Defense AI Observatory

Our Professor, Daniel Fiott, has just published a brand new report on Belgium's approach to defence AI. The report was commissioned by the DAIO, and it seeks to stimulate a reflection on how Belgian industry and armed forces employ AI.

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📢 Controlled Adaptation and Integration: Defense AI in Belgium🇧🇪 📚
"Belgium's use of AI in defense is emblematic of a broader European pattern: cautious, collaborative and normatively anchored," writes @danielfiott.bsky.social in our latest country study. See: defenseai.eu/daio_study26...

📣 New DAIO Country Study📚
"How can a frontline ally with limited indigenous capability responsibly engage with one of the most transformative technologies in modern warfare?" – Check out our latest study by Raluca Csernatoni on #defenseAI in Romania🇷🇴
defenseai.eu/daio_study26...

📣 New DAIO Country Study 📚
We are excited to release "A Careful Walk on Thin Ice: #DefenseAI in #Indonesia🇮🇩" by Emanuel Ario Bimo and Bagus Jatmiko. Get your copy here: defenseai.eu/daio_study25...

📣New DAIO Paper: Defense AI in the Arab Gulf States📚
We are excited to release "Bonds That Separate. Defense AI in the Arab Gulf States" by @heikoborchert.bsky.social. Download your copy here: defenseai.eu/daio_study25...

++UPDATE+++ "The Very Long Game: 25 Case Studies on the Global State of Defense AI" has been on the market for a bit more than a year. This week our open access volume hit 300.000 accesses.🚀 Thank you!

📣NEW DAIO COUNTRY STUDY📚
We are excited to release "Guarding the Alliance's Eastern Frontiers. Defense AI in Poland🇵🇱" by Rafal Lipka, Jakub Wernik, and Wojciech Dziegiel at the CasimirPulaski Foundation, Warsaw. Get your copy here: defenseai.eu/daio_study25...

📣NEW DAIO COUNTRY STUDY📚
We are excited to release "An Underdeveloped Strategic Necessity," our latest study on #defenseAI in #Pakistan 🇵🇰 by Umaima Ali, former research assistant at the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies, Islamabad. Get your copy here: defenseai.eu/daio_study25...

Denkende Waffen | DI | 08 04 2025 | 18:25 Die Künstliche Intelligenz am Schlachtfeld. Einblick in eine Welt, in der Maschinen immer häufiger über Leben und Tod entscheiden könnten

Thinking #Weapons and the Role of #AI
Many thanks to Robert Uitz-Dallinger, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) for the opportunit to discuss the role of #AI on the battlefield, its opportunities, and pitfalls. Listen in to his podcast (in German): oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

"Securing Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER) aims to build an exemplar #AI #redteam equipped with the necessary counter-AI techniques, tools, and technical competency to operationally assess AI-enabled battlefield system." For more, see www.darpa.mil/research/pro...

The US Army "is constructing an #AI and #ML ecosystem that will provide a trusted, safe environment where Army program managers and elements can bring in AI models and #test them against curated and trusted data." For more, see www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/202...
#AI #DefenseAI

Biden readies executive action on AI use for cyber defense, enhancing software security The broad executive order will be the last big cyber policy effort by President Joe Biden before he leaves office.

"An upcoming executive order soon to be signed by President Joe Biden will include language around using #AI for #cyberdefense." For more, see www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

‘Distrust and verify’: Marines warily embrace generative AI with new guidance, task forces The USMC “Guidance on Generative Artificial Intelligence,” issued in December, takes a cautiously optimistic approach to chatbots and tells commands to stand up task forces to evaluate potentially use...

"Distrust and verify:" US Marines launch new instruction on #generative #AI. For more, see
breakingdefense.com/2025/01/dist...

Please look at our reports for more context - the title says it all…

Embracing the Organized Mess: Defense AI in Israel Israel’s approach to defense AI is the result of an “organized mess,” triggered by Israel’s informal culture, the country’s tendency to let market forces push technology ...

A short version of this report has also been published in "The Very Long Game: 25 Case Studies on the Global State of Defense AI" link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

This step confirms one of the development trajectories outlined by Inbar Dolinko and Liran Antebi in our report "Embracing the Organized Mess. #DefenseAI in Israel." For more, see defenseai.eu/daio_study23...

Israel's new AI initiative is set to enhance its military edge - JNS.org The initiative will spearhead development of Israel's military AI systems and is expected to boost Israel's status as a strategic U.S. partner.

Israel has set up a new #AI and #autonomy unit tasked with leading the R&D and acquisition of AI and autonomous capabilities for all IDF branches, reports JNS
www.jns.org/israels-new-...

May we offer our comparative assessment of the state of #defenseAI in 25 countries as a starter? It looks at 6 lines of effort: thinking, organization, development, use, funding and training. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
bsky.app/profile/defe...

CDAO Sponsors Crowdsourced AI Assurance Pilot in the Context of Military Medicine The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has successfully concluded a Crowdsourced AI Red-Teaming Assurance Program pilot focused on the use of Large-Language Model chatbots in the context

CDAO-sponsored #redteaming efforts identifies "over 800 findings of potential vulnerabilities and biases" related to the use of #LLM for #clinical note summarization & #medical advisory chatbot. #AI #DefenseAI
cc @aisupremacy.bsky.social
See: www.defense.gov/News/Release...

S-400 Gets Integrated into Turkish Air Defence Structure | TURDEF ASELSAN includes the S-400 long-range air defence system in HAKİM 100 Air Command and Control System's structure alongside indigenous air defence systems.

ICYMI: #Aselsan has reportedly integrated the #S400 #airdefense system into its #HAKIM 100 #AirC2 system, which can also integrate #NATO assets.
For more, see turdef.com/article/s-40...

We end 2024 on a high note as "The Very Long Game" has made it on the 2024 list of notable defense tech books by RAINCLOUD, the #defense #AI platform. Thank you and Happy New Year

Defence industry set for deal surge as companies look to expand in AI and space Large contractors expected to use growing cash piles to invest in high-growth areas

"The leading 15 #defense contractors are forecast to log free #cashflow of about $50bn in 2026," writes Sylvia Pfeifer for @financialtimes.com. For more, see: www.ft.com/content/24a2...

This assessment is very much in line with our report on #defenseAI in #China written by John Lee. For more see:
Full report: defenseai.eu/daio_study23...
Chapter for "The Very Long Game": link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

The Obstacles to China’s AI Power Why the Chinese military struggles to take advantage of new technology.

#DefenseAI in #China: "(China faces) several organizational and political hurdles that could keep it from taking full advantage of AI-enabled military technologies in tomorrow’s conflicts." By @sambresnick.bsky.social for @foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/obstac...

For more on the role of training in advancing #interoperability and #innovation, read "Adaptive Portfolio: Catalysing NATO's Performance Through Innovation", written by @heikoborchert.bsky.social @schuetzt.bsky.social @warkhorse.bsky.social for GLOBSEC: www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...

Top NATO commander urges sea change in training, deterrence, spending "Most Europeans are herbivores, they think there is sufficient grass to feed from. This is not the case," said French Adm. Pierre Vandier.

"Training is the chamber where #innovation is brought in," says Adm Pierre Vandier, NATO's SACT, in an interview with Elisabeth Gosselin-Malon for @c4isrnet.bsky.social
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

As of today the Defense AI Observatory (DAIO) is also active on @bsky.app. If you are interested in the use of #AI by armed forces around the globe kindly follow @defenseaio.bsky.social

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"Evolution Not Revolution: Defense AI in #Australia" by Peter Layton link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

"Reimagining Defense Innovation: Defense AI in #Singapore" by Michael Raska link.springer.com/content/pdf/...