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Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'better than human'

4 July 2023

An artificial intelligence targeting system is better than humans at identifying valid targets, claim its makers, though the full results are classified

Drones and AI help find pebble-sized meteorite that landed in 2021

11 March 2022

Locating meteorites on Earth’s surface is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but using AI to analyse images captured by drones pinpointed a tiny space rock in just four days

EU drones could drop life rafts to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

29 October 2021

The European Maritime Safety Agency has contracted drone company Tekever to use uncrewed aircraft for search-and-rescue missions

Artificial intelligence is about to revolutionise warfare. Be afraid

12 September 2018

Sci-fi loves to depict military AIs as malign killer minds or robots. But the truth is more subtle and more terrifying – and it's happening right now

Drones are checking up on insurance claims to look for fraudsters

17 July 2018

Insurance companies are training hundreds of drone pilots to check property damage from the air to make sure claims are legitimate

AI drones are controlling self-driving diggers on building sites

14 March 2018

At thousands of sites around Japan, drones are learning to direct autonomous trucks from above – heralding a revolution in the construction industry

A surveillance state is no fix for Brexit's Irish border issue

16 August 2017

The UK has called for "technology-based solutions" to manage the Irish border, but tracking the flow of goods and people could mean intrusive surveillance