Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, a Department of Energy employee from Richland, Washington, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to the Houthis, a U.S.-designated foreign te
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The article examines contrasting U.S. and Chinese approaches to artificial intelligence development and risk. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged the United States to slow frontier AI development, wa
Anthropic released a 154-page report detailing how its Claude AI models were misused over the past eight months by adversaries and other malicious actors across several countries, including Iran, Yeme
Iran-backed Houthi rebels rapidly expanded their control over Yemen’s Red Sea coast, capturing the island of Perim in the Bab el Mandeb Strait after seizing the port city of Mocha and advancing on Dhu
Anthropic says Kremlin-backed actors used its Claude AI system to support a range of harmful activities, including building autonomous drone capabilities, improving cyberattacks, and running disinform
Saudi Arabia said it shut down its key East-West crude oil pipeline as a precaution after drone attacks from Iraq struck the line in the Riyadh and Medina regions on Thursday morning. The attacks caus
Anthropic released a threat report saying militants in northern Yemen, an area associated with Houthi rebels, attempted to use its AI tools to help develop weapons-related software. According to the r
The article argues that Google Earth’s brief AI image-generation experiment damaged trust in a tool long relied on for conflict verification. Launched on July 30, the feature let users enter real coor
The article argues that the real danger in military AI is not fully autonomous weapons, but the rapidly expanding use of AI-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS) that help identify, prioritize, an
Sheba Intelligence reports that Yemen’s Houthi group, through an external intelligence unit and a station in Muscat, allegedly sought Chinese satellite imagery, coordinates, and geospatial capabilitie
Courtney Williams, a former member of Delta Force, the U.S. Army's elite unit, shares her tumultuous experience in a male-dominated environment that often prioritized appearance over capability. Recru
Strava's heatmap, which visualizes exercise routes logged by its users, has raised security concerns after revealing the movements of military personnel within bases in countries like Afghanistan and
Iran has intensified its crackdown on Starlink devices, seizing hundreds amid a severe internet blackout affecting nearly the entire country, which has lasted over 18 days. This blackout was implement
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) has been developing a fleet of uncrewed explosive surface vessels (USVs), which have not yet significantly impacted regional warfare but have pot
Last year, Ukrainian officials attempted to sell the U.S. their advanced technology for intercepting Iranian-made attack drones, specifically targeting the Shahed drones that have been a threat to U.S
Iranian Navy In Port | Covert Shores
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Recent satellite imagery reveals that the Iranian Navy and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy remain largely stationary and concentrated at the naval base in Bandar Abbas, despite ongoi
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Andy Baker (national security advisor) - Wikipedia
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Andy Baker, born May 22, 1980, in Sonoma, California, is the current Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States, having assumed office on May 23, 2025. He graduated from the University of C
Andy Baker, a relatively obscure yet influential figure within the Trump administration, is significantly shaping U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to Europe. As the deputy national securi
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has initiated a two-year "patent holiday," offering free licenses for a selection of its patents to stimulate innovation in the defense industry, particularly
‘Change is inevitable’: What is next for Iran?
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Protests in Iran have subsided amid a crackdown that has seen tens of thousands arrested and many facing terrorism charges. Despite the government's reassertion of control, underlying grievances—such
Congress Moves to Block A-10, F-15E Divestments in NDAA
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Congress is moving to block the Air Force's planned retirement of all 162 A-10 and 21 F-15E fighters by limiting divestments to 59 A-10s and no F-15Es in the 2026 budget. The National Defense Authoriz