Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Credit: TannySolt / Shutterstock.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Meta Tested Pentagon Contractor’s Facial Recognition on Smart Glasses, Report Says Meta has tested the facial recognition software from Rank One Computing, a Denver-based Pentagon contractor, for use in its smart glasses, according to a Wired report. The firm provides facial recognition systems to U.S. military and law enforcement, including U.S. Special Operations Command and the U.S....
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A batch of fiber-optic controlled drones is seen before being handed over to the Ukrainian armed forces (Credit: Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Ukraine's AI-Powered 'Terminator' Drones Made First Killings Without Human Control Fully autonomous quadcopter drones killed Russian soldiers during a battlefield test in Ukraine about two years ago, according to drone developer Alexander Kokhanovskyy. The incident is described as...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Soldiers of Ukraine's 57th Motorized Brigade approach a MaxxPro armored vehicle, designed to protect infantry against shelling, drones, mines, and ambushes. (Credit: Vovkodavy / 57th Motorized Brigade) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Ukraine Opens Assault Infantry Roles to Foreign Recruits Ukraine plans to fill up to half of its assault and infantry positions with foreign recruits, commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced, opening the front line to...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, a parasitic species whose larvae infest the tissue of living animals. (Credit: Lidya Elfa Sari / Shutterstock) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES DARPA Joins U.S. Fight Against Flesh-Eating Screwworm The Pentagon’s research arm, DARPA, is responding to the resurgence of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm (NWS) in the U.S. through its newly launched GUARDIAN program, which aims to develop advanced...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! An aerial view of the QTS data center under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2023. (Credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Most New U.S. AI Data Centers Slated for Drought-Stricken Land Roughly two-thirds, or 517 of 809 planned artificial intelligence (AI) data centers across the United States, are set to be built in areas that have experienced drought conditions over the past year, according to The Guardian’s...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (U.S. Army Photo by Visual Information Specialist, Ruediger Hess/Released) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Navy Drone Boat Pulls Off First Rescue of a Downed US Apache Crew A U.S. Navy drone boat rescued the two-person crew of an Army AH-64 Apache, which President Donald Trump said was shot down by Iran near the Strait of Hormuz. The operation is believed to be the first known U.S. military search-and-rescue conducted by an unmanned surface vessel. CENTCOM...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Credit: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Ukraine Develops AI-Powered Interceptor Drone That Autonomously Downs Shaheds Ukraine has developed interceptor drones capable of autonomously identifying and shooting down Russian Shahed attack drones, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Fedorov said the system, developed by MaXon Systems, automates about 95% of the entire interception process, from drone launch...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Credit: Frame Craft 8 / Shutterstock.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Meta Quietly Added Facial-Recognition Tech to Smart Glasses, Report Says A Wired report found a feature called “NameTag” embedded in Meta’s AI app for smart glasses that could identify people seen through the camera and alert the wearer when a match is found. The system could also crop and store unrecognized faces in a “pending” folder. Meta disputes claims that the feature is close...
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There are a number of senators, congressmen, and senior government officials who read SOFX. In light of today's lead article I have one simple question for you: When are you planning to do your job on the issue of unregulated AI? There is no re-election to win, no PAC money needed, no special interests to support if we are all dead. There is no room in billionaire bunkers for you, so maybe on this one issue you should actually protect the public. Nobody is asking you to get on a blacked-out...
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