Former Green Beret Warns Us - War of Artificial Intelligence Is Here

The war for information, influence, and decision making is paramount on today’s battlefield. Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept of the future; it’s essential for America’s national security and military dominance.

From SOF Week in Tampa, Florida, Fran Racioppi sat down with retired Green Beret and CEO of Accrete AI Government, Bill Wall, to talk about a fight most Americans never see.

Bill is one of the leading voices redefining how we use AI and how our government is deploying it in the protection of America. Bill explains how Accrete’s Argus platform is actively being used to identify foreign ownership and control in U.S. defense supply chains, and how more broadly AI is helping analysts detect narrative warfare and influence campaigns before they spread.

He shared how dual-use technology is shifting the battlefield, why algorithmic warfare is already here, and how Accrete is giving government agencies the tools to scale human insight without losing control. They also talked about the dangers of siloed innovation, the gap between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon, and what leadership looks like when you’re building tech that needs to work at speed and at scale.

This episode is about changing how we think about war, technology, and leadership; and what it’s going to take to stay ahead in the next fight.

Our SOF Week 2025 Series is made possible in part by Accrete.ai; solving business’s most complex challenges today through the technology of tomorrow.

Meet The Guest:
-Co-Founder and CEO of Accrete AI Government
-Retired Green Beret
-Helped build several successful teams in the IT industry

Topics Discussed:
-Defining Artificial Intelligence and its integration in the next battlefield
-Identifying and combatting false narratives
-The keys to success post service

Highlights:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Welcome to SOF Week
03:04 Artificial Intelligence Defined
06:49 AI in Warfighting
09:39 Machine Learning
11:44 Drawing the Line with AI
16:20 Defining the Next Battlefield
20:15 Combatting False Narratives & Misinformation
24:29 Public Private Partnerships
27:02 AI in the Corporate World
33:02 Regulating AI
34:42 Why Army
36:48 Innovation changing SOF
41:46 Post service transition
47:50 Success post service
57:32 Accrete AI’s future

Quotes:
“Artificial intelligence is just using computers and data to think and reason the same way a human would, but just at a much larger scale and speed.”
“Artificial intelligence empowers a human.”
“It’s understanding not just the enemy, but understanding the environment.”
“We’re not engaging in the narrative battle. We don’t even know what’s being said.”
“We don’t necessarily need the National Intelligence Community to tell us where our enemies are, they’re broadcasting it.”
“The most important aspect of artificial intelligence moving forward has to be its explainability.”
“I was fascinated by the idea of being a US soldier, but working with a local populist in their language and culture. That’s all I wanted to do.”
“In our community, there’s this ethos of being prepared for change and being able to take advantage of change as it happens.”
“You are what you do. That’s how you identify your self worth and who you are.”
“Your first step doesn’t matter, land anywhere.”
“Something that guys have to think about is what their personal risk profile is.”
“It can’t be no. It has to be how.”
“If you’re a checklist driven person that needs to be told what to do to understand your job, then entrepreneurialism is not for you.”

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