Navy expands use of AI for target spotting, tracking

Next year, two U.S. warships are slated to get a prototype AI-powered system designed to filter their sensor data for potential targets—and then predict their behavior, according to the system’s manufacturer.“The sensors that the Navy operates are so sophisticated and sensitive [they] can pick up very small things, but they need to be able to tell, ‘Is that a small thing that we should care about or is that a small thing that is just irrelevant’?” said Ben Fit