Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Starsage: U.S. Fighter Pilots Test AI “Air Battle Manager” Voice Assistant
August 27th, 2025Via: Fox: For the first time, U.S. fighter pilots took direction from an AI “air battle manager” in a Pentagon test that could change how wars are fought in the skies. The Air Force and Navy ran the August test using Raft AI’s Starsage tactical control system on F-16s, F/A-18s and F-35s during a joint […]
Hacker Used Anthropic AI to Automate an ‘Unprecedented’ Cybercrime Spree
August 27th, 2025Via: CNBC: A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes. In a report published Tuesday, Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, said that an unnamed hacker “used […]
IBM, AMD Partnership on “Quantum-Centric Supercomputing”
August 26th, 2025Via: IBM: Today, IBM and AMD announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing, known as quantum-centric supercomputing. AMD and IBM are collaborating to develop scalable, open-source platforms that could redefine the future of computing, leveraging IBM’s leadership in developing the world’s most performant quantum computers […]
YouTube Secretly Used AI to Edit People’s Videos
August 25th, 2025Side note: I found YouTube’s aggressive promotion of shortform video content to be extremely annoying. Hide Youtube-Shorts is very good at blocking those videos. Via: BBC: A growing share of reality is pre-processed by AI before it reaches us. Eventually, the question won’t be whether you can tell the difference, but whether it’s eroding our […]
Boston Dynamics Atlas with Large Behavior Models (LBMs)
August 20th, 2025Via: Boston Dynamics:
Meanwhile, at The First World Humanoid Robot Games
August 18th, 2025Via: Unitree Robotics:
High End GPU Smuggling to China
August 18th, 2025This is a fascinating look into how GPU smuggling networks are getting around U.S. export restrictions to China. This is long and probably not of much interest to most of you, but some will find it very interesting. The part I found most incredible is how gaming-grade GPU silicon is being pulled from existing cards […]
Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russia’s Strategic Bombers
August 16th, 2025Via: Daily Mail:
Huntington Beach, California: First Responder Police Drones Launch from Rooftops Around City
August 13th, 2025Via: Los Angeles Times: The Huntington Beach Police Department typically takes about five minutes to get to a crime scene or emergency situation. Drones will soon cut that time to two minutes or less. The department is expected to launch its Drone as First Responder program on Sept. 13, officials said during a news conference […]
The Computer Science Dream Has Become a Nightmare
August 13th, 2025Via: TechCrunch: The coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. A crushing New York Times piece highlights what’s happening on the ground. […]
