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Edgerunner AI CEO Tyler Saltsman on developing military artificial intelligence

AI News August 18, 2026 06:00 PM
Edgerunner AI CEO Tyler Saltsman on developing military artificial intelligence

Edgerunner AI co-founder and CEO Tyler Saltsman joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss building military-specific artificial intelligence for warfighters and navigating the U.S.-China technology race.

Military artificial intelligence development is accelerating as Edgerunner AI co-founder Tyler Saltsman details their new onboard 'brain' for robots. Saltsman reveals how 1.4 million real soldier conversations trained the military-grade system to aid tactical decision-making. He warns that China's aggressive push into open-weight AI models poses a serious challenge to United States national security.