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UK Official: AI in Defense Sector Is Not About Killer Robots

Data Breach Today

It Will Do Low-Level Tasks to Free Up Pros to Make Decisions, Say Researchers The current use of artificial intelligence in the U.K. It is focused on optimizing resources and increasing the efficiency of military operations, experts speaking at the Alan Turing Institute's AI UK conference told attendees.

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OpenAI and Microsoft Terminate State-Backed Hacker Accounts

Data Breach Today

Hackers Used LLMs to Perform Tasks That Non-AI Tools Can Perform Nation-state hackers including Russian military intelligence and hackers backed by China have used OpenAI large language models for research and to craft phishing emails, the artificial intelligence company disclosed Tuesday in conjunction with major financial backer Microsoft.

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AI Heightens Cyber Risk for Legacy Weapon Systems

Data Breach Today

Blind Faith' Architectures Pervade Military Arsenal The U.S. weapons arsenal developed without a zero trust architecture is at growing risk from cyberattacks, lawmakers heard today in a panel dedicated to how artificial intelligence can simultaneously help and hurt efforts to protect warfighters from digital attacks.

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Episode 256: Recursive Pollution? Data Feudalism? Gary McGraw On LLM Insecurity

The Security Ledger

Paul speaks with Gary McGraw of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning (BIML), about the risks facing large language model machine learning and artificial intelligence, and how organizations looking to leverage artificial intelligence and LLMs can insulate themselves from those risks. Read the whole entry. »

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The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

WIRED Threat Level

After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies.

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The Military Should Teach Artificial Intelligence to Watch Drone Footage

WIRED Threat Level

Opinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI.

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[Mastering Minds]  China's Cognitive Warfare Ambitions Are Social Engineering At Scale

KnowBe4

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled military systems and operational concepts. As the world continues to evolve, so does the nature of warfare. The PLA's interest in " cognitive warfare " is particularly intriguing.