Eric Schmidt: Ukraine is changing warfare faster than ever
About this episode
Eric Schmidt discusses the impact of AI on warfare and Ukraine's use of drone technology amidst the conflict with Russia.
It’s been said this year that Ukraine has had some successes on the battlefield thanks to its use of drone warfare. But- is that progress starting to slow down as Russia catches up? This week, Richard is joined by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO and Chairman of Google, and ex-chairman of the US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. He is now using his experience to advise Ukraine on its use of AI in drone warfare and provides them with advanced AI technology in his role as Chair and CEO of Relativity Space, an American manufacturing company. Eric talks to Richard about why the use of AI has changed the nature of warfare forever, and why the West should still be worried about Russia’s use of it. In this episode, Richard cites a NYT report on the alleged use of a Nvidia chip and AI in a Russian drone. For context, the report cites Ukrainian officials. You can email your questions to Richard and Yalda at theworld@sky.uk You can also watch our podcasts on our YouTube channel here .
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Hosts: Richard Engel, Yalda Hakim
Guest: Eric Schmidt
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Organizations: Google, US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Relativity Space, Nvidia, NYT
Places: Ukraine, Russia, West
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