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BEHIND THE SCENES: The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare

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Marine Corps colonel Drew Cukor says AI will completely change the way the United States fights wars – and maybe already has. The new book Project Maven focuses on Cukor and the Pentagon campaign to i...

BEHIND THE SCENES: The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare

A conversation with Katrina Manson, author of the book Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare.

An excerpt adapted from PROJECT MAVEN: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare.

BEHIND THE SCENES: The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare

Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon's secretive campaign to build America's AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it. Her new book is Project Maven.