Opinion
The military’s fabled ‘human in the loop’ for AI is dangerously misleading
A “human in the loop” whose sole function is to approve a machine’s actions is not a safeguard but a design failure, argues Mikey Dickerson.
By Mikey Dickerson
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Deadly Iran school strike casts shadow over Pentagon’s AI targeting push
A Ukrainian drone developer says the Minab strike exposed a familiar danger of semi-autonomous warfare.
By Katie Livingstone
The US has counter-mine ships homeported in the Middle East. Are they effective?
Some military and defense experts argue the Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the MCM mission package falls short of its predecessor.
By Riley Ceder
Hegseth wants Pentagon to dump Claude, but military users say it’s not so easy
Pentagon staffers, former officials and IT contractors who work closely with the U.S. military say they are reluctant to give up Anthropic’s AI tools.
By Reuters
Two US counter-mine ships based in the Middle East are now in Singapore, Navy says
The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa, which are homeported in Bahrain, arrived in Singapore this week.
By Riley Ceder
Ukraine war undermining Russia’s Arctic plans, US intelligence says
Nonetheless, Russia still views the Arctic as vital to its security for a variety of political, economic and military reasons.
By Michael Peck