Candidate Chatbots Go Live
Chat2024 unveiled this week the AI-powered avatars of 17 leading presidential candidates. Each chatbot is trained on reams of data generated from at least a hundred sources. Users can query the bots individually, ask the same question of all 17 at once, or set any two of them against each other in one-on-one debates directed by user input.
Pentagon Reopening Brings Back Some Staff
The first phase of the Pentagon’s reopening is bringing back some employees who had previously been ordered to stay home and opening select entrances to the building.
F-22s Have a Failure to Communicate
What the F-22s have is a failure to communicate, with the F-35 and also the F-16 and other allied aircraft. The older fighter jet can receive communications, but cannot transmit its surveillance intelligence to the others.
Hornet Fighter Jet Crashes in Persian Gulf
Both pilots ejected without serious injury, the Hornet was lost, the crash occurred just after launch and was not the result of hostile activity.
Senate, White House Square Off over Sequestration
Senate wants details on how automatic defense cuts will affect DoD. HASC chair thinks Pentagon is secretly planning for it.
Navy Moves Forward with Powerful Poseidon Sensor
Program is underway to develop a long-range, high-resolution surveillance radar for the P-8A.
Lockheed, Machinists Agree to Mediation
Machinists at the Joint Strike Fighter plant and at Pax River have been on strike for two months.
GAO Loses Confidence in the F-35
The Government Accountability Office recommends reduced funding for the Joint Strike Fighter program.