Ukraine feeds sensitive military data to Palantir AI for training

MILAN — Ukraine’s government-backed defense technology cluster, Brave1, has partnered with the American company Palantir to create a platform where artificial-intelligence models can be tested using sensitive military data.

Dubbed the Dataroom, the secure digital environment will allow Ukrainian defense companies to train and validate their algorithms by relying on real-world intelligence on Russian aerial threats collected by the country’s military.

The workspace has been envisioned with the goal of equipping interceptor drones with AI to enhance their target detection, classification and neutralization capabilities.

“In the future, we plan to expand the Dataroom’s abilities to other areas related to autonomy and AI – but for now, our focus is on the most urgent task: countering the threats that appear in our skies, Shahed-type drones,” Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, wrote in a post on his LinkedIn page.

The official noted that while interceptor drones have been effective on the battlefield, defending against thousands of targets requires a high degree of autonomy and the ability for the systems to identify and counter targets independently.

The Dataroom is currently only accessible to Ukrainian industry, primarily due to the sensitivity of the information used for training.

Palantir Technologies, co-founded by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel, opened an office in Kyiv and has cooperated significantly with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation. The company’s MetaConstellation software is used by Ukraine to gather and visualize data of enemy positions and equipment via a network of commercial satellites, sensors, drones, and other systems.

Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with online media outlet lb.ua this week that Russia can produce more than 400 different kinds of Shahed-type drones daily and that it plans to increase this number to 1,000.

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo was a Europe correspondent for Defense News. She covers a wide range of topics related to military procurement and international security, and specializes in reporting on the aviation sector. She is based in Milan, Italy.

米兰——乌克兰政府支持的国防技术集群 Brave1 与美国公司 Palantir 合作，创建了一个平台，该平台可以使用敏感的军事数据来测试人工智能模型。

这个被称为“数据室”的安全数字环境将允许乌克兰国防公司依靠该国军方收集的有关俄罗斯空中威胁的真实情报来训练和验证其算法。

该工作空间的设计目标是为拦截无人机配备人工智能，以增强其目标探测、分类和摧毁能力。

“未来，我们计划将数据室的功能扩展到与自主性和人工智能相关的其他领域——但就目前而言，我们的重点是最紧迫的任务：应对出现在我们天空中的威胁，即沙赫德型无人机，”乌克兰国防部长米哈伊洛·费多罗夫在他的领英页面上发帖写道。

该官员指出，虽然拦截无人机在战场上发挥了有效作用，但防御成千上万个目标需要高度的自主性，以及系统独立识别和反制目标的能力。

目前，数据室仅对乌克兰行业开放，主要是因为用于培训的信息非常敏感。

由自由主义亿万富翁彼得·蒂尔联合创立的Palantir Technologies公司在基辅开设了办事处，并与乌克兰数字化转型部开展了密切合作。该公司开发的MetaConstellation软件被乌克兰用于通过商业卫星、传感器、无人机和其他系统组成的网络，收集和可视化敌方阵地和装备的数据。

乌克兰军事指挥官奥列克桑德·瑟尔斯基本周在接受在线媒体 lb.ua 采访时表示，俄罗斯每天可以生产 400 多种不同类型的“沙赫德”型无人机，并计划将这一数字增加到 1000 架。

伊丽莎白·戈斯林-马洛曾任《防务新闻》欧洲通讯员。她的报道涵盖军事采购和国际安全等广泛领域，尤其擅长航空领域的报道。她常驻意大利米兰。