AI warfare and Ukraine’s rapid drone development

The Financial Times reports that autonomous systems are being rapidly integrated on the battlefield as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict.

In a Fortune commentary, defense investor Matt Higgins describes Ukrainian engineers changing drone frequencies and Ukrainian forces turning to fiber-optic links that electronic warfare cannot jam. He says new capabilities and countermeasures emerge in weeks, and that one General Cherry factory has capacity to produce roughly 100,000 drones a month.