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Science & Space

AI and drones are decoding whale calls. What they're finding could change how we think about animal culture.

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to crack the complex language of beluga whales. The findings hint that these animals pass down knowledge and traditions, much like we do.

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Robotics

NVIDIA's new Jetson Orin Nano 2 chip aims to put frontier AI inside drones and home robots

The tiny computer uses 40% less power than its predecessor while doubling AI processing speed, and NVIDIA says it will let developers run the same kind of intelligence found in today's best chatbots directly inside physical machines.

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Policy

Autonomous Drones Are Already Killing Without Accountability. That Is the Real AI Weapons Problem

A military surgeon argues the danger from AI in weapons is not some far-off sci-fi threat. It is happening now, and the law of war is not keeping up.

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Robotics

The US military wants better robots. Here's who it's asking.

A federally funded manufacturing institute is putting out an open call for robotics and AI projects aimed at defence production, from submarines to drone swarms.

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AI Security

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.

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Robotics

Construction software giant Procore buys drone-and-robot inspection firm DroneDeploy for $845 million

The deal pairs Procore's project management platform with DroneDeploy's drones, ground robots and cameras to replace manual site inspections with AI that can spot problems and act on them automatically.

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Robotics

Firefighting Drones Are Being Tested Across the US Before Wildfires Get Out of Hand

California and Alaska trials show small autonomous drones can douse fires in minutes. They cannot replace big airtankers, but they may stop a spark from becoming an inferno.

3 min read
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Robotics

This Drone Is Practically Invisible to the Human Eye. AI Designed It That Way.

Roboticists at Northwestern University used a computer optimiser to build a spinning drone that blurs itself into the background. The result is ten times harder to spot than a normal quadrotor.

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Robotics

The Dutch Navy Is Testing Crewless Warships Run by AI

Two unmanned patrol vessels are circling target ships off the Dutch coast. No sailors onboard. A computer decides where they go.

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Robotics

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.

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Robotics

Ondas pays $875.8 million for drone maker DZYNE, betting big on AI-guided military systems

The deal bundles long-range spy drones, drone-killing interceptors, and AI cargo gliders into a single defence platform the company is calling Ondas Sentinel.

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