How Ukraine's futuristic war could get 'much worse,' according to ex-Google CEO

Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and now executive chairman and CEO of Relativity Space, warned NBC News’ Richard Engel that the war in Ukraine “could get much worse” as innovation accelerates. He said Russia is improving at developing and deploying new weapons, eroding an advantage Ukraine had relied on. Schmidt described Ukraine’s battlefield “kill zones,” where leaving cover can mean death from drones in minutes, and argued that the conflict has become a testing ground for drone warfare. He said winning will hinge on scaling the fastest inventions, with AI eventually helping direct drone swarms.