Taiwan-US Institutes hail AI-piloted drone test

By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The National Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology and a US-based start-up yesterday announced a successful test of artificial intelligence (AI) pilots controlling multiple Mighty Hornet III drones in a search operation.The success prompted the institute to renew its partnership with Shield AI to use its proprietary Hivemind AI pilots more broadly across Taiwan’s uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet, the two said in a statement.In less than three months, institute engineers implemented the AI pilots in three attack drones, the statement said. Mighty Hornet III, front, and Mighty Hornet IV, back, attack drones are pictured at the Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on Sep