US Air Force Selects General Atomics, Anduril For Autonomous Aircraft US Air Force selects General Atomics and Anduril as partners for autonomous aircraft development to enhance operational capabilities. Top News · Apr 24, 2024
‘A privacy nightmare’: the $400m surveillance package inside the US immigration bill Experts issue warning over bipartisan measure’s funding for towers and DNA tests that would ‘hyper-amplify what’s already happening’ The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2024
Pentagon steps on AI accelerator as age of lethal autonomy looms Artificial intelligence employed by the Pentagon has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones, helped Ukraine fight Russia, predicts when Air Force jets need maintenance and tracks rivals’ satellites in space The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2023
Future undersea warfare will rely on uncrewed submarines as ocean becomes ‘transparent’, defence contractor says CEO of defence firm building Australia’s Ghost Shark autonomous submarines sees the vehicles as ‘a force multiplier’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2023
Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border AI-enhanced cameras can detect ‘objects of interest’ miles away, which critics say will drive migrants deeper into dangerous desert The Guardian - US · Apr 3, 2023
Far-right's Lord of the Rings obsession Right-wing Lord of the Rings fans find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why? Salon · Feb 16, 2023
Right-Wing Rings of Power Lord of the Rings fans from Trump-supporting libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why? Capital & Main · Jan 24, 2023
‘Never sleeps, never even blinks’: the hi-tech Anduril towers spreading along the US border Funded by Trump supporter Peter Thiel, the autonomous surveillance towers can detect a human from 2.8km away The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2022
Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk given last week by the chief executive of a high-tech US defence company called… The Conversation · Aug 22, 2022