While the Defense Department has rapidly expanded its use of generative artificial intelligence tools for workload and decision-support applications , the military remains in the “early adopter” phase when it comes to battlefield autonomy and physical AI capabilities, Shield AI President and co-founder Brandon Tseng told Inside Defense . “Physical AI” refers to autonomy software that detects what’s going on in the environment outside an uncrewed system -- allowing platforms to navigate, collaborate and identify targets for operations in contested...