Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight

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The U.S. Air Force has publicly confirmed the first successful dogfight between a fighter jet piloted by artificial intelligence (AI) and a human-piloted aircraft. The dogfight took place as part of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program launched by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2019. The AI dogfights were conducted at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The dogfight involved a manned F-16 and the X-62A VISTA, an experimental variant of the F-16, with live AI agents installed in the X-62A. The Air Force did not disclose the outcome of the dogfight. The AI system was not disengaged during the dogfights, and the test pilots did not need to activate the safety switch. The ACE program aims to advance testing with machine learning and involves collaboration between government, private industry, and academia.

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