News of the day
1. Musk's companies are competing in a Pentagon challenge for voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms, pushing AI advancements in defense technology. → Read more
2. India targets over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028, offering incentives and policy support to become a global AI hub. Big Tech already committed $70B. → Read more
3. European Parliament restricts AI use on lawmaker devices due to cybersecurity and privacy risks, citing data security and sharing concerns with AI companies. → Read more
4. AI digital twins, using wearables and AI, help manage diabetes and obesity by creating personalized metabolic models, reducing medication reliance and improving health outcomes. → Read more
Our take
Hi Dotikers!
Yesterday, we watched OpenAI buy brainpower by recruiting the creator of OpenClaw. Today, the scenery shifts dramatically: welcome to the world of voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms.
SpaceX and xAI, freshly merged into an entity valued at $1.25 trillion, are competing in a confidential $100 million Pentagon tender. The goal: develop software that converts voice commands into digital instructions to coordinate autonomous drone swarms. The program, dubbed DAWG and launched in January by U.S. Special Operations Command, spans six months of development across five phases, all the way through to real-world testing. The final phase includes target acquisition and engagement. We're not talking about chatbots anymore.
The delicious detail: Elon Musk signed an open letter in 2015 alongside Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons and opposing the creation of "new tools for killing." Ten years later, his companies are competing to build exactly what he once denounced. Convictions apparently come with an expiration date.
OpenAI is also participating through its partner Applied Intuition, but strictly limits its contribution to voice control. No swarm piloting, no weapons integration, no target selection. SpaceX and xAI, on the other hand, are collaborating across the entire project. Meanwhile, Anthropic remains locked in an open standoff with the Department of War (the Pentagon rebranded by the Trump administration) over its red lines: no fully autonomous weapons, no mass surveillance of American citizens. The Pentagon is threatening to terminate the $200 million contract and designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk." We're witnessing a real-time stress test on the ethical limits of the AI industry, and so far, most players are choosing to fold.
Alexis
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