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Army to ring in new year with new AI and machine learning career path for officers
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (496+ words) Soldiers assigned to the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center and other units conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during a training exercise near Hohenfels, Germany, on March 6, 2024. The Army is establishing a new career pathway for officers to specialize in…...
Google partners with USO to connect troops and families around world with new 3D video technology
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (271+ words) A demonstration of an AI-powered 3D video communication system, known as Google Beam. In 2026, Google Beam will be installed at USO locations across the U.S., and around the world. (Google) Google and the USO are teaming up to bridge the distance between…...
AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage
9+ mon, 14+ hour ago (397+ words) Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country's second-largest city. The mission was to capture…...
DODEA students learn ancient math skills with Japanese abacus on Okinawa
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (563+ words) HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa " A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center and Museum. As a series of 10 two-digit numbers flashed on…...
Solving the problem together, 1957
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (74+ words) Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, October 1957: Donna Frede helps fourth-grader Norman Ross with a task. Frede, who hails from Gross Pointe Farms, Michigan teaches fourth grade at Machinato Elementary ... Solving the problem together, 1957 (Pete Moe/Stars and Stripes) Camp Kinser, Okinawa,…...
AI model better at foreseeing soldier suicide attempts than Army health evaluation, study says
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (545+ words) An American flag flies at half-staff over Ohio in 2021. The Army could better tailor suicide prevention initiatives by using machine learning tools to predict which soldiers are at higher risk for harming themselves, according to a new mental health study....