An AI weapons race may create a world where everyone stays inside out of fear of being 'chased down by swarms of slaughterbots,' warns founding Skype engineer

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AI generated image of apocalyptic city overrun by drones
Tallinn warned that using AI in the military could make it very hard for humanity to control AI's trajectory.

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Russia's secretly trying to make its arsenal of exploding drones bigger and deadlier, leaked documents say

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Remain of a Russian-made Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on May 12, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Remain of a Russian-made Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on May 12, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Exploding drone boats aren't hard to beat, but Russia's weak defenses are letting Ukraine blow up its ships

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A picture of Ukrainian drone boats sitting on a grass field.
Ukraine has prioritized the development and deployment of a naval fleet of drones.

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A busted Russian warship may not have seen an exploding Ukrainian drone boat coming, hinting at problems that have plagued Russia throughout its war

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Russian Navy's landing vessel Ropucha class Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 cross the Bosphorus strait en route to the Black Sea on February 09, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Russian Navy's landing vessel Ropucha-class Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 cross the Bosphorus strait en route to the Black Sea on February 09, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Ukraine doesn't have much of a navy, but it's found a way to hunt down the 'weakest links' in Russia's critical sea supply lanes, UK intel says

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.

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Top tanks worth millions and other expensive heavy armor are being hunted in Ukraine by cheap exploding drones worth only a few hundred bucks

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Ukrainian soldiers of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after King Danylo, prepare to operate the test flight a new FPV drone in the training area as soldiers test their new military equipment as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after King Danylo, prepare to operate the test flight a new FPV drone in the training area as soldiers test

Zelenskyy warned Russia that it may be left with no ships if it continues to attack Ukraine's ports

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Russian navy vessels near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea on February 16, 2022.

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Ukraine is evacuating wounded soldiers by loading them onto large drones, in what is likely a battlefield first, report says

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Ukrainian servicemen help a comrade during an evacuation of injured soldiers in a region near the retaken village of Shchurove, Ukraine, in September 2022.

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Ukrainian drone carrying 450 kg of TNT slams into Russian oil tanker day after Russian warship was attacked

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tanker boat in water in front of green hill
Russian-flagged SIG tanker transits Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.

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A Ukrainian drone spotted a fellow wounded soldier bleeding out on a battlefield. He crawled back to safety after the drone dropped off water and aid: report

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A drone during a flight test.
A drone during the testing of new military equipment, including FPV drones, by soldiers from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade on the training area amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023.

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