Category: weapons
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Google reverses pledge against AI-driven weapons to champion ‘free world’ security
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Google has quietly gave up its long promise not to use artificial intelligence of weapons, declaring that “free countries” should be able to harness technology for national security purposes. Policy shift appeared when James Manica (Google-Alphabet) and Mr. Dimis Hasabis (Google DeepMind), authored by the Technology giant assertion blog “supporting…
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South Korea-made weapons in high demand after Ukraine invasion
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On the outskirts of an industrial city in South Korea, workers at a sprawling weapons factory were conducting the final phase of testing a newly built surface-to-air defense system that could eventually head to Ukraine. Longstanding domestic policy bars Seoul from sending weapons to active conflict zones, but since the…
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South Korea-made weapons in high demand after Ukraine invasion
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On the outskirts of an industrial city in South Korea, workers at a sprawling weapons factory were conducting the final phase of testing a newly built surface-to-air defense system that could eventually head to Ukraine. Longstanding domestic policy bars Seoul from sending weapons to active conflict zones, but since the…
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New Yorkers immediately protest new AI-based weapons detectors on subways
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New York City Moves to AI-Powered Scanners In a new show The U.S. government has launched a pilot program to keep guns out of the subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday has already been met with skepticism from riders and a threat of a lawsuit from civil liberties…
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Israel spent $1.1b on nuclear weapons in 2023 – report
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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ranked Israel seventh in terms of investment in nuclear weapons last year. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons estimates that Israel spent about $1.1 billion on nuclear weapons in 2023. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was awarded the Nobel Peace…
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Russia could reduce decision time for use of nuclear weapons, lawmaker says By Reuters
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Lydia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia, the world’s largest nuclear power, could reduce the decision-making time set out in the official policy on the use of nuclear weapons if Moscow believes threats are increasing, the head of the Russian parliament’s defense committee said. The war in…
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US paused shipment of weapons to Israel to head off Rafah invasion-official By Reuters
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Written by Mike Stone, Steve Holland and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The administration of US President Joe Biden halted an arms shipment to Israel last week in objection to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, a senior US administration…