17 August 2025

The Dawn of Automated Warfare

Eric Schmidt and Greg Grant

Artificial Intelligence Will Be the Key to Victory in Ukraine—and Elsewhere RIC SCHMIDT is CEO and Chair of Relativity Space and Chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project. He previously served as CEO and Chair of Google and is a co-author, with Henry Kissinger and Craig Mundie, of Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit.

GREG GRANT is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security. He previously served as Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Defence Bob Work, and as a speechwriter for Secretaries of Defence Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, and Chuck Hagel

When Russia first launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the conflict drew comparisons to wars of the twentieth century. Tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and artillery dominated the battlefield, and both sides’ infantry were dug into trenches. We witnessed this old-school style of war when we made our first visit to Ukraine in September 2022. Since then, we have made regular trips to Ukraine, affording us firsthand insight into a monumental transformation: the beginning of a new kind of warfare.

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