A positive use for AI: finding sea mines.

When placed in the Strait of Hormuz or elsewhere, mines don’t have to hit ships to cause damage — just the threat can choke global trade. Detecting them is slow and painstaking – but machine learning is speeding it up.
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How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them

The Iranian government uses the threat of sea mines to control access to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea lane that is vital to the global economy.

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