The Pentagon is hunting ISIS using big data and machine learning

The Pentagon is hunting ISIS using big data and machine learning

There's simply too much incoming information for the Pentagon's stable of analysts, says. Air Force Lt. Gen. John N.T. "Jack" Shanahan, director for defense intelligence for warfighter support. "We're not going to solve it by throwing more people at the problem...That's the last thing that we actually want to do.

There's simply too much incoming information for the Pentagon's stable of analysts, says. Air Force Lt. Gen. John N.T. "Jack" Shanahan, director for defense intelligence for warfighter support. "We're not going to solve it by throwing more people at the problem...That's the last thing that we actually want to do.