Anthropic’s decision to keep close hold on a powerful frontier AI model, paired with a new initiative to study its effects on global networks, is prompting intelligence-community discussions about the ways such tools might help friendly and adversary forces alike.On Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled Project Glasswing, a bid to raise AI-powered defenses before AI-enabled…

The Pentagon wants to buy almost $1 billion—$994.1 million to be precise—worth of counterdrone tech in 2027, according to budget documents. The request, under other Army procurement for counter-small unmanned aerial systems, is close to double the $596 million enacted for 2026, which includes atypical funding from budget reconciliation. That funding spike extends…

HONOLULU—In China, the United States is facing “a strategic competitor that offers a new level of challenge,” and must move quickly to close gaps in manufacturing and secure access to critical minerals, the assistant defense secretary for industrial base policy said.“When you look at China, they have 30 percent of…

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