Q&A with the assistant secretary of the US Air Force on signing contracts for new tech within a day of a startup's pitch, Project Maven, AI use in combat, more
How Ford CEO Jim Hackett Impressed Designers, But Not Investors Tweets: Tom Simonite / @tsimonite : “What is the credit limit on the Air Force's credit card?” @nxthompson asks the key questions about the Pentagon's bid to buy in more algorithms from the tech industry http://www.wired.com/... Anas Aljumaily / @anas_aljumaily : The military has long been the driver of innovation, though I'm afraid funding startups isn't the way to go about it. They should do more partnerships with research programs and fund massive projects like the aerospace program that gave birth to Silicon Valley. Aldo Soto / @iamnotwaldo : “Maybe in the future AI is going to be the most significant technology for militaries, maybe it's quantum systems, maybe it's synthetic biology. It could be any of those things.” - Will Roper https://www.wired.com/... Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : The Air Force wants to slice vast bureaucracy and fund startups with a credit card. Also, it wants self-flying fighter jets and AI in everything. A fascinating conversation I had with Will Roper. https://www.wired.com/...