These individuals are making significant contributions to AI in defense, from developing systems that use high-power microwaves to knock out drone swarms, studying the rise of automation in military systems, leading AI research for national-security missions, using AI technologies to automate and speed up data collection and analysis, building cybersecurity software for military weapons systems, deploying large language models and other AI for defense customers, to developing satellites and technology for space-based radio-frequency collection, mapping, and analytics.
Key takeaways:
- Business Insider has compiled a list of 100 people at the forefront of artificial intelligence, spanning several industries, including defense.
- Ken Bedingfield, CEO of Epirus, is developing a system that uses high-power microwaves to knock out drone swarms.
- Kathleen Fisher, leader of DARPA's Information Innovation Office, oversees most of the agency's AI research and development, including the AI Forward Initiative.
- John Serafini, CEO of HawkEye 360, is investing in AI and machine learning to better analyze the radio-frequency data it collects for communication, navigation, and threat identification.