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Singapore employs AI-generated force for armour training

24th May 2019 - 12:28 GMT | by Chen Chuanren in Singapore

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The Singapore Army has introduced an AI-powered computer-generated force to increase training realism and enhance critical thinking in its armour cadets.

Known as the intelligent Computer-Generated Force (iCGF), it was introduced by the armour training school last October. About 80 cadets have undergone training on it so far.

Its R&D took two years, funded by the Future Systems & Technology Directorate, and developed by the DSO

National Laboratories, Defence Science and Technology Agency in close collaboration with the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

Darren Ong, programme director of the DSO Information Division, said, ‘The current CGFs in the market are

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