Artificial intelligence is a major subtheme of the U.S. intelligence community’s annual report on threats—one increasingly described in strategic, not just technical, terms.In its 2026 Worldwide Threat Assessment, released on Wednesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence calls AI a “defining technology for the 21st century,” notes that…

Artificial intelligence chatbots help Department of Veterans Affairs doctors document patient visits and make clinical decisions. But according to a report released Jan. 15 by VA’s inspector general, no formal system tracks whether these tools put veterans at risk.The Jan. 15 preliminary advisory memorandum from VA’s Office of Inspector General…

Lawmakers are done asking how the Pentagon is spending $23 billion allocated for the Golden Dome missile-defense program. Now they’re writing their queries into law.In the annual defense appropriations bill on Tuesday, House and Senate appropriators wrote that while they “support the operational objectives of Golden Dome for national security,”…

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