AI has transformed the Pentagon’s aging networks into a national security risk

For nearly three decades, the Pentagon has put off upgrading its antiquated computer networks, instead focusing its funds on cutting-edge weapons systems. But as artificial intelligence grows in power, it has become increasingly capable of finding low-level weaknesses in the agency’s digital systems and morphing them into debilitating intrusions that could significantly compromise national security. Democracy Dies in Darkness AI has transformed the Pentagon’s aging networks into a national security risk As artificial intelligence makes it easier for adversaries to launch disruptive attacks, the Defense Department has seen a tenfold increase in vulnerabilities susceptible to “zero-day” hacks.