Anthropic says it will commit 5% of its shares to 'public benefit fund' bbc.in/4z3qm8Q

beautiful explanation. this is 100% happening. xitter.cf/sotak/status/211179423…

Makes you wonder what the hell are we paying for. Scratch the surface, and virtually every capability British forces have is a dud. Half-arsed attempts at capability at best. Once you get your eye in you see it everywhere. £62 billion per annum. And for what?

How lucky my generation has been to grow up watching @JohnSimpsonNews on the BBC. I'll never forget that he took the time to give me career advice in my early days as a journalist

AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president bbc.in/4ydG5AI

Executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies are reportedly preparing for a public and political backlash after a catastrophic AI event, possibly as early as 2027 (via Axios). Axios reports that many industry insiders expect a major incident within the next 6–12 months, most likely a cyberattack disrupting banking, internet access, power or water. OpenAI confirms it runs preparedness exercises, but says: "These scenarios are not treated as inevitable, but are meant to help us prepare for a variety of circumstances." Anthropic declined to comment.

Despite all the agonising, Germany and France cannot agree to build a fighter plane or a tank together. Meanwhile the Japan-UK-Italy 6th Gen. Global Combat Air Program moves ahead and collects new adherents. The idea that Europeans are 'natural partners' on defence is over-rated.

UK friends, today is launch day for my next novel, London Station! Artemis Aphrodite Procter returns, a new CIA director comes to town, and the CIA and MI6 begin spying on each other. Oh, and Artemis is sober. She’s doing her best, she really is. I’m at Toppings York tonight

« Pour être libre, il faut être craint. Et pour être craint, il faut être puissant. » Le succès du tir d’un missile M51.3 depuis Le Vigilant est une nouvelle démonstration de la crédibilité de notre dissuasion, dont la pérennité est assurée.

How about promising maximum effort to save the Submarine Service, the UK's best defence against such a threat from the sea? It is the real shield of Britannia, or should be! To identify, trail and eliminate the main threat at distance before drones and missiles can be launched. Without urgent, determined action to cure its ills, the Submarine Service is just mainly billions of pounds of apex predator nuclear attack submarines doing nothing in port. Crews kicking their heels, UK and NATO with a huge yawning gap in collective defence. And to be efficient and deadly the attack boat crews need to be at sea. So many things to offer in protecting us beyond safeguarding the at-sea strategic deterrent (itself creaking at the seams). And right now it isn't happening. And investing in proper conventional crewed submarines, and yes some drones, to supplement the nukes is absolutely essential too - for training, SF missions, barrier patrols. ASAP. That all needs to feature prominently in your plans, or, to be frank, you are still not 'a party of Defence'. This recent commentary from @WarshipsIFR sums it up.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) used a water cannon to drive off the Chinese fishing boat "Jin Sha" after it refused repeated orders to leave restricted waters near Taiwan-held Dongsha Island on Thursday.