As the Pentagon rapidly builds and adopts artificial intelligence tools, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said military leaders increasingly are worried about a second-hand problem: AI safety. AI safety broadly refers to making sure that artificial intelligence programs don't wind up causing problems, no matter whether they were based on corrupted or incomplete data, were poorly designed, or were hacked by attackers. AI safety is often seen as an afterthought as companies rush to build, sell, and adopt machine learning tools. But the Department of Defense is obligated to put a little more attention into the issue, Hicks said Monday at the Defense One Tech Summit. "As you look at testing evaluation and validation and verification approaches, these are areas where we know--whether you're in the commercial sector, the government sector, and certainly if you look abroad, there is not a lot happening in terms of safety," she said.

Superpowers across the world are putting great emphasis on strengthening their knowledge and application of artificial intelligence across the country. As it stands, China may soon become the biggest threat with its army being heavily integrated with artificially intelligent technology. Meanwhile, the United States is falling behind and concerns are growing as to how the US will cope with China's increasingly dominant AI technology. Artificial intelligence is not just restricted to consumer and industrial purposes, it also extends beyond that and plays a large role in the use of military weapons. Artificial intelligence is used to maximise efficiency and produce fast outcomes.