RC-135 Rivet Joint Spy Flights From Alaska To Grow
Joseph Trevithick, The War Zone A new Air Force detachment in Alaska will help meet increasing demands for RC-135V/W Rivet Joint spy plane flights in the Pacific.
Day: July 27, 2023
Quantum Sensors Have Potential to Replace GPS
Jan Tegler, National Defense Mag. Researchers in government and industry laboratories across the globe are in a race to refine technology and methods for detecting changes in motion and…
First Commercial Ships Support Military Tanker Fleet
Justin Katz, Breaking Defense The program has a supporter in the commander of US Transportation Command, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department has…
DoD Seeks Supply of Chip-Mineral Gallium After China Curbs Exports
Bloomberg The Pentagon plans to issue a first-time contract to U.S. or Canadian companies by year-end to recover gallium, a mineral used in semiconductors and military radar systems, after…
Russia-Africa summit: Moscow scrambles to reassure partners after grain deal exit
The Russian president will on Thursday host leaders of African countries for a summit in his native Saint Petersburg, as the continent braces for the consequences of Moscow’s withdrawal from the Ukraine grain export deal.
Italy announces measures to help those hit by extreme weather
Italy announced measures on Wednesday to help families and businesses hit by extreme climate events, as the country reels from a heatwave in the south and fierce storms in the north.
A battle for rights and recognition: India’s female fighters
101 East meets the women wrestlers and boxers battling for their rights in and out of the sporting arena in India.
Fooling an AI Article Writer
World of Warcraft players wrote about a fictional game element, “Glorbo,” on a subreddit for the game, trying to entice an AI bot to write an article about it. It worked:
And it…worked. Zleague auto-published a post titled “World of Warcraft Players Excited For Glorbo’s Introduction.”
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That is…all essentially nonsense. The article was left online for a while but has finally been taken down (here’s a mirror, it’s hilarious). All the authors listed as having bylines on the site are fake. It appears this entire thing is run with close to zero oversight…