Topic: autonomous systems
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Arkeus Boosts Ocius with Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness
Arkeus's Surface Hyperspectral Optical Radar (HSOR) has been integrated onto Ocius's Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel, enhancing persistent maritime domain awareness through autonomous optical sensing. The collaboration strengthens Australia's sovereign defence innovation, extends operational r...
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Founder Ditches Silicon Valley to Rival U.S. Defense from Athens
Dimitrious Kottas left Apple to launch Delian Alliance Industries in Greece, focusing on autonomous defense tech like solar-powered surveillance towers and stealth sea drones. Delian challenges Europe’s fragmented defense market with low-cost, scalable solutions, recently securing $14 million in ...
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AI Agents on Your Team: The Unseen Security Risks
AI agents are evolving into autonomous systems that perform complex tasks like incident resolution and system management, introducing significant security challenges alongside efficiency gains. These autonomous agents differ from traditional tools by reasoning, adapting strategies, and accessing ...
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Orca AI's Co-Captain Revolutionizes Ship Navigation
Orca AI's Co-Captain system enhances maritime safety by enabling real-time data sharing on sea conditions, providing early warnings and personalized recommendations to ship crews based on vessel characteristics. The technology addresses a 22% rise in maritime incidents by using AI and sensors to ...
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Your AI Agents Are Zero Trust's Biggest Blind Spot
The autonomy of AI agents introduces security vulnerabilities in Zero Trust architectures by bypassing continuous verification requirements through inherited or poorly managed credentials. Organizations must adopt the NIST AI Risk Management Framework with a focus on identity governance, ensuring...
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Zero Trust for AI: Extending "Never Trust, Always Verify"
Businesses are rapidly adopting AI assistants to boost productivity, but this introduces new security vulnerabilities that traditional models cannot handle, requiring the extension of Zero Trust principles to these autonomous agents. AI agents operate with dynamic, evolving access needs and often...
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TII and NVIDIA Launch Middle East's First AI and Robotics Lab
The Technology Innovation Institute and NVIDIA have launched the Middle East's first joint AI and Robotics Lab to advance Generative AI, embodied AI, and robotics research. This partnership provides TII access to NVIDIA's specialized edge GPU chips, including the Thor chip, to support breakthroug...
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DHS Plans AI Surveillance Trucks for Homeland Security
The US Department of Homeland Security is deploying autonomous mobile surveillance trucks equipped with AI, cameras, and radar to enhance border monitoring in remote areas beyond fixed installations. These Modular Mobile Surveillance System (M2S2) vehicles use computer vision trained on millions ...
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Ethan Thornton: Mach Industries' AI Vision at Disrupt 2025
Mach Industries is introducing startup agility and advanced AI into the defense sector, challenging traditional industry norms and emphasizing speed and autonomy in high-risk environments. The company, founded by Ethan Thornton, focuses on developing decentralized defense systems and leverages AI...
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Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries to Speak on AI at Disrupt 2025
Ethan Thornton, CEO of Mach Industries, will unveil next-gen defense solutions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, focusing on AI, autonomy, and decentralized strategy. Mach Industries, founded in 2023, disrupts traditional defense tech with agile, innovative approaches combining hardware, software, and ...
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Coco Robotics launches AI lab led by UCLA professor
Coco Robotics has launched a new AI research facility to utilize five years of data from its delivery robots, aiming to advance full autonomy and reduce costs. The lab is led by Professor Bolei Zhou, whose expertise in computer vision and robotics aligns with Coco's goals, and he is expected to a...
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AI Defense Panel: Next-Gen Tech & National Security at Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will host critical discussions on AI in defense and security, featuring top experts from government, military, and venture capital sectors. The AI Defense panel will explore how AI transforms defense strategies, balancing innovation with ethical and operational risks, and ...
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Understanding AI Agents
The rise of AI agents marks a major shift in AI interaction, with companies like OpenAI and Google developing autonomous systems capable of complex tasks with minimal human oversight. Nearly half of tech firms are testing or implementing AI agents, sparking discussions about their societal impact...
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From Teen Tinkerer to Public Safety Pioneer: Blake Resnick's Brinc Raises $75M to Equip First Responders with Lifesaving Drones
The world of high-stakes technology often seems dominated by seasoned veterans. But Blake Resnick, the founder and CEO of drone technology company Brinc, is rewriting that narrative. Still in his early twenties, Resnick recently secured a massive $75 million funding round ...
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General Intuition raises $134M to train AI with video game clips
General Intuition secured $133.7 million in seed funding to develop AI agents using a unique dataset of two billion gaming videos annually, focusing on spatial-temporal reasoning for understanding object interactions in space and time. The startup's AI models learn from visual input to navigate e...
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BRICS Cloud City Forum Wraps Up in Moscow
The BRICS Cloud City Forum in Moscow attracted over 13,000 participants from 42 countries to discuss the impact of robotics and AI on urban infrastructure, digitalization, and societal changes. Key themes included using technology to enhance human happiness and climate resilience, with insights f...
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Army General Reveals How AI Is Transforming Military Decisions
AI integration is transforming military strategic planning and decision-making, with U.S. armed forces using large language models to enhance command capabilities. Major General William Taylor highlighted the Eighth Army's use of AI for predictive analysis in logistics and operations, and for dev...
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Salesforce AgentForce Vulnerability: What You Need to Know
A critical vulnerability named ForcedLeak, rated 9.4 in severity, was discovered in Salesforce's AgentForce platform, allowing attackers to exfiltrate confidential CRM data through indirect prompt injection. The flaw highlights that autonomous AI agents like AgentForce create a larger attack surf...
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