SIMI VALLEY, CA -- Top U.S. defense officials said a new era of AI warfare has arrived and that the Pentagon needs to significantly increase funding on artificially intelligence programs to enable new weapon systems, rapidly provide senior military commanders with targets, and, in some cases, do the shooting. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, speaking at a panel here with other U.S. officials, said analysis from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated that AI pilots can easily defeat their...