The US Northern Command requested an additional $29.8 million from Congress to purchase equipment and optimize infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine learning. Defense News writes about it.

The department believes the upgrade will support the Pentagon’s efforts to collect, process and store data in the cloud computing environment. The Army added that the advanced infrastructure will also facilitate the exchange of information between defense departments.

According to US Air Force General Glen VanHurke, “advanced capabilities” such as AI will give the United States an edge over powerful rivals.

“Artificial intelligence and machine learning will extract essential insights from existing datasets and share it with leaders at all levels to expand decision-making space,” VanHerke told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Recall that in October 2021, former Pentagon software director Nicholas Chaillen said that China had won the AI ​​race against the United States.

A week later, the Department of Defense rejected the former employee’s opinion.

In March, the Pentagon called for greater use of artificial intelligence in order not to lose to China and Russia.