AI drones killed a human without being told to warns bombshell UN report

An autonomous weaponised drone “hunted down” a human target last year and is thought to have attacked them without being specifically ordered to, according to a report prepared for the United Nations. The news raises the spectre of terminator-style AI weapons killing on the battlefield without any human control. The drone, a Kargu-2 quadcopter produced …

China repeats speculation about COVID origins in Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. – Washington Post

China reacted angrily to the Biden administration’s calls for a harder investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, by accusing the United States of hypocrisy and suggesting it needed to open its own biological laboratories to international inspection. Speaking at a media briefing in Beijing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said that …

Inside the US Military’s Secret Undercover Army – Newsweek

The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called "signature reduction." The force, more than ten times the size …

Drug tunnel found next to a Mexico National Guard military base

Mexican authorities discovered a 650-foot tunnel built by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in Tijuana — across the street from a National Guard base, Mexico News Daily reported. The tunnel, equipped with ventilation, lighting, and carts and rails, was discovered after a package of marijuana was left outside the house where the tunnel was hidden. Authorities …