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Drones and AI: How technology is changing warfare

Drones, artificial intelligence, and robots are playing an increasingly important role in warfare. New technologies are transforming weapons systems and what happens on the battlefield.

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Short sentences like "Booting system" and "[OK] USER=anonymous" are superimposed on an image in different shades of green, showing a corner in an office with a computer on a desk and a world map on the wall next to it.

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