Algorithmic Warfare AI A Tool For Good and Bad

With promises of crunching mounds of data into bite-sized nuggets of actionable information, machine learning could be a breakthrough for the intelligence community. However, vulnerabilities within such systems could open them up to cyber attacks. Jason Matheny, director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, said his organization funds research at over 500 universities, colleges, businesses and labs. A third of his portfolio focuses on machine learning, speech recognition and video analytics. "For us, machine learning is an approach to dealing with this deluge of data that the intelligence community is confronted with," he said during a panel discussion at a Defense One event focusing on artificial intelligence.