In First Update in a Decade, the Pentagon Plans for AI’s Increased Role in Warfare

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The Defense Department is aware of how quickly artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons are becoming a part of war. As a result, it’s updating its automated weapons directive for the first time in more than a decade in order to guide development of new systems.

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Commerce Department Unveils a New Supply Chain Tool, Plans to Hand Out Billions in Capital

The Department of Commerce unveiled a new tool on Tuesday to help bolster our supply chains. The diagnostic tool, known as Scale, is meant to assess economic and national security concerns within supply…

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