AI and the Ukraine War, w/ TIME Magazine's Vera Bergengruen
How Ukraine uses AI in warfare and tech companies building battle innovations.
Guest
Vera Bergengruen
Senior correspondent, TIME
Vera Bergengruen is a journalist and senior correspondent at TIME. She has reported on technology, national security, and geopolitics, including the use of AI and commercial systems in the war in Ukraine. Her reporting examines how new tools change military decision-making, accountability, privacy, and the future of conflict.
About this conversation
The cover of this week’s TIME Magazine has a bold headline: “The First AI War.” The subtitle: “Palantir and other tech giants are building the future of battle in Ukraine.”
The writer of this cover story is Vera Bergengruen, a senior correspondent at TIME.
And Vera joins us today at AI-Curious.
We cover: How Ukraine is using AI and what it’s accomplishing (3:00); how they’ve created a “war lab” that's a testing ground for new innovations (12:00); privacy and ethical concerns (23:00); repercussions for the future of war (37:00); and some behind-the-scenes from her reporting (40:30).
Important topic. And Vera's the perfect guest to discuss it. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation.
Vera’s cover story in TIME Magazine, “The First AI War”:
https://time.com/6691662/ai-ukraine-war-palantir/
Vera’s author page:
https://time.com/author/vera-bergengruen/
Vera Bergengruen on Twitter/X:
https://twitter.com/VeraMBergen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor