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Eric Schmidt saca provecho de la carrera armamentista de inteligencia artificial

Mientras el Pentágono impulsa una carrera armamentista de alta tecnología para mantener su superioridad militar global, el ex director ejecutivo de Google, Eric Schmidt, es el hombre central. Dan Cohen, de Behind The Headlines, investiga cómo el impulso del imperio estadounidense por controlar el mundo utilizando la tecnología de Silicon Valley crea la posibilidad de una guerra devastadora.

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Lockheed Martin Awarded Over $3 Billion in Govt Contracts in Just Two Days, As Military Frets About Russian, Chinese Advances

Concern about new Russian and Chinese hypersonic missile systems is not merely related to fears that the U.S. rivals will “outshine” in terms of technological superiority.

Lockheed Martin Awarded Over $3 Billion in Govt Contracts in Just Two Days, As Military Frets About Russian, Chinese Advances

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Air Force announced within the span of two days earlier this week that it had awarded over $3.3 billion in contracts to U.S. weapons giant Lockheed Martin. The first of these contracts, totaling $480 million, was

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Artificial Intelligence Experts Warn of ‘Dystopian Future With Robots Flying Around Killing Everybody’

Experts warn autonomous weapons «could become powerful instruments of violence and oppression» and «easily spark an arms race» worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence Experts Warn of ‘Dystopian Future With Robots Flying Around Killing Everybody’

Thousands of artificial intelligence (AI) experts and developers have signed a pledge vowing to "neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of lethal autonomous weapons," and imploring governments worldwide to work together to "create a

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White House Finalizing $100 Billion Arms Deal For Saudi Arabia, Israel

White House officials said the move would be good for the economy, and insisted that building Saudi Arabia’s already substantial military was “essential” because of regional problems.

White House Finalizing $100 Billion Arms Deal For Saudi Arabia, Israel

Earlier this month, US officials said the US was seeking to reach “billions” of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia as part of Trump’s visit to Riyadh. With a week left before the visit, officials now say the White House is very close to the deal,

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US Tests ‘Hypersonic’ Weapon Designed To Reach 5 Times Speed Of Sound

Critics warn new class of weapons is leading to new global arms race and risks dangerous escalation.

US Tests ‘Hypersonic’ Weapon Designed To Reach 5 Times Speed Of Sound

The U.S. military is taking the global arms race to new speeds, with the second test launching of an Advanced Hypersonic Weapon that has the ultimate aim of hitting targets anywhere on earth within an hour by traveling up to five times the speed of sound. But the test, which took place Monday at the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, was cut short

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Letting Slip The Robots Of War

The first-ever autonomous landing of a drone on an aircraft carrier heralds in a scary new era of post-human warfare.

Letting Slip The Robots Of War

The scene is one of the most iconic in all of cinema history. As it opens, we are greeted with a charnel house vision of a post-apocalyptic future. What was once a city full of life and vitality has been transformed into a blasted, irradiated landscape, covered with the twisted remnants of our former civilization. On a wrecked highway,

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