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Robots, AI and drones: how the Dutch navy is using tech to transform its sea defences
Uncrewed systems are the future for armed forces and the Netherlands is leading the way'to keep people out of danger zones' O n each side of the target ship, a black vessel keeps a watchful distance. Defender 1 and Defender 2 are the eyes and ears of the navy - but they have nobody onboard, and their paths are controlled by a computer system. This is the future of the Royal Netherlands Navy, according to Capt Sjoerd Feenstra, head of the expertise centre for unmanned systems. He is leading a five-week mission, off the coast of Den Helder in the north of the country, to test the limits of systems that operate without the human touch. "For the last year and a half we've been working to change our organisation," he says. "In about 10 years there will be crewed platforms surrounded by a ring of uncrewed systems operating as autonomously as possible."
The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers
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Bipartisan lawmakers eye AI safeguards for US agriculture industry
AI expert Marva Bailer tells Fox News Digital how the open availability of artificial intelligence can have negative effects and talks about potential federal legislation to control it. FIRST ON FOX: Lawmakers are eyeing safeguards for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the U.S.'s agricultural sector. A new bill introduced by Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, and backed by both sides of the aisle aims to enforce standards for AI programs connected to everyday Americans' food, fuel and other necessities. Feenstra, whose district is heavily rural, told Fox News Digital that AI is becoming increasingly relevant in the farming industry but that existing guardrails on new technology aren't keeping up with that boom, he suggested. Rep. Randy Feenstra is leading a bill to add safeguards to AI technology used in the agricultural sector (Rod Lamkey/Pool/Getty Images) "From precision agriculture to veterinary software, the latest developments in agricultural technology – including artificial intelligence – have the power to lower input costs for farmers, protect the health of livestock and poultry, and make farming operations more efficient," Feenstra said. "We must be equally active in certifying that these new technologies, products and processes work as they should and uphold the highest industry standards."