Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has stressed on incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data computing into the Armed forces’ system. He was addressing the valedictory function of the National Conference on ‘Self Reliance in Defence Manufacturing’ in Hyderabad yesterday.

General Rawat said, future wars are going to be fought in the cyber domain and it is important to start understanding the relevance of AI and Big Data computing and how to incorporate it into the defence system. He said, the Indian Armed forces have to be prepared whether it was defence of borders, combating proxy wars, terrorism, insurgencies or other internal security disturbances.

The Army Chief also said, the defence forces needed equipment that were capable of deep viewing adversaries’ territories.