What does 7 'Ai-sets' with tablets costs ? Seems like an unnecessary addition for such a small army ? \s
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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So, as far as I can see, this is basically just the same networked soldier tech that every modern military is using. Canada has had this stuff in the field for a while (mostly with 3RCR, and I think 3PPCLI), with plans to expand to the entire reg force once we work the kinks out. It's pretty much just a way of giving soldiers a map screen where commanders can draw orders, and also giving them a camera so they can directly feed back visual intel. Helps cut back fog of war.
In the article itself the only hint of AI is the note that these devices will be "AI capable" which is kind of a no shit Sherlock. Literally these systems already use off the shelf smart devices connected up to a hardened comms system. The Canadian one is built on Samsung S22s. Of course its "AI capable", anything with a CPU is.
My suspicion is that the UK military just really wanted this networked soldier capability (its a good program, that's why everyone is doing it), and knew that they could get the funding more easily if they snuck the word AI in there because the current UK government has an absolute raging hard on for anything remotely AI related.
AI radios
Looks inside
No AI
Jokes aside, this is a common thing in tech / software at the moment.
You can make fantastic software and systems, but unless you slap an AI label on it, big companies and organisations will not want to pay for it, or will pass you over for a product that says it has it, even if it's dogshit.
AI (or, more accurately, machine learning) can bring value, but so can a lot of other features.
Finally, the era of vibe command has arrived. WCGW?