China’s Artificial Intelligence Powered Drones

Published on February 23, 2024

In 2019, Global Times published an article on possible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its drone programme. It was then believed by Chinese military experts that integrating AI with drones to make these as ‘fighter drones’ was possible and that it would allow them to “fly on their own, identify targets and take decisions to enhance their combat capability.”[1]

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