Over the past two years, generative AI has dominated tech conversations and media headlines. Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, and Sora captured imaginations with their ability to create text, images, and videos, sparking both excitement and ethical debates.
However, artificial intelligence goes far beyond generative AI -- which is just a subset of AI -- and its associated models. AI's real promise lies in its ability to address complex challenges across diverse industries, from military technology to cybersecurity, medicine, and even genome sequencing.
As we move into 2025 and beyond, the question isn't whether AI use cases will expand -- it's how big and transformative they'll get.
Few sectors stand to gain more from AI advancements than defense. "We are witnessing a surge in applications like autonomous drone swarms, electronic spectrum awareness, and real-time battlefield space management, where AI, edge computing, and sensor technologies are integrated to enable faster responses and enhanced precision," says Meir Friedland, CEO at RF spectrum intelligence company Sensorz.