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Palantir reports record growth as CEO Karp touts battlefield AI value

Palantir reported 85% revenue growth and raised its 2026 outlook as CEO Alex Karp promoted the company’s AI tools for US national security, military operations, and battlefield decision-making

US mulls pre-release checks for AI models

The Trump administration is considering an AI working group that could review new models before public release, signaling a policy shift

Plane crashes into residential building in Brazil (GRAPHIC VIDEOS)

Three people were killed, while two miraculously survived, after a small single-engine Embraer 721C plane crashed into a residential building in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte on Monday

EU accused of wasting billions on AI data centers with no customers

The EU is facing mounting criticism over plans to build massive AI computing hubs as lawmakers and experts warn there is no demand for the facilities

FACTBOX: Putin’s directives to government given after Future Technologies Forum

The Russian government and the Foreign Ministry should raise issues of joint scientific research at events organized by BRICS and other associations

Pentagon strikes deals with top AI companies

The Pentagon has said it has reached deals with SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle to use their AI for its classified networks

Ukrainian Commander Reveals Anti-Drone Crews Failed to Shoot Down Any Russian UAVs

A Ukrainian air force colonel has disclosed that most interceptor drone crews shot down zero Russian Geran drones in a year, while Kiev markets its expertise to Gulf states and the US

Musk accuses OpenAI of betraying its founding nonprofit mission by shifting toward a profit-driven model

Elon Musk has said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “stole a charity” and called himself a “fool” for funding the company, testifying that the ChatGPT maker betrayed its founding nonprofit mission

Bangladesh’s Rooppur nuclear power project enters final stage

Bangladesh has begun fuel loading at the Rooppur nuclear power plant, the final step before trial power generation at the Russian-backed energy project

Russia-built Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant starts test generation of nuclear power

Fuel loading has begun at the first unit of Bangladesh’s Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, built by Russia’s Rosatom

Google to supply AI for classified Pentagon use amid backlash

Google has struck a deal to provide AI tools to the Pentagon for classified use, as internal protests and disputes over military applications intensify.

The National Interest ranks Russia’s T-72 as world’s top tank

The United States’ M1 Abrams tanks rank second on the list, and Israel’s Merkava V is third