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As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge caution
Military leaders are weighing faster target identification against risks of autonomous weapons, mass surveillance and civilian harm as the Pentagon expands AI use.
Some military leaders urge caution about the use of AI for lethal operations, with Adm. Frank Bradley saying 'we, as humans, have to have the confidence that... it's going to deliver violence only where we intend it to be delivered.'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing for rapidly evolving the military through AI and insists on using the technology in any legal way without 'ideological constraints.'
President Donald Trump called off plans to sign a new AI executive order over concerns it could dull America's lead on AI technology, saying 'We're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead.