Ukraine opens battlefield data access to allies' AI models
The Straits Times
KYIV, March 12 - Ukraine is opening up access to its battlefield data for its allies to train drone AI software, the defence minister said on Thursday, as Kyiv seeks to harness the experience it has garnered fending off Russia's four-year, full-scale invasion. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV, March 12 - Ukraine is opening up access to its battlefield data for its allies to train drone AI software, the defence minister said on Thursday, as Kyiv seeks to harness the experience it has garnered fending off Russia's four-year, full-scale invasion.
The move comes as militaries across the globe start to use automated systems which can guide drones to their targets without a pilot, or quickly analyse vast pools of data.
Foreign allies and companies have sought access to Ukraine's datasets, as these are crucial for training models to recognise patterns, shapes, and the behaviour of people and machines on the battlefield.
Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said a platform had been created to safely train AI models without giving away sensitive data, but which nevertheless provides constantly updating datasets and large quantities of photos and video footage.
"Today, Ukraine has a unique array of battlefield data that is unmatched anywhere else in the world," he wrote on Telegram.
"This includes millions of annotated images collected during tens of thousands of combat flights."
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