Ex-Google Engineer Says That Robot Weapons May Cause Accidental Mass Killings

“A former Google engineer who worked on the company’s infamous military drone project has sounded a warning against the building of killer robots,” reports Business Insider. Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger quotes their report: Laura Nolan had been working at Google four years when she was recruited to its collaboration with the US Department of Defense, known as Project Maven, in 2017,…

US Navy confirms that UFO footage is genuine

Video footage showing US Navy pilots pursuing exotic unidentified flying objects has been confirmed as real. Back in 2017 and 2018, three videos were … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330557/us-navy-confirms-that-ufo-footage-is-genuine…

US Navy Tests WWII-ERA Messaging Tech: Dropping Bean Bags Onto Ships

Long-time Slashdot reader davidwr writes: In World War II, pilots would air-drop messages onto ships using bean-bags. Just as with sextants a few years ago, the Navy is bringing back old tech, because it works. Just as during the Doolittle Raid of Tokyo, the purpose is to prevent eavesdropping. You can read more about the modern bean-bag-drop on Military.com or Popular…

The US is making digital camouflage so that AIs can’t spot spy planes

The US Navy wants to modify military vehicles to fool AIs. For example, so that an AI misclassifies a tank as just an ordinary car Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207283-the-us-is-making-digital-camouflage-so-that-ais-cant-spot-spy-planes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Why the US Air Force Is Investigating a Cyber Attack From the US Navy

“The Air Force is investigating the Navy for a cyber intrusion into its network, according to a memo obtained by Military Times.” Zorro (Slashdot reader #15,797) shares their report:
The bizarre turn of events stems from a decision by a Navy prosecutor to embed hidden tracking software into emails sent to defense attorneys, including one Air Force lawyer, involved in a high-profile…

Navy Seal’s Lawyers Received Emails Embedded With Tracking Software

An anonymous reader shares a report: Military prosecutors in the case of a US navy Seal charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defense lawyers and a reporter in an apparent attempt to discover who was leaking information to the media, according to lawyers who said they received the corrupted…