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Elon Musk fires more shots at manned fighter jets and the Pentagon’s costliest weapons program

“Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35,” Musk posted on X.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is back, revolutionizing warfare with a $14 billion startup. And this time he wants you to like him

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is back, revolutionizing warfare with a $14 billion startup. And this time he wants you to like him

“I realized too late that my reputation is actually very important,” Luckey told Fortune.

Defense startup developing AI-powered 'kamikaze drones' for the U.S. Marines

Defense startup developing AI-powered 'kamikaze drones' for the U.S. Marines

The AI-powered drones come in two configurations and can be assembled by human operators in less than five minutes, its creators say.

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Defense tech startup Anduril has hired more than 1,000 employees in 9 months as it prepares to build unmanned jet fighters for the Air Force

Anduril executive chairman Trae Stephens said the company now has more than 3,500 employees.

Microsoft's new alliance and a startup's $14 billion valuation show defense tech is heating up

Defense tech, with liberal lashings of AI, is becoming an attractive option for some investors.

The trials of a billionaire Bond villain: Oculus founder Palmer Luckey sues after getting stuck in a car elevator in the mansion he bought just to store cars

Luckey also owns an ex-Navy speedboat with a mounted machine gun. God bless America.

AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield

The military use of AI-enabled weapons is growing, and the industry that provides them is booming

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Who Is Palmer Luckey? Businessman Sells His Virtual Reality Company For $2B, Then Left Two Years Later

Who Is Palmer Luckey? Businessman Sells His Virtual Reality Company For $2B, Then Left Two Years Later

VR pioneer Palmer Luckey left Meta in 2016. He founded Anduril Industries and built a deadly VR headset inspired by anime

International Business Times UK

Silicon Valley startups are invading the military market

Silicon Valley startups are invading the military market

Controversy around defense tech may be heating up on college campuses, but not in the Valley.

US Air Force Selects General Atomics, Anduril For Autonomous Aircraft

US Air Force Selects General Atomics, Anduril For Autonomous Aircraft

US Air Force selects General Atomics and Anduril as partners for autonomous aircraft development to enhance operational capabilities.

‘A privacy nightmare’: the $400m surveillance package inside the US immigration bill

‘A privacy nightmare’: the $400m surveillance package inside the US immigration bill

Experts issue warning over bipartisan measure’s funding for towers and DNA tests that would ‘hyper-amplify what’s already happening’

The Guardian - US

Pentagon steps on AI accelerator as age of lethal autonomy looms

Pentagon steps on AI accelerator as age of lethal autonomy looms

Artificial intelligence employed by the Pentagon has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones, helped Ukraine fight Russia, predicts when Air Force jets need maintenance and tracks rivals’ satellites in space

The Independent UK

Future undersea warfare will rely on uncrewed submarines as ocean becomes ‘transparent’, defence contractor says

Future undersea warfare will rely on uncrewed submarines as ocean becomes ‘transparent’, defence contractor says

CEO of defence firm building Australia’s Ghost Shark autonomous submarines sees the vehicles as ‘a force multiplier’

The Guardian - AU

Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border

Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border

AI-enhanced cameras can detect ‘objects of interest’ miles away, which critics say will drive migrants deeper into dangerous desert

The Guardian - US

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Far-right's Lord of the Rings obsession

Right-wing Lord of the Rings fans find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why?

Right-Wing Rings of Power

Lord of the Rings fans from Trump-supporting libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why?

The Guardian - US

‘Never sleeps, never even blinks’: the hi-tech Anduril towers spreading along the US border

Funded by Trump supporter Peter Thiel, the autonomous surveillance towers can detect a human from 2.8km away

The Conversation

Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia

Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk given last week by the chief executive of a high-tech US defence company called…

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