United Kingdom military is not AI-ready, procurement minister says

Published on March 20, 2024



James Cartlidge also described a tweak to the acquisition process for high-tech platforms that allow military tech experts to play "failsafe watchdog."

BELFAST — A top British defense official said today he’s not yet satisfied with the United Kingdom military’s adoption of artificial intelligence and, while it is already in use in some “important areas,” AI application needs to “go a lot further.”

“Are we yet at the stage where we can say, in every aspect of the MoD [Ministry of Defence] we’re at the highest level of AI preparedness? No,” James Cartlidge, minister of defence procurement, told lawmakers in a defence committee hearing. “I think the rate of progress is very good but I would never be relaxed and say that we’re now in a steady state that is entirely satisfactory.”

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