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Ukraine Uses ‘Controversial’ Artificial Intelligence Tech In Its War Against Russia As Kiev Looks To Win The ‘Digital War’

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has demonstrated how technology may play a significant role in modern warfare. While Ukraine’s military force isn’t as strong as Russia’s, it does employ cutting-edge technology to its advantage. 

It has been observed that Kyiv is aggressively utilizing social media to weaken Putin’s forces’ morale.

However, it does not stop there; the country is now employing facial recognition software to identify Russian personnel killed in action and notify their relatives of their deaths. 

The country’s vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who also heads the ministry of digital transformation, told Reuters that Ukrainian officials had been utilizing Clearview AI.

It is a software that uses facial recognition to discover the social media profiles of deceased soldiers, which authorities then use to notify relatives and arrange for the bodies to be recovered.

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