October 22, 2025
The Pentagon Is Using Artificial Intelligence Right Now. Here’s How.
Artificial intelligence is the future of the military, or so Pentagon leaders keep saying. But is it the future — or is that future already here? That’s the question Breaking Defense tackles as it kicks off a new roundtable series looking at military AI. Joining Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta is Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense's in-house AI expert, as well as Joshua Wallin of the Center for a New American Security and Kateryna Bondar of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Watch the full interview on Breaking Defense.
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