US President Donald Trump wants to build his “Dream Military”. In January, he proposed setting military spending at US$1.5 trillion in 2027 while citing “very troubled and dangerous times”. The move would increase the country’s defence budget by around 50 per cent amid growing concern at the Pentagon about China’s AI advancements.
As the United States and China race to develop the latest artificial intelligence, the use of AI technology in the military has become a battleground in its own right,…