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U.S. Army tests AI tool for maintenance and repairs
The U.S. Army is testing an AI tool that helps soldiers fix equipment by searching official manuals, guiding repairs, ordering parts, and connecting them to experts, while only using approved information to avoid mistakes.

The U.S. Army is testing an artificial intelligence tool designed to support equipment maintenance and repair tasks. The system can search approved technical manuals, recommend step-by-step repair procedures, and prepare required paperwork. It is also capable of ordering parts and connecting soldiers directly to subject-matter experts when needed.
The tool restricts its answers to vetted manual content, a design choice that follows earlier incidents where AI systems produced incorrect information. Limiting responses to approved sources is seen as a strong pattern for deploying AI in operational settings where mistakes carry high consequences.