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AI Models Could ‘Self-Replicate’ Without Data Center Access, Anthropic Warns

A self-replicating AI would resemble a computer worm, which spreads from system to system without human input or ...
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Why the US Must Expand Air Defense Authority to the Private Sector

A Ukrainian soldier uses a drone in Donbas, Ukraine, on August 13, 2025. US homeland defense requires empowering the private ...
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Afghanistan’s Road to Nowhere, and the Central Asian Way Around It

Central Asia’s investment in Afghanistan could reduce the region’s dependence on Russia without US recognition of the Afghan ...
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Ukraine Just Destroyed Four Russian Aircraft … with Anti-Ship Missiles?

Having already destroyed most available targets in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Ukraine’s Neptune anti-ship missile has now been ...