The Role of AI in the Russia-Ukraine War

Local residents pass at a damaged Russian tank in the town of Trostsyanets, some 400km (250 miles) east of capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 28, 2022.

A powerful Russian drone with AI capabilities has been spotted in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine has employed the use of a controversial facial recognition technology. Will Knight, senior writer for WIRED covering artificial intelligence, and Gregory Allen, director of the AI Governance Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, put these developments in context and explain the role of AI in this invasion.