How AI drones are influencing the course of the Ukraine war

Artificial intelligence is making drones faster and more capable. Russia and Ukraine both use AI-powered drones, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that AI could lead decisions on the battlefield as soon as next year.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7405x4939+0+0/resize/7405x4939!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F09%2F48%2F5d01825b44dab72b81f4d1cdcad4%2Fnpr-droneukraine001.jpg' alt='A drone operator with the military call sign Professor operates a Lupynis-10-TFL-1 from The Fourth Law at a test site in central Ukraine.'/><p>Artificial intelligence is making drones faster and more capable. Russia and Ukraine both use AI-powered drones, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that AI could lead decisions on the battlefield as soon as next year.</p><p>(Image credit: Paula Bronstein/for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-147496' />