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What new weapons on show at huge parade say about China's military strength

BBC News

China also showed off its GJ-11 stealth attack drone, dubbed the "loyal wingman", which can fly alongside a manned fighter jet and aid it in its attacks. Besides an array of conventional aerial drones, there were also "robotic wolves". Experts say these could be used for a variety of tasks from reconnaissance and sweeping for mines, to hunting down enemy soldiers. The drone display shows a clear direction that China wants to take with its military strategy, where it "not only wants to augment, but replace traditional structures". It has clearly taken lessons from the Ukraine war, where one can "just throw drones at the enemy" to wear down their defences, Dr Raska notes.


Trump's border enforcement unleashes new weapon against illegal immigration

FOX News

President Donald Trump was elected on a promise to secure the border and deport illegal aliens. On day one, he declared a national emergency, rescinded Biden-era catch-and-release policies, and restored a clear legal standard of entry. In June, illegal crossings hit a record low for the second consecutive month. And once again, not a single illegal border crosser was released into the interior. This is more than a return to normality; it is the most secure border in American history.


Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Kursk region, Moscow repels attack: Governors

Al Jazeera

Two Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian town of Kurchatov in the Kursk region, damaging administrative and residential buildings, while a third drone was shot down near Moscow, local officials said. Kursk regional Governor Roman Starovoit said emergency services were assessing the damage in Kurchatov town following the early morning attack on Friday. Starovoit wrote on the Telegram messaging app that two buildings were damaged but did not provide further details. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin also reported early on Friday that Russian air defences had shot down a drone that was approaching the capital city. The drone was downed near Lyubertsy, which is located approximately 20km (12 miles) southeast of central Moscow, he wrote on Telegram.


A 'scary' new weapon on the battlefield of love: Would you let a machine pick your partner?

FOX News

Americans reveled if they would let the AI dating website Keeper set them up on blind date. The website asks users a list of questions before matching them. NEW YORK CITY – New Yorkers revealed whether they would let an artificial intelligence-based program set them up on a date. "Would I ever do it? If got desperate, but I hope it would never get to that point," Nick, from New York, told Fox News.


Prairie chicken is Biden's new weapon, what your kids want before you die and more Fox News Opinion

FOX News

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Voice cloning is the new weapon in scammers' arsenal for family emergency schemes

FOX News

Kurt "The CyberGuy" has all the details on why you will see more AI and robots working fast food locations. Voice cloning is becoming increasingly common and with remarkable accuracy through the use of AI technology. However, as with any technological advancement, there will always be those who seek to use it for malicious motives. In this case, scammers are now using voice cloning to trick you into believing that you are receiving calls from your loved ones or friends when in reality, you are being targeted by a fraudulent scheme. With the rise of these scams, it is super important for you to be aware of the risks associated with voice cloning technology and to take steps to protect yourself from these deceptive cons.


From Vaccines To AI: New Weapons In The Fight Against Cancer

International Business Times

Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer? Recent scientific and medical advances have added several new weapons to our arsenal, including personalised gene therapy, artificial intelligence screening, simple blood tests -- and potentially soon vaccines. Cancer accounted for nearly 10 million deaths -- almost one in six of the global total -- in 2020, according to the World Health Organization. Ahead of World Cancer Day on Saturday, here are some of the promising recent developments in diagnosing and treating the disease. Immunotherapy drugs, which stimulate the immune system to track down and kill cancerous cells, have been one the biggest advances in cancer treatment over the last decade.


Ukraine's Armed Drones Could Offset Some of Russia's Military Advantage

WSJ.com: WSJD - Technology

KYIV, Ukraine--Last October, as artillery shells fired by Moscow-backed separatists pounded a Ukrainian mechanized brigade, Kyiv responded with a powerful new weapon. A Turkish-made drone launched a missile and knocked out a Russian-supplied howitzer. This demonstration of force--the first drone strike in combat by Ukraine's military--unnerved Russia and fueled complaints from Moscow that North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries including Turkey, the U.S. and Britain were threatening Russia's security by supplying sophisticated new weapons to Kyiv.


IDF reveals its artificial intelligence war data 'factory'

#artificialintelligence

The IDF revealed its artificial intelligence (AI) war data "factory" and strategy on Tuesday as part of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik Virtual AI Week. Aviad Dagan, who is the director of the IDF's Digital Transformation Administration said that although the military has been using AI for some time, including during the May 2021 Gaza war, a new strategy for AI was approved by IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi only a few weeks ago. "Data and AI can actually win wars… not only arms, physical jets and submarines," Dagan said. "The speed at which we can create a new weapon is totally different from creating a physical weapon," he said. "It is dramatically more flexible and adaptive than any kind of AI network," including the long delays and resources needed for purchasing an F-35 and most other new weapons for troops.


The new weapon in the fight against biased algorithms: Bug bounties

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When it comes to detecting bias in algorithms, researchers are trying to learn from the information security field – and particularly, from the bug bounty-hunting hackers who comb through software code to identify potential security vulnerabilities. The parallels between the work of these security researchers and the hunt for possible flaws in AI models, in fact, is at the heart of the work carried out by Deborah Raji, a research fellow in algorithmic harms for the Mozilla Foundation. Presenting the research she has been carrying out with advocacy group the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL) during the annual Mozilla Festival, Raji explained how along with her team, she has been studying bug bounty programs to see how they could be applied to the detection of a different type of nuisance: algorithmic bias. SEE: An IT pro's guide to robotic process automation (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Bug bounties, which reward hackers for discovering vulnerabilities in software code before malicious actors exploit them, have become an integral part of the information security field. Major companies such as Google, Facebook or Microsoft now all run bug bounty programs; the number of these hackers is multiplying, and so are the financial rewards that corporations are ready to pay to fix software problems before malicious hackers find them.