LONDON (Oct 11): The United States has already lost the artificial intelligence battle to China which is heading towards global dominance because of its advances in emerging cyber capabilities, the Pentagon's former software chief told the Financial Times. Nicolas Chaillan, the Pentagon's first chief software officer who resigned in protest against the slow pace of technological transformation in the U.S. military, said the failure to respond was putting the United States at risk. "We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years. Right now, it’s already a done deal; it is already over in my opinion," he told the newspaper. Chaillan criticised the reluctance of Google to work with the U.S. defence department on AI, and extensive debates over AI ethics, for slowing the United States down.

Source: The Edge Markets October 11, 2021 05:15 UTC