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The U.S. Navy has launched a new AI Task Force, with a focus on rapidly accelerating the deployment and operational integration of AI technologies to strengthen warfighting capabilities and data exploitation across the force. The initiative supports the broader Navy-Marine AI and Data Strategy, aiming to enable faster adaptation in wartime scenarios, particularly to deter or respond to near-peer threats such as a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027.
The Task Force's key aspects include accelerating the transformation of collected data from various sensors on platforms (aircraft, drones, ships) into actionable intelligence and tactics using AI. Much of this data currently goes unexploited in real time, and the Task Force aims to harness AI to automatically process and apply these insights rapidly.
Enhancing cybersecurity is another key focus, with the integration of AI into zero trust authentication frameworks. This will utilise AI-driven behavioural analytics to detect anomalous access attempts and potential threats, thereby strengthening network security.
The modernization of Navy IT infrastructure and software deployment strategies is also a priority. This includes containerization based on cloud computing principles, such as Kubernetes, to facilitate more agile and scalable AI deployment.
Collaboration with industry, academia, and allied partners is also essential to the Task Force's mission. This collaboration will help ensure the Navy’s AI efforts keep pace with technological advances.
The Task Force operates under the overarching goal of transforming the Navy’s use of AI from experimental pilots to operational capabilities that strengthen decision-making, speed up adaptation in contested environments, and secure information systems against evolving threats.
In other news, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts have used stem cells and health data to predict which proteins cause cognitive decline from Alzheimer's disease.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian fashion brand FINCH has partnered with Ukrainian IT company FFFACE.ME to launch a clothing collection with augmented reality features. Each piece of clothing from FINCH has a QR code that, when scanned through an Instagram filter, activates one of seven augmented reality scenes.
Conservation groups can use a genetic map of the rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, to better plan population management strategies for the species. Researchers at DNA Zoo Australia, the University of Western Australia, and the Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group have mapped the DNA of the Gilbert's potoroo, revealing that there are only 100 to 120 left in existence.
ESPN has updated its fantasy football application to include a trade assistant tool powered by IBM's Watson AI system. The system will use data on player statistics, media coverage, and football experts' opinions to suggest customizable player trade packages to fantasy football players.
Finally, researchers at Arizona State University and the University of Queensland in Australia have completed the world's first high-resolution map of global coral reefs. The map features coral reefs, submarine structures like rocks and seagrass, and a coral bleaching monitor.
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