Air Force braces for new era of AI-powered hacking, plus unpacking the Mecca pact - Breaking Defense

The proliferation of AI is forcing the USAF to rethink cyber defense, and a new regional defense pact could shake up arms sales in the Middle East.

In this week’s episode of The Break Out, networks reporter Mark Pomerleau explains a new US Air Force effort to develop a defensive cyber “campaign plan” to ward off threats posed by artificial intelligence.

Then Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Deputy Editor Lee Ferran consider nuclear and defense industry implications stemming from a recently signed trilateral defense pact linking Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.