AI Magazine February 2026 Issue 35 | Page 57

analytics. The system increasingly applies behavioural learning to large datasets, revealing anomalies such as suspicious patterns in shipping traffic.“ This is not about replacing people, this is about augmenting operators to reduce their cognitive load,” Ajay says.“ Ultimately the user is responsible for taking accountability, but the AI gets them to a level where they can confidently take that decision at pace with all the evidence in place.”
Civilian applications form the second strategic area. Biometric matching at airport e-gates now operates 400 times faster than previous systems, improving passenger flow while maintaining security standards.

“ We will never get to a stage, especially for mission-critical systems, where an AI is completely autonomously able to operate on its own”

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