By Aminu Abdullahi, Published by Tech Republic, 2 March 2026 Elon Musk’s xAI has officially secured a seat at the military’s high table. A Defense official confirmed to Axios that xAI has signed a landmark agreement to integrate its AI model, Grok, into the US military’s most sensitive classified systems.
Image source: Blacklisted News Published by Military Watch Magazine, 27 February 2026 The head of the U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon has stressed the importance of being able to attack and destroy Chinese satellites and other space assets, as a core part of achieving what
Image: US Department of Defense By Frank Konkel, Published by Defense One, 27 February 2026 Ban follows AI firm’s refusal to enable mass surveillance, autonomous weapons. President Trump on Friday directed all federal agencies—including the Defense Department—to “immediately cease all use” of frontier AI firm Anthropic’s technology, though he also
A long-exposure photograph in the northern hemisphere showing satellites in the night skyAlan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images By Tori Bonidie and Magnus L'Argent, Published by Astrobites, 26 February 2026 Across regions and borders, cultures and customs, the one thing we share is the night sky. Access to the
By Malcolm Ferguson, Published by New Republic, 23 February 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is meeting the Anthropic CEO as he sends a dark message to all AI companies. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is bringing in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei into the Pentagon on Tuesday in an attempt to strong-arm
Image credit: SpaceX By Tim Fernholz, Published by Tech Crunch, 11 February 2026 In a sense, this whole thing was inevitable. Elon Musk and his coterie have been talking about AI in space for years — mainly in the context of Iain Banks’ science-fiction series about a far-future universe where
Multiple companies are planning to develop space-based data centers, which would greatly increase the number of satellites in Earth orbit. (Image credit: ESA) By Julian Dossett, Published by Space.com, 5 February 2026 U.S. companies also plan to build solar-powered data centers in space as the market becomes crowded on Earth.
By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette, Published by Reuters, 4 February 2026 Summary Space-based data centers face technical, economic and regulatory challenges Blue Origin and Google also explore space-based AI infrastructure SpaceX's structural advantages position it to shape orbital computing market Feb 4 (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, the idea
