Media: China's rapid advancement in AI technology sparks concern at the Pentagon

¬ Chinese internet innovators combining artificial intelligence (AI) "real-time" tracking reveal U.S. military deployments and movements related to "U.S.-Israel war against Iran," drawing attention

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China has made significant progress in recursive self-improvement (RSI) technology, which enables artificial intelligence to autonomously upgrade and optimize itself without human intervention.

According to media reports, these advancements are raising concerns in Washington, with experts warning that this key technological leap could grant China a decisive advantage in future warfare.

Artificial intelligence based on RSI models may be integrated into military applications, such as autonomous combat vehicles, drone swarms, and command networks.

Military analyst Winton Hall stated: "If a nation achieves this technology first, it could dominate the entire battlefield – from cyber warfare and encryption technologies to missile systems and infrastructure."

Source: sputniknews

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Five weeks ago, when the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran broke out, an abundance of posts emerged across Western and Chinese social media platforms, detailing U.S. military base equipment, movements of U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups, and precise information about air force units assembling for potential airstrikes on Tehran. The Washington Post reported that this intelligence originated from a rapidly growing emerging market: Chinese companies combining artificial intelligence with open-source data to expose U.S. military movements.

For years, private enterprises have leveraged open-source data—including flight trackers, satellite imagery, and shipping data—to gather market intelligence. However, the increasingly robust AI capabilities of Chinese companies are making these tools significantly more powerful, underscoring the mounting challenge facing Washington in concealing its military operations.

Ryan Fedasiuk, researcher at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, told the newspaper: "The surge in the number of private Chinese geospatial analysis firms and their improving capabilities will enhance China’s defense capacity and increase its ability to rival U.S. forces during crises."

U.S. officials and former intelligence analysts remain skeptical about whether Chinese companies can infiltrate America’s covert communication systems, but they warn that the rise of such companies is still cause for concern. An anonymous U.S. official monitoring adversarial technological threats said, "Even if they don’t yet possess this capability… what’s more alarming is their intentions."

The report indicates that this trend has triggered urgency among U.S. lawmakers. The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and China stated in a statement: "Chinese companies are turning artificial intelligence into battlefield surveillance tools targeting the United States. The threat from China’s tech ecosystem is not theoretical—it is imminent… The United States must not allow China to convert commercial technologies into real-time intelligence targeting U.S. forces."

Source: rfi

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1861610028564556/

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