Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., emphasized the possibility that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the "first woman President of the United States" during a late-night appearance with Stephen Colbert. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., predicted that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the "first woman President of the United States" during a late-night appearance on Thursday, conspicuously leaning into identity politics. Following the end of the Democratic National Convention, the progressive lawmaker went on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and played up how remarkable it is that Harris could become president. We will have the first woman President of the United States in November," Ocasio-Cortez predicted to raucous applause. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., predicts that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the first woman president. Playing up the drama in her declaration, the congresswoman talked about how she grew up only seeing depictions of female leadership in episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager" that she watched with her dad as a kid. But now that Harris has been nominated, that fantasy is one step closer to reality. "My dad felt it very important for me to watch this because he wanted me to see an example of a woman in leadership, and when I was a kid the only example of that was in science fiction." She continued, "And today represents a day where it has become our reality." The late-night show audience went wild at the prospect. She also had a welcome interviewer in Colbert, a rabid Democratic supporter who even moderated a fundraiser for President Biden before he was forced off the 2024 ticket. Colbert then asked the lawmaker about her statements earlier this year warning that the Democratic Party will not unite behind Harris if President Biden steps aside. Reading her quote, he said, "'If you think that there is a consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave that they will support Vice President Harris, you will be mistaken." The host then asked her, "Have you ever been happier to be wrong?" She replied, repeating the word, "Ecstatic" several times. CNN'S DANA BASH ARGUES DNC APPEALS TO MEN WHO ARE NOT SO'TESTOSTERONE-LADEN' Colbert continued, "You didn't think this would necessarily happen?" to which she said, "No, and I think it is important that this was not predestined, this was not predetermined." "Vice President Harris earned this nomination through her grit, her politics, through every bit of hard work.

Artificial intelligence is the future of aerospace and defence, but the chief executive of French giant Thales says there is one application of the technology that his firm will never pursue: autonomous killing machines. "It has been discussed for too long, to be honest. It's not that difficult to say no to killer robots," Patrice Caine told a group of journalists in Montreal Thursday. AI-powered lethal weapons aren't the sort of thing that most CEOs have to worry about, but Thales operates in the aerospace, transportation and defence sectors, and Caine told the Financial Post that he imagines AI will be embedded in just about every aspect of the company's business in the next five years or so. "I would say you will find some kind of AI almost everywhere," he said.