Phalanx under fire – AI weapons ban pushed over ethics

By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 6 May 2023 In a recent AI in Weapons Systems Committee session, experts debated the ethical, legal, and technical concerns of AI in weapons like the Royal Navy’s Phalanx system, discussing potential bans on specific autonomous systems. The Artificial Intelligence in Weapons

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RS21 earns patent for AI-based monitoring

By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 10 March 2023 SAN FRANCISCO – Someday, satellites may operate autonomously, dodging debris and resolving their own software issues. For now, engineers continuously monitor satellites to detect and diagnose problems. “Satellites are not ready to make decisions about what to do because they don’t

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The West is testing out a lot of shiny new military tech in Ukraine

A drone operator launches a quadcopter to monitor the operation of an evacuation robot during its field testing on September 9, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images By Jonathan Guyer, Published by Vox, 21 September 2022 How satellites, drones, and AI helped Ukraine’s counter-offensive. As Ukraine

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Countering the “China Threat”–At What Price?

By Koohan Paik-Mander, Published by Foreign Policy in Focus, 25 June 2022 The Pentagon is upgrading its full-spectrum dominance, with China as the primary target. In early June 2021, in a classified directive to Pentagon officials, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin slammed the former Trump administration for talking big but never

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