Algorithms in Uniform: US Creates AI Force Cyber Troops for Global Dominance

Artificial intelligence has officially been recognized as an independent theater of war. On September 19, 2026, Donald Trump announced an unprecedented step—the creation of a specialized `AI Force` military branch in the US and the establishment of the post of national AI advisor (AI czar).

Although the technical details of implementation have not yet been disclosed, the geopolitical vector is crystal clear: Washington is accelerating the total militarization of algorithms. This is a direct, symmetrical response to the recent integration of combat humanoid robots into the Chinese People's Liberation Army. For the IT industry, this initiative means a colossal reshaping of markets. State funding streams (B2G) will be strictly redirected to the defense sector (Defense-tech). The development of autonomous agents is gradually coming under the control of intelligence agencies and the Pentagon, and the global technological market is definitively splintering into isolated, hostile national AI clusters.

Source: US Government / Reuters