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NATO-backed drone picked its own target and struck
A Swedish AI system let a loitering drone autonomously select and attack a vehicle in January 2026, with no human intervention during the strike itself.
TechRadar · 2m

Court lets Pentagon blacklist Anthropic over AI limits
A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration's ban on Anthropic, saying the Defense Department can blacklist the company for refusing to remove safety restrictions from Claude.
Ars Technica · 2m

Cardinal Parolin calls for trust, dialogue and justice at UN
The Vatican's top diplomat urges the world to abandon force, embrace negotiation and protect human dignity in an age of conflict and technological change.
Vaticannews · 1m