Lawmakers Want More AI for Military

Members of Congress are pushing the Pentagon to invest more in artificial intelligence for warfighting and improving business operations. The Defense Department has identified microelectronics, 5G communications and hypersonics as its top three research-and-development priorities. But House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said AI should be at the top of the list. "The most important technological advance is AI," he told reporters. "How we develop our AI technology and how we use it is going to be, I think, the No.1 priority" for those pulling the purse strings.