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This past week, the geniuses building the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems began to sound less like technology evangelists poised to save the world and more like mad scientists fearing their Frankenstein monsters were escaping the lab.  It’s time for global leaders to act. In particular, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping should shift the agenda of their September 24 White House meeting to address the dangers inherent in their own accelerating AI race. Nothing could be more appropriate, forty years after US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev addressed the nuclear arms…

Anything you read in the media is simply noise. People are creating their own narratives. This is the truth: Ongoing complications with my eyes mean I cannot get medically cleared to fight right now.I’ve had multiple surgeries, accidents and infections, and done everything possible to get back to competing.I had previously agreed to a fight date and was back sparring, feeling great and ready to compete when an accident caused further damage to my right eye. This means more time away from the sport, and right now, the timing of my return is unclear.I know there have been questions about…

The irony has not been lost on European policymakers. As U.S. President Donald Trump desperately casts about for a 51st state—Canada, Greenland, and Panama all said no this past year—the European Union’s membership queue is the longest it has been in decades. Despite the Trump administration’s accusations of civilizational decline in Europe, EU accession negotiations are advancing with an urgency not seen since the bloc’s last major expansion in 2004. Nine countries hold official EU candidate status, including Moldova, Montenegro, and Ukraine. Others are considering it, too. In a referendum in August, Iceland, which is already in the European Economic…

French shipbuilder KERSHIP has launched the first OPV 60M patrol vessel, Petar Njegoš I, for the Montenegrin Navy at its Lanester shipyard, strengthening bilateral defense ties between France and Montenegro. KERSHIP press release KERSHIP, a joint venture between PIRIOU and Naval Group, this Friday 11th of September 2026, launched the PETAR NJEGOS I, the first of two OPV 60M offshore patrol vessels ordered by Montenegro, at its Lanester shipyard. The ceremony, marking a major milestone in the programme, was attended by numerous Montenegrin and French dignitaries, including Mr. Aleksa Bečić, Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Dragan Krapović, Minister of Defence of…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Lockheed Martin’s proposed autonomous drone, called Vectis, is still on track to fly a prototype by the end of 2027, an official from the company’s Skunk Works division said Sept. 10, and the firm already started work on four more Vectis aircraft. “The team is extremely excited as these parts start to come together [for Vectis], to actually get the wheels off the ramp by the end of 2027,” Ron Fehlen,…

Patria’s TREMOS allows mounting and firing a heavy mortar on a range of vehicles, including light tactical trucks, within 60 seconds, then moving again in less time. The modular system can be moved to another platform, giving flexibility. Weapon performance remains unchanged. The Finnish Defence Forces are acquiring it, with deliveries in 2026. (Patria)Finland’s Defence Forces announced it is acquiring more than 100 TREMOS mortar systems from Patria, with deliveries beginning in 2026 and continuing through 2028. The Agreement also includes options for additional systems. This follows testing of pre-production models in 2025 after a one-year development process.Patria developed the…

Former UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev is set to take a break from fighting if he does not get a fight booked before December. Chimaev lost his middleweight title to Sean Strickland by split decision at UFC 328. After the title loss, Chimaev wanted an immediate rematch, but the UFC brass may have other plans. Strickland is rumored to run it back with top contender Nassourdine Imavov, potentially later this year. Meanwhile, Chimaev wanted to fight Caio Borralho or Dricus du Plessis if Imavov is getting the title shot. But after speaking with the matchmakers, Chimaev came to know that…

Dana White has hinted that the promotion could strip Tom Aspinall of the UFC heavyweight title if the latter is not going to be ready or medically cleared to fight anytime soon. It has been more than 320 days since Aspinall last fought. He has had several eye surgeries earlier this year, and so far, there has been no good news from his camp or his new manager, Eddie Hearn. Although Aspinall wants to return to run it back with the now interim-heavyweight titleholder Ciryl Gane and is already in training camp, as per the former’s manager, Aspinall will only…

It’s rare to speak with a chief procurement officer who is openly critical of the function’s progress when it comes to artificial intelligence. Sure, there are conversations about how to get started, how to deliver returns and what the future procurement operating model might look like with the full power of AI behind it. But it’s not every day that an individual CPO points a finger at the function, challenges how seriously their peers are taking the technology, and describes a broad culture of fear and paralysis. “What I’ve seen from an AI perspective with, I’d say, the majority of…

For decades, the United States’ nuclear weapons enterprise has wrestled with an institutional paradox. On one hand is the imperative to make the complex more “responsive” to global tumult and technical surprise, able to field new weapons quickly in reaction to unanticipated threats. On the other are the unforgiving engineering requirements of thermonuclear warheads, devices whose development is measured in years. No silver bullet solution to this unstoppable-force-meets-immovable-object conundrum will likely present itself. But the contours of a new model in systems development are taking shape that may bring the long-sought responsiveness of the complex far closer to reality.Under the…