In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more
until someone pointed out this would fall afoul of the US Onion Futures Act of 1958. @andonlabs : Turns out journalists are better red-teamers than AI researchers. We've taught the agent to reject fre...
A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China
here's why it matters for drone pilots Haye Kesteloo / DroneXL.co : DJI Loses Major Pentagon Lawsuit in Sweeping Defeat X: Alex Plitsas / @alexplitsas : SOCOM given the mission to finish acquiring aut...
How advances in AI and autonomous systems, new tech, and lower costs are shifting global wars towards “precise mass”, or the mass deployment of uncrewed systems
"Militaries are beginning to realize that they don't have to choose between precision and mass; they can have both." https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ... Shashank Joshi / @shashj : “One report suggests...
A look at autonomous weapons systems being developed by the US and the arguments for and against imbuing autonomous robots with lethal decision-making
Kelsey D. Atherton / New York Times : Tweets: @cnasdc , @nytimesatwar , and @bankillerrobots Tweets: Cnas / @cnasdc : In a conversation with @NYTmag, @paul_scharre describes “a world where we'll have...