The Pentagon’s New Algorithmic Warfare Cell Gets Its First Mission: Hunt ISIS
Islamic State fighters parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road of Mosul, Iraq, when they controlled the city in 2014.
By Marcus Weisgerber Read bio
May 14, 2017
Turning hours of drone video into actionable intelligence is just the start for the fast-moving machine-learning team.
By year’s end, the Pentagon wants computers to be leading the hunt for Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, through turning countless hours of aerial surveillance video into actionable intelligence.
It’s part of Project Maven, a fast-moving effort launched last month by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work to accelerate, improve, and put to wider use the military’s use of machine learning.
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