Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Why The World Is Suddenly Running Out Of RAM
February 28th, 2026Via: Cold Fusion:
U.S. Establishes Task Force to Employ One-Way-Attack Drones in Middle East
February 27th, 2026Via: The Aviationist: The U.S. military will employ Shahed-like One-Way-Attack (OWA) drones in the Middle East with the establishment of a new task force. On Dec. 3, 2025, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS), which will oversee the U.S. military’s first OWA drone squadron. … The unnamed squadron assigned to […]
Anthropic Refusing to Let U.S. Government Use AI for Mass Domestic Surveillance and Fully Autonomous Weapons
February 27th, 2026Via: Anthropic: The Department of War has stated they will only contract with AI companies who accede to “any lawful use” and remove safeguards in the cases mentioned above. They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain these safeguards; they have also threatened to designate us a “supply chain risk”—a label […]
Firefox 148 Rolls Out With The Promised AI Kill Switch
February 24th, 2026Via: Techspot: Firefox and its forks remain the preferred browsers for a niche segment of power users, many of whom strongly opposed Mozilla’s plans to infuse the browser with generative AI features. To its credit, Mozilla listened to community feedback and agreed to introduce a graphical interface option allowing users to disable all AI features […]
“I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
February 24th, 2026Many AIs fail to answer the question correctly, but far more of a worry is that 28% of humans also get it wrong: The most common pushback on the car wash test: “Humans would fail this too.” Fair point. We didn’t have data either way. So we partnered with Rapidata to find out. They ran […]
U.S. Air Force Transports Compact Nuclear Reactor Aboard C-17
February 22nd, 2026Via: The Defense Post: The US Department of Defense has airlifted a compact nuclear reactor from California to Utah, marking the first time a C-17 military transport aircraft has transported a nuclear microreactor. In partnership with Hawthorne-based Valar Atomics and the Department of Energy, officials flew the unfueled Ward 250 reactor from March Air Reserve […]
Iran (So Far Away)
February 22nd, 2026The RAMpocalypse. No hard drives. GPU and SSD prices through the roof? Worth it. Via: Dr Phoxotic: In case you don’t know what inspired the AI slop above: A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away):
OpenAI Is Suddenly in Trouble
February 21st, 2026Via: Cold Fusion TV: Related: AI Fails at 96% of Jobs (New Study)
And Now… Seagate and Western Digital Sell Out of Hard Drives
February 16th, 2026Seagate’s Hard Drives Are Sold Out Through 2026 as AI Storage Boom Continues: The company’s nearline storage capacity is completely sold out through calendar 2026, with orders for 2027 opening soon and discussions already underway for 2028. Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital: Looking to buy a new […]
Anthropic AI Safety Researcher Quits: “The World Is In Peril.”
February 11th, 2026Today is my last day at Anthropic. I resigned. Here is the letter I shared with my colleagues, explaining my decision. pic.twitter.com/Qe4QyAFmxL — mrinank (@MrinankSharma) February 9, 2026 In other Anthropic news… “It was ready to kill someone, wasn’t it?” “Yes.” "It was ready to kill someone, wasn't it?" "Yes." Daisy McGregor, UK policy chief […]
