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SOUTHCOM Head Pushes Area As AI Testbed, Dealing With Russia/China Competition

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SOUTHCOM Head Pushes Area As AI Testbed, Dealing With Russia/China Competition
Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The head of Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is advocating his forces as a place to test new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning while separately dealing with increasing military sales competition from Russian and China.SOUTHCOM does not often get much attention in defense strategy or budgets, but commander Adm. Kurt Tidd is arguing its diverse range of threats make it a good testbed for artificial intelligence and machine learning to help process the intelligence and data his command gathers.Speaking…

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