed and scale,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
AI safety has created a public dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic<\/p>\n
The clash over the integration of AI into the military, who ultimately controls the technology and the ethics behind its use has played out in unusually public fashion during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Hegseth and Anthropic are\u00a0embroiled in a bitter contract dispute\u00a0over the company\u2019s\u00a0concerns about unchecked government use\u00a0of its technology, including the dangers of\u00a0fully autonomous armed drones\u00a0and of AI-assisted mass surveillance that could track dissent.<\/p>\n
After CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns about how the chatbot Claude is used in classified Pentagon networks, both Trump and Hegseth accused Anthropic of endangering national security.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Pentagon formally labeled\u00a0the San Francisco-based company\u00a0a supply chain risk\u00a0\u2014 ending its $200 million defense contract and prohibited other government contractors from working with the company.<\/p>\n
Anthropic sued, claiming the Pentagon is illegally retaliating by stigmatizing the company with a designation meant to protect against sabotage of national security systems by foreign adversaries. The Pentagon has since emphasized its\u00a0turn to Anthropic rivals\u00a0\u2014 including Google, OpenAI and SpaceX \u2014 to secure AI technology that can \u201caugment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toner, a former OpenAI board member ousted after a clash with CEO Sam Altman, said \u201cthe general public often seems to underestimate the caution with which the U.S. military approaches new technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCommanders want their missions to succeed, which means both being able to create lethal effects at scale, and avoiding unintended effects like friendly fire, civilian casualties, or simply identifying targets incorrectly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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