[Baron Munchausen]

During the beta process, we noticed that AIs stopped launching drones independently after Drone Carriers were added to the game. When they were first added but Drone Carriers were not yet added, the AI would indeed launch drones at enemy ships if it could see them. I don't recall ever seeing it use an anti-planet drones, though. Apparently you have to make your AI build Drone Carriers now, and then it will load the drones into the carrier and send it out to attack an enemy like a regular fighter carrier. Other than that, the only time drones seem to get launched is when you attack a planet with drones in its cargo.