The United States’ special operations forces community has made commendable progress in embracing and integrating artificial intelligence into the battlespace over the past year, but it still has room to grow to keep pace with adversaries like China.
That was one of the key messages from the fireside chat at Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Technology experts explored SOF’s use of AI and its ability to adapt and integrate it for defense, as well as leverage it to deliver innovative technology for national security.
U.S. Special Operations Command’s most significant AI-related inroads over the past year have been software-related, according to Akash Jain, a leader in the private sector AI industry whose company partners with DOD.
Jain said following a “pivot” to embracing certain AI technologies last year, Socom has been making significant progress with software.