This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition seeks novel and innovative proposals to help explore the role Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play in improving the Ministry of Defence (MOD) ability to conduct Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) of the sub-threshold information environment .

The sub-threshold encapsulates all activity up to, but not crossing, the legal definition of armed conflict.

For the purposes of this competition, we are treating the definition of AI as follows; Machines that perform tasks which are normally performed by human intelligence, and how machines perform these tasks, when they learn from data.

We are facing many specific challenges within the sub-threshold information environment. This competition is focusing on three of those challenges. We are interested in ideas that can help Defence to apply and use AI to:

* identify actions in the sub-threshold information environment which are hostile?

* understand the intent and attribution of those actions?

* generate courses of action and plausible response options?

The intent is to improve the options for the MOD in developing the technology and understanding to enable processing and exploitation of vast quantities of data at machine speed, improving the our ability to:

* Understand actions in the sub-threshold, and identify which are, or appear to be hostile

* Understand the implications and reach of activities in the sub-threshold

* Attribute actions to actors

* Identify likely or plausible intent or consequences

This online event will outline the aims and the timelines of this competition. It will also give you a chance to ask the project team any questions you may have. To get the most out of this session we strongly recommend you attend with good knowledge of the competition document.

Scoping out the Grey Zone: Sub threshold AI - Competition Launch Webinar