The godfather of AI says the tech is making war easier: Autonomous weapons mean 'dead robots' instead of 'body bags'

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Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton says killer robots and drones are lowering the human cost of war.

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NORAD scrambled F-16 fighters to intercept a Russian spy plane that keeps popping up off Alaska

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North American Aerospace Defense Command CF-18 Hornets and F-16 Fighting Falcons escort a LC-130 Hercules assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing over the North Slope of Alaska, February 26, 2025.
NORAD has scrambled F-16s four times in the past week to respond to Russian aircraft.

US Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller

Air China passengers leaving London faced a 13-hour delay after engine trouble forced an unscheduled layover in Siberia

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An Air China Boeing 777-300 ER plane prepares for landing at the Capital International airport in Beijing on October 22, 2024.
An Air China Boeing 777.

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Ukraine unveiled what appears to be a new Neptune missile upgrade — a larger, more lethal take on the homegrown weapon

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Ukraine's R-360 "Neptune" missile with an extended range.

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NATO and Ukraine are teaming up to fight Russia's hard-to-kill weapons

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A Russian Su-34 bomber drops a glide bomb to strike Ukrainian positions in August 2024.
A Russian Su-34 bomber drops a glide bomb to strike Ukrainian positions in August 2024.

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Ground drones are being used in at least 8 ways in Ukraine. A robotics operator thinks one is the most promising.

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A small wheeled robot fitted with a grenade launcher rolls on a dirt ground with a grey sky and a man behind it
Ukraine is using ground robots for a variety of uses, including firing RPG-7 grenade launchers as pictured and blowing up Russian positions.

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New images show a front-line NATO ally's plan to blunt a Russian invasion at the border

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Soldiers in camouflage gear and helmets stand holding firearms and wearing sunglasses.
Lithuanian Army soldiers take part in an exercise between the Lithuanian and Polish militaries near the borders with Belarus and Russia.

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Satellite images show Russia's got a new front-line drone launch site that cuts Ukraine's reaction time but puts the base at risk

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Launch rails and drone storage sheds are seen at the Donetsk airport on August 17.
Russia built a new drone launch site at an airport in the occupied Donetsk region.

Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies

Price hike on US weapons sales to Europe may pay for American 'air cover' for Ukraine, Treasury says

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Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09.
The US Army is learning from Ukraine's use of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

US Army Europe

A Ukrainian weapons maker is building a new unjammable drone with a 100-kilometer reach. It says 'the war has changed.'

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An FPV drone controlled via a fiber-optic cable flies during Ukrainian military training on January 29, 2025, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Fiber-optic drones have emerged as one of the deadliest threats on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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