Emile Michael, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research and Development, said that artificial intelligence could help the U.S. military increase the effectiveness of combat operations and deter potential adversaries in the future.
Michael added in an interview during a Breitbart event in Washington about artificial intelligence applications: "I hope you fight and win before you start, right? That's the goal: to use artificial intelligence for deterrence."
He explained that the development of artificial intelligence technologies will enable the military to choose the most economically efficient means of using weapons during combat operations.
In recent years, the Pentagon has been accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into its operations. According to the US Department of Defense's AI strategy released last January, the plan is to expand the use of these technologies in combat operations, intelligence gathering, and administrative activities, including decision support and combat operations management.
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The wife of the US Vice President, Vance, responds to Abdul Rahman Al-Sayed's comment about her
Usha Vance, wife of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, responded to a comment by Democratic Senate candidate Abdul Rahman El-Sayed from Michigan with a personal matter.
The case stems from J.D. Vance's criticism of Mr. Elsayed's views on Islamic law during a campaign rally in Ohio. The vice president stated that Abdel Rahman Elsayed had previously equated criticism of Islamic law with "white supremacy."
Vance added that he wished he could go back in time and tell his grandfather, whom he nicknamed "Papa," that there was someone who claimed to defend workers and supported the application of Islamic law, and even described its critics as white supremacists, saying: "This is not the Democratic Party Pappa belongs to."
Mr. responded to his statement with a post in which he said: "So, do we believe that JD will take Usha with him through time to meet Papao, or not...?"
Critics argued that Abdul Rahman Al-Sayed was implying that Vance's grandfather, who died in 1997, would not have accepted Usha because of her Indian heritage.
In an interview with "Fox & Friends," Osha responded to the comment by saying, "I have to admit I had a bit of a laugh," explaining that she had never met her husband's grandparents, but knew the family members who raised him, including his mother, aunt, and uncle, whom she described as "very loving" and whom she "loves."
Mr. Vance also defended his comment during an interview with MS NOW, saying the problem lies in Vance's belief that some people are "more American" than others because some of their ancestors arrived in the United States earlier.
He added, asking: "How can you look your wife's parents in the eye and say that they are somehow less American than you? Because that's what his words imply."
JD Vance was largely raised by his grandparents, James and Bonnie Vance, whom he affectionately called "Papaw" and "Mamaw." James died in 1997, and Bonnie in 2005.
JD and Osha met while studying at Yale Law School, married in 2014, and have four children. Although she never met her husband's grandparents, Osha said that JD's aunt became like a "second mother" to her.
In his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance wrote that one of his "greatest regrets" was that his grandparents never had the chance to meet his wife.
