While most of the stuff covered have been discussed by DICE before, the magazine does mention this, “Dice has confirmed you can play both Conquest and Breakthrough with AI teams, which still adds to your overall progress,” which sounds like players will be able to progress their rank and such, even if they are playing with or against AI bots. This tidbit of info was shared in the latest issue of PLAY (#2), where DICE shared info about Battlefield 2042.
While we already know that Battlefield 2042 will feature AI soldiers (bots) to fill up servers, it seems that even playing with and against AI will move your character’s “overall progress.”