China's military news outlet has urged the People's Liberation Army to accelerate the integration of AI, noting that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East demonstrates the technology's critical role. PLA Daily stated that AI use marks a major operational turning point, spanning intelligence analysis to target assessment.

China’s military mouthpiece has urged the People’s Liberation Army to speed up integration of artificial intelligence and said AI-driven warfare was at a “turning point” – as seen in the US-Israeli campaign against Iran. In a commentary on Thursday, PLA Daily pointed to the use of AI in the Middle East war and said it was the first time the technology had been integrated into the entire cycle of operations – from analysis of intelligence to target identification, planning and assessment. “This.....