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- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said AI could have as big of an effect on warfare as nuclear weapons did.
- Schmidt told Wired that the US military must deploy AI tools in combat to compete with world powers.
- Schmidt's remarks come after he invested in Istari, an AI engineering startup.
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, thinks that AI has the power to revolutionize modern warfare.
Schmidt — who became a founding member of the government's Defense Innovation Board in 2016 — told Wired that the Pentagon has been slow in adapting to new technology and that its tech is due for an upgrade.