The Trump administration announced that it has successfully developed and tested a new nuclear-weapons-related flight vehicle using artificial intelligence, advanced supercomputing and 3D printing technology, marking a milestone National Nuclear Security Administrator Brandon Williams compared to the Manhattan Project.As the Great American State Fair kicks off on the National Mall, one of the most consequential exhibits on display may be an 11-foot-tall flight vehicle built not for a museum, but as a test of how AI could transform America's nuclear deterrent.The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) says the project, known as Aires Tide, could dramatically compress the timeline for developing future national security capabilities.The unveiling comes as U.S.
officials warn that America is locked in a high-stakes race with China to harness artificial intelligence for military and strategic advantage.TRUMP SIGNS LANDMARK EXECUTIVE ORDER INVESTING IN QUANTUM COMPUTING AND CRYPTOGRAPHY SECURITYThe NNSA is displaying Aires Tide on the National Mall this week.(NNSA)"There's no question that we're in an AI capabilities race with China.
The power of artificial intelligence just to be able to bring together so many kinds of data and different computational models together in one place and to streamline that is incredibly powerful and will continue to be powerful going forward," Williams told Fox News Digital."And so part of that is applied to national security.
Part of that's applied to our nuclear deterrence."Williams said Aires Tide was started by the NNSA to demonstrate "how we would use artificial intelligence to move faster in terms of how we produce nuclear weapons, how we maintain our nuclear weapons stockpile." The flight test vehicle was designed to simulate the extreme heat and vibration a nuclear weapon would encounter during a nuclear weapon's flight.The project serves as the first public demonstration of the administration's Ge...