Chinese military unveils AI system to plan and coordinate mass air strikes

The Chinese air force is using an AI-enabled system to draw up battle plans for operations involving more than 100 units, according to a state television documentary. The “intelligent strike planning system” was designed to help commanders and pilots by prioritising targets, coordinating attack waves and allocating spe

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to ​train domestic AI systems to advance China's defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.

The report shows widespread use of a technique known as "model distillation," in which outputs from a powerful AI system are used to train ‌smaller, specialized ‌models.

China employs 'model distillation' techniques to adapt advanced AI technologies despite export restrictions from Washington

Chinese researchers have reportedly used leading U.S. AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train AI systems to advance defense capabilities.

More than 80 Chinese papers and patents reviewed by Reuters show military-linked institutions using model distillation to build domestic AI systems for surveillance, cyber warfare and battlefield applications amid growing US-China technology tensions.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systems  Reuters