America can regulate AI — and still win the AI race
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20h ago
The passage argues that the United States can regulate artificial intelligence without sacrificing its leadership in the global AI race. It contrasts the extensive testing and government approval requ
The US Department of Defence has stopped using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence tools after designating the company a national-security supply-chain risk, a Pentagon official told the BBC. Defence
The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and related quarantines in Russia, according to a Trump administration official cited by Axios. The administration is reportedly “aware
The White House Accord on Super Intelligence
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
1w ago
The article argues that the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, announced after a meeting between the Trump administration and major AI companies, represents a broad endorsement of voluntary ind
The U.S. Army Reserve is assessing whether it can provide U.S. Southern Command with several support formations within 90 to 120 days, according to an internal message reviewed by CBS News. Although t
America is in the wrong AI race with China
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
2w ago
The article argues that the United States is pursuing the wrong artificial-intelligence (AI) competition with China by emphasizing model performance and minimizing regulation. U.S. policymakers have g
Four subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that leading AI companies coordinated to slow development, violating antitrust laws and reduci
Trump’s Risky Hack-Back Plan
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2w ago
Foreign Policy’s Situation Report highlights three major issues: the Trump administration’s shift toward offensive cyberoperations, growing anxiety over artificial intelligence, and the lack of progre
The United States has, for the first time, publicly confirmed that it has deployed a weapon in Earth’s orbit. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the “on orbit” system is intended to protect US forces
The content reports that Anthropic, the AI company, is building a broad surveillance and threat-monitoring system aimed not only at protecting executives and facilities but also at tracking activists
OpenAI Wants to Talk About ‘The Federalist Papers’
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Sep 4
OpenAI’s Strategic Futures team says it is trying to protect political freedom in an era of advanced AI. In a new blog post, team leader Dean Ball argued that AI could concentrate power in the hands o
A U.S. district court judge largely ruled in favor of Anthropic in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to block the company’s AI products from government use. In a 59-page decis
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to secure the U.S. bulk-power system and restrict certain foreign-produced equipment, software, and systems deemed a nat
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to secure the U.S. bulk-power system and restrict certain foreign-produced equipment, software, and systems from being u
The Pentagon and White House held the first “Drone Dominance” event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, bringing together nearly 100 representatives from about 40 drone-related companies and
The article argues that artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and bioengineering are creating major benefits but also making bioweapons easier to design, produce, and spread. Elizabeth Sherwood-Rand
The USS Benfold, a U.S. guided-missile destroyer, was reportedly left adrift in the South China Sea for four days in July 2026 after suffering an “engineering casualty” that knocked out its generators
Iran’s parliament is considering a plan to block ships linked to the United States, Israel, and other countries Tehran calls “hostile” from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s mos
The article argues that recent cyberattacks on U.S. water infrastructure, which American intelligence agencies suspect were carried out by Iranian hackers, expose major weaknesses in the country’s cri
The article argues that recent cyberattacks on U.S. water infrastructure are likely linked to Iranian hackers, based on U.S. intelligence assessments, Iran’s previous attacks on water systems in 2023,
The Department of Defense has suspended phase two of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, citing high compliance costs and bureaucratic burdens, especially for small business
Former U.S. officials told the House Intelligence Committee that American agencies are not doing enough to protect the country’s advanced AI industry from Chinese espionage. At a hearing on emerging t
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 has reignited debate over Chinese AI models and U.S. AI dominance. The article argues that open-weight models from China are now highly competitive with leading American systems,
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the Trump administration will investigate whether Chinese artificial intelligence models have been distilled from American models, warning that
The article argues that the United States is no longer likely to “win” the AI race against China, especially as Chinese firms such as Moonshot.AI, Z.ai, and Alibaba release frontier models that rival
Hugging Face says it was hit by a cyberattack carried out by a fully autonomous AI agent that launched “tens of thousands of automated actions.” The company says this appears to be one of the first re
About 140 members of the Vermont Army National Guard’s 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are preparing to deploy to Germany for a mission supporting the training of Ukraine’s military. The soldiers we
On July 9, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved Reflect Orbital’s request to build, launch, and operate an experimental mirror satellite in low Earth orbit. The satellite, called Eä
According to a Washington Post report, U.S. officials grew concerned that Israel might try to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators during sensitive efforts by the Trump administration to broker an end t
Israel Has a Hezbollah Drone Problem in Lebanon
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Jul 2
Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon has been increasingly shaped by Hezbollah’s use of explosive first-person-view (FPV) drones, which Israeli officials say they have not yet found an effectiv
The Guardian reports that the Trump administration’s National Design Studio (NDS), an opaque White House office created by executive order in August 2025, has quietly rebuilt or operated several sensi
Anthropic regained access for its Claude Fable 5 AI model after agreeing to add a new security safeguard requested by the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter. The measur
The Trump administration is lifting export controls on Anthropic’s two most advanced AI models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, after the company reached an agreement with the Commerce Department. According to
Israel Has a Hezbollah Drone Problem in Lebanon
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IrregularChat: Counter UxV
Jul 1
Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon has been increasingly shaped by Hezbollah’s use of explosive first-person-view (FPV) drones, which Israeli officials say they have not yet found an effectiv
NATO 3.0 and Shifts in Force Posture and Funding
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IrregularChat: Modern Warfare
Jun 20
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in Brussels that the Trump administration will conduct a six-month review of U.S. force posture and funding tied to NATO as part of an effort to build “NATO
The Trump administration imposed sweeping export controls on Anthropic after a frantic 24-hour dispute over the company’s newly released AI model, Fable 5, which officials believed had serious securit
A Wall Street Journal report says the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to stop foreign access to Anthropic’s most advanced AI models was triggered by information Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared wit
The article reports that the Trump administration has moved to restrict foreign access to Anthropic’s most powerful AI model, citing national security concerns. According to the Axios scoop, the decis
The NPR segment explains why the United States can be a major oil exporter while still importing much of the oil it consumes. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the U.S. produces more oil than it uses
Meta says spyware maker NSO Group violated a US court injunction by targeting WhatsApp users again, despite being permanently barred from doing so. According to Meta, WhatsApp detected and disrupted s
Over the past nine months, U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more than 200 people, prompting widespread concern from legal experts and former military law
A new Government Accountability Office report warns that U.S. drinking water and wastewater systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks as aging infrastructure becomes more connected to the in
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May 28
U.S. Special Operations Command is planning a new drone testing and training site in Mississippi as the Pentagon races to adapt to rapidly advancing autonomous warfare. The proposed “Autonomous Warfar
Russia launched a large overnight attack on Kyiv, combining drones with a hypersonic ballistic missile, in one of its most intense strikes on the Ukrainian capital in recent months, AP News reported.
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May 10
A New York Times report describes a major crisis inside China’s military leadership under Xi Jinping. At a recent legislative meeting, the absence of many top generals made visible the scale of the pu
NASA has launched a new recruiting initiative called “NASA Force” to bring in technical experts for mission-critical roles. Announced on April 17 in partnership with the U.S. Office of Personnel Manag
A US Army special forces master sergeant, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, was arrested and charged after allegedly using classified information to profit from betting on the covert capture of Venezuelan Presiden
justinmc.substack.com
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IrregularChat: IWAR
Apr 21
The article argues that messaging is a major strategic weakness for the United States, especially in war and foreign policy. It opens with a story from Iraq in 2007, when U.S. psychological operations
LinkedIn
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economist.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Apr 16
The article argues that America is beginning to recognize the risks of concentrating control over artificial intelligence in the hands of a few powerful tech leaders. It opens by questioning whether “