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  Trump’s AI Force: The Moment America Decided Artificial Intelligence Needed a Commander The next great American power struggle may not be fought on a battlefield, in a factory or even in space. It may unfold inside data centres, computer chips and lines of code. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced that his administration intends to create what he called an “AI Force” and appoint an artificial intelligence “tsar” to help oversee the country’s rapidly expanding AI industry. His announcement places artificial intelligence even more firmly at the centre of America’s economic and strategic ambitions. For Trump, the message is unmistakable: the United States does not intend to slow down. He described AI as potentially comparable to the Industrial Revolution or the internet, arguing that its impact could be enormous and suggesting it could eventually account for as much as 25% of US gross domestic product. He also made clear that maintaining America's lead over ...

  AI Artists Are Heading for the Red Carpet: Los Angeles Prepares for First AI Music Awards Imagine walking into a packed Los Angeles theatre, the lights dimming, a live band taking its position and a crowd waiting for a singer to appear. Then comes the twist: the “artist” on the bill may not be a human being at all. That is the unusual proposition facing the music industry on November 13, when the inaugural AI Music Awards takes place at The Mayan in Downtown Los Angeles. Organised by the Sonic Intelligence Academy (SIQA), the event promises a red carpet, awards, global livestreaming and, perhaps most intriguingly, performances built around AI artists. SIQA describes the performances as “hybrid human + AI showcases” , with live musicians, immersive visuals and the human creators behind the AI acts directing what happens on stage. The organisers have not yet publicly explained every technical detail of how AI-generated vocals and virtual performers will be presented live...

  The Photograph That Became a Symbol of Sudan’s Hunger and the Story Behind the Image A skeletal figure lies on parched earth, his body reduced by hunger, while an outstretched hand appears to offer the possibility of food. Around him is a landscape littered with bones. There is no abundance in this picture. There is only exhaustion, desperation and the terrible distance between hunger and survival. Images such as this have become shorthand for famine. But behind every photograph of starvation is a much larger story one involving politics, conflict, displacement, failed harvests, restricted humanitarian access and people whose ordinary lives have been destroyed. That is particularly true of southern Sudan during the late 1990s. In 1998, the region experienced one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies of the decade. The crisis was not simply the result of people failing to grow enough food. War had disrupted agriculture, displaced communities and made it increasingly...

  Female Kangaroos Have Three Vaginas: The Remarkable Reproductive System Behind the Joey At first glance, a kangaroo appears to be one of Australia's most familiar animals  a powerful jumper, a symbol of the Australian outback and a devoted mother carrying her young in a pouch. But hidden inside the female kangaroo is a reproductive system so unusual that it sounds almost unbelievable. Female kangaroos and other members of the kangaroo family have two lateral vaginal passages and a median vagina , alongside two separate uteri. The arrangement is closely connected to how these marsupials reproduce and give birth. Scientific studies of macropodid marsupials, the family that includes kangaroos and wallabies, have documented this distinctive anatomy. So, is the viral claim that female kangaroos have "three vaginas" true? Broadly, yes  but the popular explanation needs some clarification. Three vaginal passages, but not simply "two for sex and one for birth...

AI Error Nearly Triggered U.S.-China Military Crisis, Report Says Artificial intelligence is increasingly being woven into the machinery of modern warfare, promising faster analysis and quicker decisions. But a newly reported incident involving the U.S. military has exposed how dangerous those advantages can become when an AI system gets something critically wrong. According to a report by CNN cited by TMZ, the U.S. military came close to launching an operation against a Chinese vessel in the Middle East after an intelligence report falsely claimed that the ship was carrying components linked to China's nuclear weapons programme. The report was later found to be based on an AI-generated mistake. The incident reportedly happened this spring, during the war with Iran, when tensions in the region were already exceptionally high. Intelligence suggesting that a Chinese ship was transporting sensitive nuclear-related material immediately raised alarms inside the U.S. military. ...

  The Robot That “Escaped” a Laboratory: How a Viral AI Video Fooled the Internet There is something strangely unsettling about watching a machine run for its life. In the viral footage, a humanoid robot dressed in what appears to be a blue medical gown is seen moving through a street while a police officer runs behind it. Cars are nearby, the road looks convincingly real, and the whole scene has the atmosphere of an emergency that somebody happened to capture on camera. Then comes the caption that turns an unusual video into a global talking point: “An AI robot reportedly made its own decision and escaped from a laboratory.” For anyone who has followed the rapid development of artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics, it is an irresistible story. It sounds like something that has jumped straight out of a science-fiction film and landed in the middle of an ordinary city street. But there is a problem with the story. There is no credible evidence that the robot act...