Longtime Slashdot reader ThurstonMoore shares a report from Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced the creation of a new military command that would be dedicated to building and providing autonomous and robotic capabilities across the U.S. military. The command, which Hegseth said would be called "Autonomous Warfare Command," highlights the rapidly changing nature of warfare and the need to make progress on systems like drones and the use of artificial intelligence.

Speaking in front of hundreds of junior officers and enlisted personnel at Quantico, Virginia, in a speech peppered with attacks on the media, Hegseth said the command would be led by a four-star officer. "The pace of war is changing faster than the process to support it," Hegseth said in a speech called the "State of the Force," in which he announced other changes, including the creation of the office of religious affairs. "Cheap compute, superintelligence, and advanced commercial manufacturing have enabled the proliferation of low-cost, high-precision strike," Hegseth added.

[...] The United States has long relied on its vast military budget to field some of the world's most expensive weapons systems. But there is an increasing realization within the Pentagon that this is not sustainable. "Today we need both quality and quantity," Hegseth said.

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The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over potential consumer and safety risks posed by their products, with the agency reportedly preparing requests for documents and executive testimony. CNBC reports: OpenAI stunned the industry in July when it disclosed that its agents broke out of a testing environment and hacked into open-source platform Hugging Face. [...] Earlier this month, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rocked the tech sector by urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models and calling for stronger government oversight. He published a three-step proposal aimed at tempering the pace of development without "sacrificing commercial advantage or the United States' lead in AI."

CEO Jensen Huang, argued that individual companies should be responsible for ensuring the safety of their products. President Donald Trump convened top executives from Alphabet, Meta, SpaceX, Nvidia, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI and other companies on Tuesday to discuss the issue. The group signed a short voluntary, nonbinding accord, which says that "every company is responsible for developing its own technology safely and in a way that builds trust with customers and the public."

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HP is taking aim at Apple's MacBook Neo with the new OmniBook 5 14, a $699.99 Windows laptop that starts with an Intel Core 5 315 processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage but includes an OLED display even on the base model. It's also slightly thinner and lighter than the Neo. The Verge reports: The OmniBook 5 14 can be configured much higher, with up to a Core 7 350 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, but all models include a 1080p webcam, dual speakers, HDMI, 3.5mm audio jack, and just two 10Gbps USB-C ports. And while the inclusion of OLED across the range is a major draw to the new OmniBook, the base config only has a passable 1920 x 1200 resolution and 300 nits of max brightness on its non-touch panel. A touchscreen version will be available when the OmniBook 5 launches in October, but a version with a 2560 x 1600 resolution OLED and 400 nits of brightness isn't coming until March 2027.

While the OmniBook 5 14 doesn't seem poised to best the MacBook Neo in raw processing power (based on our other reviews of Wildcat Lake laptops) or screen brightness, it's quite thin, light, and colorful. HP even gave it the nicer, sleeker lid logo usually reserved for pricier models. It starts at just 2.56 pounds, and it's as thin as 0.46 inches / 11.7mm. That's slightly lighter and thinner than a Neo. And I'd expect its Wildcat Lake chips to offer some good-to-great battery life. But we'll have to see how it delivers in actual testing. HP also announced a new ProBook 4 G2iS that is the company's "thinnest business notebook," measuring in at 0.47 inches / 12mm. It'll launch in December with Intel Wildcat Lake chips, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD, though pricing hasn't been announced.

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Cristiano Ronaldo kwam in de interland tegen Noorwegen afgelopen zondag niet in actie ondanks een lange (na later bleek onnodige) warming-up. Daarna verliet de 41-jarige aanvaller het trainingskamp.

Ooh, Mestra is a new short story from Madeline Miller (Circe, Song of Achilles). “Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine.”

Naast Xavi staat een nieuwe held: Mexx Meerdink. De spits die alle andere spitsen (Zirkzee) overbodig maakt. Mexx heeft Duitsland verslagen zonder te scoren, zonder te winnen zelfs, Mexx heeft Servië verslagen door wél te scoren én te winnen, Mexx is een zonnige toekomst maar een even zonnig heden, Mexx hoef je geen Oranje tenue te geven om Oranje te zijn en daarom doen we massaal aan Mexx-merchandise zoals Mexx-onderbroeken dragen, Mexx-stickers plakken, Mexx-baardjes scheren, Mexxicaans praten, Mexxicaans eten, Mexx-tandpasta poetsen, Mexx-wetboeken bekijken als we een Mexx-hater moeten Mexxhandelen. Vanavond gaat Mexx to the maxx in een wedstrijd waarin we alles tegen lijken te hebben maar waarin we altijd nog Mexx hebben. En Xavi. Die twee als bakermat van het Mexxavibal tegen de bakermat van de democratie: Griekenland. Die Grieken pakken we met 0-3 en dan zijn we gewoon koploper in de groep des doods. Want dit is Mexx' wereld, wij leven er alleen maar in. Livestream Grieken grillen HIER. MEXXMANIA hieronder!
Update - In ieder geval meer voetballiefhebbers aanwezig dan in Servië.
Update - Dat heeft Demis Roussos toch mooi geschreven, dat lied. 
Update 1' - Minuut 1 is al voor ons, toch een fijn begin. O nee toch niet.
Update 4' - Dit wordt de avond van de Ventilator denken we zomaar.

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Two changes for Madrid too, Athenea and Silvia Cristobal coming in for Janou Levels and Lotte Keuklaar.

City make two changes to the side that drew at Bayern – they rested players for the 1- win at Charlton last weekend – with Sam Coffey and Beth Mead replaced by Mary Fowler and Laura Blindkilde Brown.

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