Air Force Denies AI-Controlled Drone ‘Killed’ Human Operator in Simulated Test, Colonel ‘Misspoke’

Air Force Denies AI-Controlled Drone ‘Killed’ Human Operator in Simulated Test, Colonel ‘Misspoke’
The Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie, an experimental stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle designed and built by Kratos for the United States Air Force. Courtesy of U.S. Air Force
Caden Pearson
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A U.S. Air Force (USAF) colonel on Friday said he “misspoke” when he told a London conference that an AI-enabled drone turned on and “killed” its human operator during a simulated test after reports about his presentation went viral.

It had been reported that Col. Tucker Hamilton, USAF’s chief of AI Test and Operations, recounted a simulated incident at the Future Combat Air and Space Capabilities Summit in London.

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