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AI and Sonar: Seeing with Sound

Despite the ocean covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface, we have only physically explored 5% of it. Part of the reason why so much of it is left unexplored is because 90% of the oceans' depths exist in perpetual darkness. At a depth of only 1...

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Designing Systems with AI in the Loop

An AI-in-the-loop approach can help mitigate some of AI’s inherent risks, but to deliver real impact in Defence & National Security, AI must also be designed for deployment.

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Women in Defence & National Security

Today, women are significantly underrepresented in Defence & National Security. This piece shares insights from some of the women at Mind Foundry about the challenges they've faced, their advice to others, and why correcting this imbalance can help...

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AI in the Loop

Instead of inserting humans into machine workflows, insert machines into human ones. The term “Human-in-the-loop” is used as an effective countermeasure to the concerns surrounding the unfettered use of AI. However, as AI becomes more ubiquitous in...

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Measuring What Really Matters

Why end-user insight and operational context are the keys to understanding AI performance in the defence sector. In Defence and National Security, the scrutiny placed on AI systems and the bar for responsibility and accountability are heightened,...

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Accelerating AI's Operational Impact in Defence

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Accelerating AI’s Operational Impact

In defence and national security, the nature of problems and the environments in which they occur make operationalising AI hugely challenging. This is especially true of the maritime domain, where threats are becoming more prolific and advanced....

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AI and Sonar: Cutting Through the Noise

In the maritime domain, gaining a better understanding of increasing volumes and higher fidelity sonar data has well-known and potentially game-changing advantages. Nevertheless, in complex problem spaces like those in defence and national security,...

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AI in Defence: Designing for Deployment

With its unparalleled ability to extract insight from burdensome volumes of raw data, AI is more than an opportunity to innovate. Nevertheless, this doesn’t make it the answer to every problem involving data. Even when applied to the right problems,...

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Why AI Isn’t the Answer to Every Data Problem

We have previously spoken about how AI is more than just an innovation opportunity, despite contrary prevailing wisdom. It can already solve real and complex problems in various challenging environments, with sonar signal processing in the maritime...

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Humans vs AI: The Trust Paradox

Why do we expect more from machines than we do from each other? We lean on machines for so much, yet when it comes to judging their performance, we seem to have a double standard. A human can fail, time and time again, and still be forgiven. But...

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Generative AI: The Illusion of a Shortcut

Generative AI has exploded into the public eye, with the conversation focusing on the opportunities and risks it presents. However, in the Defence sector, there are specific challenges and problems that this technology is simply not suited to solve.

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AI in Defence: More than Just an Innovation Opportunity

Artificial Intelligence is already being used to solve problems in the Defence sector. But if AI is only seen as an opportunity to practice innovation, then the development of critical applications won’t progress fast enough.

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