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Project Meridian set to investigate the ‘battlefield of the future’

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons)

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian, a new department study looking at how emerging technologies like AI, robotics and biotechnology could be employed in warfare. We spoke with experts from USC and California Polytechnic State University about where the study could lead to next.