Latvia suggests AI component may have caused stray Ukrainian drones to hit oil depot

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An AI component in the programming of flight paths may have caused two stray Ukrainian drones to hit empty oil tanks in Latvia.

Source: LSM, a Latvian news portal, citing Modris Kairišs, Head of the Unmanned Systems Competence Centre in the Latvian Armed Forces, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kairišs made the suggestion in an explainer on how Russian electronic warfare systems can knock Ukrainian attack drones off course, causing them to enter Baltic countries when they were not intended to do so.

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