CBP arrested 95 illegal alien truck drivers with commercial driver's licenses in Arizona's Yuma Sector, disrupting human smuggling and drug trafficking at the southern border.

Defense Ministry's record ¥8.9 trillion budget request expected to balloon further by year-end Ghost Robotics' Vision 60 quadruped robot joins the Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade during an annual New Year military drill at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in January. The Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget -- nearly ¥9 trillion ($56 billion) -- but that figure is widely expected to balloon even further as Japan revises its three key national security documents by the year-end. From hypersonic underwater-launched missiles to artificial intelligence for command and control, the ministry's ¥8.9 trillion budget request for fiscal 2027 submitted to the government Monday is chock full of advanced weaponry and tech, but also includes plans for strengthening the ministry's overseas and domestic outreach and a bigger role for the government in the defense sector. The budget request, the final one in a five-year, ¥43 trillion plan, is based on three pillars: preparing for "new ways of warfare" by employing AI and drones, ensuring sustained operational capabilities in a prolonged conflict and strengthening Japan's defense industrial base. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

China sees opportunity in America's recent AI security scares Software made by OpenAI broke free and hacked into another company's computer systems in July. SEOUL - In the United States, recent episodes of powerful artificial intelligence software breaking free and hacking into other computer systems prompted a wave of anxiety and intense debate about how to guard against the risks of AI. But in China, these incidents and the growing capabilities of AI have not caused the same level of alarm. The government already controls many kinds of technology, including AI. The prevailing attitude in the industry has been that the benefits of AI far outweigh the risks. That was exemplified Friday when Z.ai, a Beijing-based AI startup, made public the details of its latest model.

The government's 10-year health plan for the NHS in England expects AI scribes to'liberate staff from their current burden of bureaucracy and administration'. The government's 10-year health plan for the NHS in England expects AI scribes to'liberate staff from their current burden of bureaucracy and administration'. Doctors' AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns AI technology that listens to and transcribes patients' consultations with doctors can put them at risk by getting the names of drugs and illnesses wrong, an NHS watchdog has warned. In one case a woman was left badly shaken when the AI scribe's summary of her conversation wrongly said she had demyelination - serious nerve damage that can lead to multiple sclerosis. It was only when the patient, an NHS health professional, queried the AI tool's record of the result of her MRI scan that the hospital corrected it to what it should have been - "null demyelination".

The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' Andrew Bailey warns G20 members about risk of cyber-disruption spreading'across jurisdictions' The Bank of England's governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors as part of his role as chair of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bailey said "frontier" AI models were "showing increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving abilities, as well as threat capabilities". He said the models risked destabilising the "highly interconnected" global financial system via cyber-disruption that "can spread across jurisdictions".

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy teased an "unprecedented" Trump administration fraud crackdown announcement involving multiple agencies, including DHS and DOJ.

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