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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

Astronaut Deniz Burnham to fly on ISS-76 mission with Russian cosmonauts

Dmitry Petelin will be the commander of the Soyuz MS, while Konstantin Borisov and Deniz Burnham will serve as the ship's flight engineers

Risks of ‘another Chernobyl’ grow in the 21st century

The psychological prohibitions against endangering nuclear infrastructure are becoming weaker in the 21st century

Mein AI

The surveillance giant is not even hiding its truly evil plans for humanity anymore, and its only downfall might be its hubris

Microsoft and Meta to cut up to 16,000 jobs as AI costs surge

Microsoft and Meta plan major workforce reductions as rising AI investment costs pressure Big Tech firms, with up to 16,000 jobs reportedly at risk, the Financial Times reports

FACTBOX: Russia lays down another minesweeping ship, Project 12700 in focus

Project 12700 minesweepers are equipped with an automated control system, contact and magnetic sweeps, and modern sonar systems, which are mounted both on the ship itself and on remotely operated and autonomous vehicles