From rockets to recruitment, Israel’s military refocuses on AI

During last month’s Gaza mini-war, Israeli commanders made first use of “Knowledge Well”, a bot that provided real-time overviews of Palestinian rocket launches – where they took place, at what rate and range – over a platform modelled on WhatsApp.

For the next flare-up, Colonel Eli Birenbaum, chief of the military’s operational data and applications unit, has plans to use artificial intelligence aggregation to predict the salvoes.

“That’s the interesting leap forward to come. I want to be where I can best use information to provide our forces in the field with functionality,” he told Reuters in an interview.