T? ????c? ?isk t? th? ??v?l??m?nt ?n? m?t???ti?n ?? ??ti?ici?l int?lli??nc? c????iliti?s, th? Ai? F??c? R?s???ch L?????t??? l?? ? s?cc?ss??l th???-h??? s??ti?, J?l? 25, 2023, ??m?nst??tin? th? ?i?st-?v?? ?li?ht ?? AFRL-??v?l????, m?chin?-l???nin? t??in??, ??ti?ici?l int?lli??nc? ?l???ithms ?n ?n XQ-58A V?lk??i?. T?st ?nits ?x?c?t?? th? ?li?ht in th? E?lin T?st ?n? T??inin? C?m?l?x. Th? ?li?ht ??il?s ???n ???? ????s ?? ???tn??shi? th?t ????n with th? Sk????? V?n????? ?n? th? A?t?n?m??s Ai?c???t Ex???im?nt?ti?n (AAx) ??????ms. Th? ?l???ithms w??? ??v?l???? ?? AFRL’s A?t?n?m??s Ai? C?m??t O????ti?ns t??m. Th? ?l???ithms m?t???? ???in? milli?ns ?? h???s in hi?h ?i??lit? sim?l?ti?n ?v?nts, s??ti?s ?n th? X-62 VISTA, H???w???-in-th?-L??? ?v?nts with th? XQ-58A, ?n? ????n? t?st ?????ti?ns, ?s ???ict?? in th? vi??? ?t th? link ??l?w. DOD is c?mmitt?? t? th? ??s??nsi?l? ?m?l??m?nt ?? AI. T? ?chi?v? ??s??nsi?l? ?s? ?? AI ????i??s t??min? ?? ??v?l????s ?n? ?s??s ?? AI ?n??l?? ??t?n?m? w??kin? in c?ll?????ti?n with ?c??isiti?n s??ci?lists.

“Th? missi?n ???v?? ??t ? m?lti-l???? s???t? ???m?w??k ?n ?n AI/ML-?l?wn ?nc??w?? ?i?c???t ?n? ??m?nst??t?? ?n AI/ML ???nt s?lvin? ? t?ctic?ll? ??l?v?nt “ch?ll?n?? ????l?m” ???in? ?i????n? ?????ti?ns. This s??ti? ???ici?ll? ?n??l?s th? ??ilit? t? ??v?l?? AI/ML ???nts th?t will ?x?c?t? m????n ?i?-t?-?i? ?n? ?i?-t?-s????c? skills th?t ??? imm??i?t?l? t??ns??????l? t? ?th?? ??t?n?m? ??????ms,” s?i? C?l. T?ck?? H?milt?n, chi??, AI T?st ?n? O????ti?ns, ??? th? D????tm?nt ?? th? Ai? F??c?.

“AI will ?? ? c?itic?l ?l?m?nt t? ??t??? w???i?htin? ?n? th? s???? ?t which w?’?? ??in? t? h?v? t? ?n???st?n? th? ?????ti?n?l ?ict??? ?n? m?k? ??cisi?ns. AI, A?t?n?m??s O????ti?ns, ?n? H?m?n-M?chin? T??min? c?ntin?? t? ?v?lv? ?t ?n ?n???c???nt?? ??c? ?n? w? n??? th? c????in?t?? ?????ts ?? ??? ??v??nm?nt, ?c???mi?, ?n? in??st?? ???tn??s t? k??? ??c?,” s?i? B?i?. G?n. Sc?tt C?in, AFRL c?mm?n???.

Th? Ai? F??c? R?s???ch L?????t??? (AFRL) is ? sci?nti?ic ??s???ch ?n? ??v?l??m?nt ??t?chm?nt ?? th? Unit?? St?t?s Ai? F??c? M?t??i?l C?mm?n? ???ic?t?? t? l???in? th? ?isc?v???, ??v?l??m?nt, ?n? int????ti?n ?? ?i??ct-?n???? ??s?? ????s??c? w???i?htin? t?chn?l??i?s, ?l?nnin? ?n? ?x?c?tin? th? Ai? F??c? sci?nc? ?n? t?chn?l??? ??????m, ?n? ???vi?in? w???i?htin? c????iliti?s t? Unit?? St?t?s ?i?, s??c?, ?n? c????s??c? ???c?s. It c?nt??ls th? ?nti?? Ai? F??c? sci?nc? ?n? t?chn?l??? ??s???ch ?????t which w?s $2.4 ?illi?n in 2006. AFRL ?l??s ?n int????l ??l? in l???in? th? ?isc?v???, ??v?l??m?nt ?n? int????ti?n ?? ????????l? w???i?htin? t?chn?l??i?s ??? ??? ?i?, s??c? ?n? c????s??c? ???c?. With ? w??k???c? ?? m??? th?n 11,500 ?c??ss nin? t?chn?l??? ????s ?n? 40 ?th?? ?????ti?ns ?c??ss th? ?l???, AFRL ???vi??s ? ?iv??s? ???t??li? ?? sci?nc? ?n? t?chn?l??? ??n?in? ???m ??n??m?nt?l t? ??v?nc?? ??s???ch ?n? t?chn?l??? ??v?l??m?nt