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3 storiesNATO is a transatlantic military alliance. Recent coverage has focused on AI: France, backed by Germany and the UK, is bidding to host a NATO AI Centre of Excellence in Rennes by 2027, with Poland also competing; an analysis examined how NATO's Indo-Pacific focus relates to uneven cyber defenses in ASEAN; and NATO-backed startup Scaleout Systems deploys small machine learning models on drones for surveillance and strike tasks.
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France is pushing to host a NATO AI Centre of Excellence in Rennes, backed by Germany and the UK, with plans to open in 2027, though NATO has not formally approved it. Poland is also competing; the centre would shape NATO AI doctrine and standards.
An analysis says NATO's Indo-Pacific focus must address ASEAN's uneven cyber defenses, where advanced Singapore and Malaysia contrast with gaps in Cambodia and Laos, risking key maritime, semiconductor and subsea-cable chokepoints in global supply chains.
NATO-backed startup Scaleout Systems deploys small ML models on edge drones for surveillance and strike tasks; the company shifted toward defense applications after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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