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AI's Fiercest Critic Says the Doom Talk Is Cover for Real Harm
Timnit Gebru, the researcher pushed out of Google, says extinction warnings distract from autonomous weapons, climate damage and workers losing their jobs.
Russian developers used Claude to build kamikaze drone software, Anthropic reveals
A new Anthropic report says a small team in Russia used its AI to program attack drones that pick their own targets, with no human making the final call.
Europe Could Hold the Only Real Brake on the Global AI Race
A Guardian columnist argues that export controls on the machines that build AI chips might be the one lever powerful enough to slow an industry that few governments seem willing to touch.
A Judge Ruled the Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Unconstitutional
Anthropic refused to let the military use its AI for mass surveillance or killer robots. The Pentagon punished it for that. A federal judge just said that punishment was illegal.
Autonomous Drones Are Already Killing Without Accountability. That Is the Real AI Weapons Problem
A military surgeon argues the danger from AI in weapons isn't some far-off sci-fi threat. It's happening now, and the law of war isn't keeping up.
Neros Technologies raises $250 million to push combat drones into the field by 2026
The two-year-old defence start-up is now valued at $2.5 billion and plans to build a million drones a year by 2028, with an AI-guided attack drone and one designed to shoot enemy drones out of the sky.
AI Could Cure Cancer or Cement Autocracy. Which Way It Goes Is Up to Us
Author and academic Katherine Rundell argues that artificial intelligence carries two entirely opposite futures inside it, and that education is the place where that choice gets made.
Google's Biggest AI Reshuffle Signals a Culture Shift, Not Just a Org Chart Tweak
Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years, Demis Hassabis is stepping back from day-to-day leadership, and insiders say a Pentagon contract may be at the root of it all.
Ukraine Fits 50,000 Attack Drones With AI That Locks On and Follows Moving Targets
A US software company has developed a 'fire-and-forget' kit for Ukraine's cheap Shrike drones, letting a human point at a target and hand the rest to an AI system.
Eric Trump-Backed Startup Wants to Send Armed Humanoid Robots Into Combat
Foundation Future Industries says it will give its Phantom robot lethal capabilities within months. Experts say a truly autonomous robot soldier is still decades away.
US Military Used Explosive Drone Boats in Combat for the First Time
On the night of July 12, three unmanned sea drones destroyed an Iranian submarine and a naval maintenance facility. America had never used this kind of weapon in a real attack before.