Why American Drones Are Failing on Ukrainian Battlefields

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Early in Ukraine’s war with Russia, American startups were eager to have their drones battle-tested. But things haven’t gone well. Despite years of work, and billions of dollars in investment, the American-made drones have been riddled with problems . WSJ reporter Heather Somerville tells host Alex Ossola about the alternatives Ukrainian soldiers are turning to, and what it will take to improve American-made drones. Plus, as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into companies, some executives are rethinking their hiring and staffing needs. WSJ enterprise technology reporter Isabelle Bousquette discusses what this means for workers. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:22.2	It's Monday, April 22nd. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:27.0	Coming up on today's show, as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into companies, some
0:32.3	executives are rethinking their hiring and
0:34.6	staffing needs. We'll find out what this means for workers from W.S.J. Enterprise Technology
0:40.0	reporter Isabel Busquet. And then Silicon Valley startups sent drones to Ukraine to help fight
0:46.0	the Russians. But the drones are failing and Ukrainians are turning to cheaper Chinese alternatives.
0:51.9	W.S.J. reporter Heather Somerville explains what it will take for American-Made drones
0:57.0	to do better on the battlefield.
0:59.0	But first, companies across industries are investing big in AI.
1:05.0	They're hopeful that the systems can do certain kinds of tasks that people once did,
1:09.0	and that's already changing how some companies are thinking about hiring.
1:14.0	W.S.J. Enterprise Technology reporter Isabel Busquet joins me now with more.
1:19.0	Isabel, how is AI changing hiring?
1:22.0	AI is changing the way that companies are thinking about how many people they need to hire essentially.
1:28.0	Companies can use AI to make a lot of jobs more efficient. It can save people time writing emails, they can
1:37.3	summarize big documents. So as people get more efficient with the way they can do their jobs. Companies are thinking,
1:44.0	maybe we don't have to hire X number of people for this role next year. And
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