Battlefield data shared between allies for model training needs to be graded for quality, just as oil is.
The war in Ukraine is transforming battlefield data into a shareable asset. In August, Britain became the first foreign country to get access to Ukraine’s Avengers AI Labs, a platform collecting data from thousands of cameras and infrared sensors. The British government has described the platform as a gold mine.
Meanwhile, the Iran war is demonstrating that the asset lacks a grade. The conflict has been fought within a data environment that is unreliable at the point of generation. In the first four days of the war alone, 1,735 instances of satellite-navigation interference were recorded across the Gulf. In the same period, Iranian drones damaged data centres in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, forcing a break in data custody.
by John James/The Strategist The assay problem: battlefield data after the 2026 Iran war
