On September 9, 2026, Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s alignment science lead, said he personally saw a greater than 10% chance that artificial intelligence could kill humanity within the next decade. Respo
The AI arms race is nothing like the Cold War
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
1w ago
The article argues that today’s AI competition resembles an arms race but differs fundamentally from the Cold War. Unlike nuclear weapons, AI is being developed by multiple governments and corporation
The passage reports that negotiations at a United Nations conference in Switzerland over a treaty regulating lethal autonomous weapons ended with major safeguards being removed. According to three sou
Historic UN Security Council Briefing on AI
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
1w ago
Gary Marcus reports on a UN Security Council briefing focused on the potential risks of artificial intelligence, attended by AI leaders Yoshua Bengio, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Hugging Face cofoun
Twenty countries and the European Union have called for stronger international cooperation to keep artificial intelligence under human control and address risks from rapid technological development. T
At the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that US government documents would henceforth refer to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” or “S
President Donald Trump announced that the United States will replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence,” urging other countries to adopt the language. The proposed rebranding
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
Trump’s Risky Hack-Back Plan
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IrregularChat: Purple Team
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
Risk Reduction Framework_Sept 2026 | Jack Shanahan
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
2w ago
Jack Shanahan highlights an international effort to develop a risk-reduction framework for agentic artificial intelligence in military systems. He thanks the INHR team and colleagues from multiple cou
The article examines the growing US debate over AI data centers, arguing that opposition cuts across party lines. Although the Trump administration supports rapid construction as part of an economic a
A UN fact-finding mission has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in Iran during military strikes on 28 February. The investigation focused on
Civilians Need Better Protections in the Drone Age
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2w ago
The article argues that small, inexpensive drones are rapidly becoming a major threat to civilians, aid workers, and Indigenous communities worldwide. In Ukraine, FPV drones—described locally as condu
Witnesses before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission warned that human approval may not provide meaningful control over AI-assisted military decisions. As AI increasingly supports target identifica
Two cheers (out of three) for Dario Amodei
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garymarcus.substack.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
3w ago
Gary Marcus offers a cautious, partial endorsement of Dario Amodei’s essay “We Must Pace the Frontier,” which argues that the AI industry should slow down and adopt stronger safeguards. Marcus welcome
The passage is a glossary-style critique of AI industry language, arguing that the field relies on myths and misleading metaphors that obscure how systems actually work and who is responsible for them
Diplomats meeting in Geneva under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons are struggling to reach agreement on a draft text that could open the door to international rules on autonomous weapons
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a nonbinding resolution supporting a new way of depicting Africa and other regions on world maps. The “Correct the Map” resolution, introduced by
The author describes how they discovered and exploited an abandoned part of the ENUM system, specifically the DNS zones under e164.arpa that map phone numbers to internet routing information. ENUM was
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea, citing Seoul’s refusal to help with denuclearization efforts involving Iran. In a Truth So
Recent US intelligence assessments suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin may test NATO’s resolve with a limited attack on an allied country within the next few years. The reports outline possible e
The Outer Space Treaty, formally titled the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is the fou
Israel has said it has “no interest” in joining the renewed US military campaign against Iran, according to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. He argued that the current situation—where the US
Officials from 29 countries signed an agreement on July 16, 2026, creating the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), a new intergovernmental body headquartered in Shanghai. T
French fighter jets taking part in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, Latvia’s military said on June 8, marking the first time a drone has been interce
The article argues that cheap FPV (first-person view) drones are rapidly changing battlefield tactics, but military doctrine has not kept pace with the new reality. In conventional fire support, the p
The article introduces **talkie-1930-13b-base**, a **13B “vintage” language model** trained on **260 billion tokens of pre-1931 English text**. Vintage LMs are designed to simulate conversations with
A new AI tool called Malus.sh is drawing attention for its goal of helping developers “liberate” software from copyright restrictions by recreating open source projects from scratch. The tool uses AI
Mapping the military AI industry | SIPRI
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Apr 24
The SIPRI backgrounder explains that industry involvement is increasingly seen as essential to efforts to govern the responsible military use of AI, including UN-led initiatives and the REAIM summit.
Romania scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday in response to Russian drone attacks near its border with Ukraine, though no drones entered Romanian airspace, according to the Romanian defense ministry. Thi
As the U.S. engages in a conflict with Iran, expert Gordon Chang raises alarms about China's activities over American military bases. While Operation Epic Fury unfolds, leading to rising oil prices an
The U.S. Secret Service recently dismantled a significant telecommunications threat in the New York tristate area, which posed an imminent risk to senior U.S. government officials. This operation unco
On Saturday, the Israeli military announced plans to strike the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, urging residents to evacuate due to its alleged use by Hezbollah for military and smug
Joint Statement on the Strait of Hormuz
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Mar 21
On March 21, 2026, leaders from various countries, including the UAE, UK, France, Germany, and Japan, issued a joint statement condemning recent attacks on civilian infrastructure in the Strait of Hor
The discussion revolves around Camp Victoria, a U.S. military base near Baghdad, Iraq, which was reportedly abandoned by U.S. forces in 2011. Recent activity at the base includes a drone attack on Mar
"Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare" by Katrina Manson chronicles the Pentagon's ambitious initiative to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into U.S. military op
Israel has initiated a pre-emptive attack on Iran, as confirmed by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. The announcement comes amid heightened tensions and the anticipation of retaliatory strikes, pr
In the article "Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China's Changing Strategy in Xinjiang," authors Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Myunghee Lee, and Emir Yazici examine the Chinese Communist Party'
In Gladsaxe, Denmark, a significant urban lighting transformation has occurred with the installation of red LED streetlights, aimed at reducing light pollution and protecting local wildlife, particula
The RAND report, "Exploring Duality in Space," marks the initial phase of a three-year project focused on the risks associated with dual-use space systems, which serve both civilian and military purpo
The article "Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the New Authoritarianism" explores how the rapid development of digital technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), is reshaping social, econ
The Danger of Cognitive Hybrid Fluency
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Jan 13
The article discusses the risks associated with cognitive fluency, particularly in relation to AI-generated text. It highlights how our brains equate fluency with truthfulness and expertise, which can
George H. Butler and the Limits of Being Right
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Jan 9
In July 1950, George H. Butler authored the "38th parallel paper," predicting that U.S. military success in Korea would lead to political pressure for escalation, risking Soviet or Chinese interventio
The World Is Not Prepared for an AI Emergency | TIME
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Dec 29, 2025
The article emphasizes that the world is unprepared for potential AI-related emergencies, which could result from system malfunctions, cyberattacks, or misuse of AI technology. Scenarios could include
The Space Review: Space is the front line and not the final frontier
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Dec 23, 2025
The article by T. Bogacz emphasizes the urgent need for the United States to develop proactive norms for space warfare, moving away from the outdated notion of space as a sanctuary. With major powers
The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
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Dec 17, 2025
The World Happiness Report, released annually on World Happiness Day, consistently ranks Scandinavian countries, particularly Finland, as the happiest, while the US has dropped to 24th place. However,
The Viral Video Game Employing Venezuelans - The Borgen Project
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Dec 14, 2025
Hundreds of Venezuelans are turning to the online game RuneScape for both escapism and income amid the country’s severe economic crisis, characterized by hyperinflation, high unemployment, and widespr
The Risk Of Prompt Injection : Your AI Copilots Can Be Hacked With Words
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Dec 7, 2025
Prompt injection has emerged as a critical security vulnerability in AI systems, allowing attackers to manipulate AI by embedding malicious instructions into text. This threat escalates as AI tools in