The Pentagon's AI director talks killer robots, facial recognition, and China

Joint AI Center (JAIC) acting director Nand Mulchandani said one of JAIC's first lethal AI projects is proceeding into a testing phase now. The JAIC was founded in 2018 to act as the Pentagon's leader in all things AI, and initially focused on non-lethal forms. Mulchandani shared few specifics, but called the project "tactical edge AI" that will involve full human control and likened it to JAIC's "flagship product" for joint warfighting operations. "It is true that many of the products we work on will go into weapons systems. None of them right now are going to be autonomous weapon systems, we're still governed by 3000.09," he said.