Google assisting the Pentagon in developing AI for its drones

Google is working with the US Department of Defense to develop AI algorithms to identify objects in videos taken by drones. So far, it's unclear exactly what technology is being used and how involved Google are. But it's all part of Project Maven, a programme launched by the Pentagon last year in April. The goal is to start an Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team to advance computer vision techniques using machine learning to autonomously extract useful information from footage. Hopefully the systems will be smarter than human operators, who can't seem to tell the difference between an Afghan wedding and a terrorist encampment.