Change is pervasive and accelerating throughout all aspects of human, world and military affairs, bringing with it both opportunities and threats. Examples of threats include emerging regional peer rivals, rogue and failed nationstates, insurgent groups, militant/radicalized populations, trans-national terrorist organizations and criminal enterprises, and new classes of cyber-human-physical threats. Meanwhile, modern sensor, information, and communication systems continuously generate and deliver information at rates beyond which humans can assimilate, understand, and act. IPTO is addressing these issues by developing machine intelligence techniques that can identify patterns, propose explanations, answer questions, reach conclusions, and adapt to changing circumstances, and implementing these techniques in systems that address military needs.
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