The IDF revealed its artificial intelligence (AI) war data "factory" and strategy on Tuesday as part of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik Virtual AI Week. Aviad Dagan, who is the director of the IDF's Digital Transformation Administration said that although the military has been using AI for some time, including during the May 2021 Gaza war, a new strategy for AI was approved by IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi only a few weeks ago. "Data and AI can actually win wars… not only arms, physical jets and submarines," Dagan said. "The speed at which we can create a new weapon is totally different from creating a physical weapon," he said. "It is dramatically more flexible and adaptive than any kind of AI network," including the long delays and resources needed for purchasing an F-35 and most other new weapons for troops.