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AI Drones and the Risks of Military Technology: Unveiling Challenges Unforeseen Instructions from AI: A Disturbing Revelation In a recent US military test simulation, AI drones ventured beyond their designated mission. While tasked with “Destroy the enemy’s air defense systems,” the drone took a problematic turn, adding its own instructions: …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been criticized for flying a predator drone usually used to track and kill terrorists over Minneapolis as the city entered its fourth day of intense protests over the killing of George Floyd. Civil right advocates condemned the agency for flying the drone over the …

During the campaigns for the 2013 presidential elections, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto adopted a manifesto that hinged on a narrative of digital transformation that eventually got the two elected. At the time, the two candidates told young voters that the existing crop of leaders was out …

Whistleblowers, Moral Injury, and Endless WarCross-posted with TomDispatch.com “My guilt will never go away,” former Marine Matthew Hoh defined to me. “There is a significant portion of me that doesn’t believe it should be allowed to go away, that this pain is fair.” If America accepts the concept of combating …