The Ways AI Is Helping Ukraine In Its Battle Against Russia

After evaluating ten different commercial AI platforms for the use of its military, Ukraine decided to develop its own focused primarily on the interpretation of visual data. 

This has allowed the military to make more informed decisions on the battlefield and is credited by the Ukrainians with being crucial to its performance versus the considerably larger and better equipped Russian military. JL

Chris Bibey reports in Yahoo!:

AI has been a crucial factor in Ukraine's remarkable performance against its larger and ostensibly more potent adversary Russia. Ukraine  assessed 10 different AI platforms before deciding to develop (its own) unique platform, focusing on the interpretation of visual data, which launched in mid-2022. (It) enables Ukraine to use only the data it needs, avoiding sending confidential information to commercial firms. Computer vision has been instrumental for the military in tracking troop movements. This has been facilitated by the widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones. The AI can identify and categorize information to make more informed decisions on the battlefield..

Artificial intelligence is showing up as Ukraine is using it in its war against Russia.

Ukraine has successfully engineered and deployed its unique artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. The innovation on the Ukrainian battlefield is so advanced that Western governments struggle to keep pace with it.

AI has been a crucial factor in Ukraine's remarkable performance against its larger and ostensibly more potent adversary Russia. The advanced technology has offered Ukraine an array of benefits that would otherwise be unreachable.

George Dubynskiy, Ukraine's deputy minister of digital transformation, noted that the country's decision to develop its AI platform has played a crucial role in its approach to the war.

The Ukraine ministry assessed 10 different AI platforms before deciding to develop a unique platform. The platform, which launched in mid-2022, also enables Ukraine to use only the data it needs, avoiding potential mishaps of sending confidential information to commercial firms.

Fox commented on the technology saying, “this innovation on the battlefield is out of this world right now.”

While AI is predominantly known for its applications in large language models like Google's Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT, computer vision — an AI technology focusing on the interpretation of visual data — has proven to be highly advantageous across myriad industries and tasks. Other startups are taking unique approaches to the groundbreaking technology, such as Snapify, which has raised over $2.1 million for its platform using AI to revolutionize photography.

In Ukraine's context, computer vision has been instrumental for the military in identifying people suspected of war crimes during Russia's invasion and tracking troop movements. This has been facilitated by the widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones. The AI, using the captured footage, can identify and categorize various elements for the users.

This is another example of the many ways that AI is transforming the world. In this case, it's allowing Ukraine to make more informed decisions on the battlefield.