Ukraine is actively introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into military technologies, in particular for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Thanks to intensive training programs supported by a huge database, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are developing autonomous decision-making capabilities with drones that can change the rules of the game on the modern battlefield.
Oleksandr Dmytriev, the founder of the Ukrainian digital non-profit system OCHI, told Reuters that since 2022, his platform has centralized and analyzed two million hours of video footage from 15,000 drone operators on the front lines.
"These data are food for AI. If you want to train artificial intelligence, give it two million hours of video, and it will become something supernatural," said Dmitriev.
According to him, this array of data can be used to train AI models in tactical analysis, target recognition and evaluation of weapons effectiveness. "In fact, this is an experience that can be converted into a mathematical form. AI programs can learn the trajectories and angles at which weapons work most effectively," he added.
Currently, the storage is replenished by 5-6 terabytes of data every day. This array of data has already attracted interest from Ukraine's foreign allies.
In the West, they confirm the value of such a volume of information. "Humans can intuitively recognize objects, but machines must be trained to determine what is a road, a natural obstacle or an ambush," said Samuel Bendett, an expert at the Center for a New American Security.
In addition, Ukraine is developing other innovative systems. For example, the "Avengers" technology of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine identifies up to 12 thousand units of Russian equipment per week with the help of AI. Work is also underway to create "swarms" of drones, where dozens of devices will be controlled by a centralized system (the head of the Ministry of Statistics, Fedorov, promised to use them as early as next year).
At the same time, the USA is interested in these developments not in the context of a war with Russia, but as part of preparations for possible clashes in the Pacific region, writes Reuters with reference to experts.
Previously, the mass media wrote that Russia also plans to introduce artificial intelligence into the "Shakhedi" in order to bypass the Ukrainian air defense system.
