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Autonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, As DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021

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Autonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, As DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles

An XQ-58A Valkyrie launches at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. on Dec. 9, 2020 in the fifth launch for the drone. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon recently demonstrated autonomous, artifical intelligence (AI)-enabled tracking of mobile targets--an effort simultaneous with other such AI drone projects and DoD's development of principles for ethical AI use, a top official said on June 22. Last month, a memorandum from Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks re-affirmed DoD's commitment to such principles, and Barbara McQuiston, the acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (R&E), said on June 22 that Hicks' memo "puts us on a strong foundation." On…

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