Day: May 23, 2024
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The marvels of artificial intelligence caught the imagination again this month when Frank Kendall, the secretary of the Air Force, took a spin in an AI-controlled F-16 fighter that flew a mock dogfight against a human-piloted opponent.
The AI-driven F-16 – known as the X-62 Vista — maneuvered to within 1,000 feet of a piloted F-16, as each fighter tried to expose a vulnerability. In other words, a human being and an AI-piloted war machine were feeling one another out, and angling for an edge in the skies.
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Earlier today, I told @Judgenap that Antony Blinken shares Victoria Nuland’s position that the the US should assist Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory. (https://t.co/TDULgwC9hW)
Now the NYT reports that Blinken is “urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can… pic.twitter.com/Q0MzQsjwb9
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 23, 2024
This is an irresponsible paragraph by @shira_rubin in the @washingtonpost. The Arabic word “sabaya” doesn’t have sexual connotations. This is playing on racist and orientalist tropes about Arabs and Muslims. Relying on the fabricated IDF “translation” of the word isn’t journalism pic.twitter.com/eOU1tIHtMB
— Laila Al-Arian (@LailaAlarian) May 23, 2024
The tightening of Armenian-Iranian ties – opinion
The relationship between Iran and Armenia has been influenced by Armenian billionaire, Ruben Vardanyan, a close friend of Putin.https://t.co/fQKhHcerR9— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) May 23, 2024
Explore NCSC Director Michael Casey’s interview with @BBCRadio4 on the People’s Republic of China, the global technology competition, and the future: https://t.co/BTKQAts5aJ pic.twitter.com/dd3sEQLxWO
— NCSC (@NCSCgov) May 23, 2024