US EditionUS General Uses ChatGPT for Military Decisions
- At the Association of the US Army Conference in Washington, DC, Major General William 'Hank' Taylor said `Chat and I have become really close lately` and he regularly uses ChatGPT to help make military and personal decisions affecting soldiers in South Korea.
- Recently, Taylor has been focusing on individual decision-making with his soldiers while the Eighth Army regularly uses AI to modernize predictive analysis and logistical planning.
- Known LLM issues include ChatGPT’s agreeable answers that prioritize engagement over accuracy, while GPT-5 generates false information `over half the time`, complicating military use.
- Within the command, AI is applied to assist routine tasks such as writing weekly reports while also informing unit-level direction in the Eighth Army.
- Last month, OpenAI found nearly 15 percent of work-related ChatGPT conversations involved decision-making, a notable admission from Taylor as the top US military official in Korea.
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US Major General William D. Taylor has said he uses ChatGPT for operational decisions. His statement fits a broader trend. AI is being embraced by a growing number of militaries worldwide.
Top Army official using ChatGPT to make military decisions: Report
(NewsNation) — At least one top U.S. military official has turned to artificial intelligence bots like ChatGPT for decision-making, Business Insider first reported. Maj. Gen. William "Hank" Taylor, commanding general of the 8th Army, said he's consulted AI when making leadership decisions that impact thousands of soldiers. "As a commander, I want to make better decisions," Taylor told the outlet. "I want to make sure that I make decisions at the…
Artificial intelligence seems to be essential, and not just for daily questioning. Indeed, the commander-in-chief of the US Army in South Korea has admitted to using ChatGPT to make decisions in his personal life, but also for his professional decision-making. "ChatGPT and I are very close in recent times. (...) I'm trying to build models to help us all," said General William "Hank" Taylor at a round table with the media on Monday, October 13, i…
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