Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Ukraine War: Attack Drones with Unjammable Fiber Optic Links
May 5th, 2025Via: Daily Mail:
Aurora Begins Commercial Self-Driving Truck Service in Texas (Without Safety Drivers)
May 2nd, 2025Via: TechCrunch: Autonomous vehicle technology startup Aurora Innovation says it has successfully launched a self-driving truck service in Texas, making it the first company to deploy driverless, heavy-duty trucks for commercial use on public roads in the U.S. The launch comes just as Aurora hits its deadline; in October, the company delayed its planned 2024 […]
Trump Posts AI Generated Picture of Himself as Pope on Truth Social
May 2nd, 2025Where does one even start??? Trump Posts AI Generated Picture of Himself as Pope on Truth Social Screenshot and source: https://t.co/EfRKgkfxCz pic.twitter.com/oXYfDgloxV — cryptogon (@cryptogon) May 3, 2025 Related [???]: Trump Gaza
Drones Attack Gaza Aid Ship in International Waters
May 2nd, 2025I wonder who would do such a thing? Hmm. Via: Al Jazeera: A ship carrying aid to Gaza in a bid to break Israel’s blockade has been hit by drones in international waters off Malta, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), the group that organised the mission. The FFC said in a statement on […]
Catherine Austin Fitts on Tucker Carlson
April 29th, 2025Sir James Goldsmith predicting the decline of the west due to the flight of capital in search of slave labor with Charlie Rose in 1994. The battle between capital and labor. Very prophetic interview. And here we are 31 years later. pic.twitter.com/qTiaMab540 — Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) April 29, 2025 — Former Bush administration official Catherine […]
An AI-Generated Radio Host in Australia Went Unnoticed for Months
April 28th, 2025Via: The Verge: For months, a popular Australian radio station has used an AI-generated DJ to host one of its segments — and no one seemed to notice, as reported by the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. The show, called Workdays with Thy, offers a four-hour mix of hip hop, R&B, and […]
AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
April 17th, 2025Via: Wired: American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected drug and human traffickers, according to internal documents, contracts, and communications that […]
Lockheed Martin Helendale Radar Cross Section Facility – Night Testing
April 10th, 2025Via: Uncanny Expeditions: Related: Lockheed Martin Helendale RCS Facility
Hyundai to Expand Robot Fleet with Tens of Thousands Atlas Units from Boston Dynamics
April 7th, 2025About the workers in all the new factories being built in the U.S… Via: Interesting Engineering: Hyundai unveiled a $21 billion investment plan in the U.S., which includes $6 billion aimed at fostering innovation and expanding strategic partnerships. As per the agreement, Hyundai will purchase tens of thousands of robots, supporting Boston Dynamics’ growth and […]
The Computer that Runs on Human Neurons
April 6th, 2025I’ve posted about this before. I think it’s worth monitoring closely because my guess is that this (or something like it) is how a disorderly advance in AI could happen. Via: El País: Lab-grown brain cells are the basis for the functioning of the CL1, which has been announced as the first commercially-sold biological computer. […]
