Defense Department began testing AI surveillance system to safeguard critical military assets
Security startup Scylla offers proactive, AI-based security systems to safeguard perimeters around facilities and depots.
In a nutshell: While some view AI as a threat, the military sees it as a tool to detect threats. It has recently deployed an AI surveillance system that can identify threats like armed individuals from more than a mile away. The system also has fewer false alarms than those generated by trained security professionals.
Security startup Scylla offers "proactive," AI-based security systems to safeguard perimeters around facilities and depots. Its Scylla AI systems are apparently good enough to protect US nuclear sites, as the Department of Defense (DoD) began testing them eight months ago at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) in Richmond, Kentucky.
Currently, BGAD is the only military base testing AI-powered surveillance algorithms to detect potential threats. The systems help personnel find and identify intruders, weapons, or "abnormal behavior" in real-time. Scylla systems work with existing surveillance cameras and drones to monitor facilities, providing significant efficiency improvements in threat response by human personnel.
According to Drew Walter, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear matters, Scylla AI learns in real time, reducing false alarms. The system addresses one of DoD's long-standing challenges in physical security: improving reaction times by security personnel while filtering non-security issues quickly and reliably.
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