US admits to using AI to identify targets for airstrikes in Middle East

The United States used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify targets for airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in early February, a US defense official said.

According to Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer for US Central Command (CENTCOM), the US used machine learning technologies to hone in on potential targets. 

"We’ve been using computer vision to identify where there might be threats," she told Bloomberg News. 

She also said that the US is looking for "an awful lot" of rocket launchers from hostile forces in the region.