The contemporary security reality in which NATO operates is highly uncertain and unpredictable. Both state and non-state actors have proven that by abusing modern technologies they can compensate their inferiority to the Alliance in advancing their objectives that challenge the democratic world that NATO is trying to defend. The pursue to develop and deploy artificial intelligence applications and systems to achieve political objectives has brought the security threat vectors to the Alliance security to a whole new level. These developments have urged Alliance’s leaders to strategically approach to development and potential deployment of artificial intelligence. The new NATO strategy for artificial intelligence provides a framework for the alliance leaders to unsure NATO’s competitive advantage against peer competitors. However, the operationalization of the strategic guidance is an imperative task for the Alliance leadership.