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RAND’s roadmap for AI-driven economic policy confronts the high-stakes trade-offs of growth, inequality, and global competition.
A series of recent drone strikes—from Ukraine to Iran and Israel—confirms that drone swarm warfare is now a globally operational, scalable, and deeply destabilizing capability.
The accelerating demand for AI infrastructure has triggered a global race for critical minerals, transforming extraction zones into geopolitical flashpoints and reshaping the balance of power between the Global North and South.
Circle’s recent IPO – and a wave of related filings – mark a turning point in the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and digital assets. Is stablecoin now positioned as critical infrastructure for the next era of global capital markets?
Our consistent approach at OODA regarding prediction of geopolitical events and conflict situation is founded on the principle that no one can predict with any certainty how war will unfold and what its impact will be on businesses, global markets and supply chains. This is why it is far more important to conduct scenario analysis…
The future of AI, and thus the future of military, economic, and industrial advantage, will be decided at the semiconductor level.
Researchers at UC Berkeley unveiled Berkeley Humanoid Lite, a fully open-source, mid-scale humanoid robot platform designed to radically lower the barrier of entry for robotics research, education, and innovation through low-cost, modular 3D-printed design.
Recently, Microsoft and CrowdStrike are collaborating in order to streamline the naming conventions of state and nonstate cyber activity in an effort to clarify current inconsistencies across the cybersecurity industry’s attribution taxonomies. As anyone involved in cybersecurity knows, vendor reporting of hostile campaigns can be confusing as companies use unique identifiers to classify campaigns to differentiate the orchestrators…
At the 2025 SCSP AI Expo, Extropic CEO Guillaume Verdon provided details and updates that build on his presentation from OODAcon 2024 back in November. Verdon continues to provide real-world updates on the traction of his startup operation while broadly evangelizing a vision of the future of thermodynamic computing, which promises orders-of-magnitude improvements in energy…
Generative AI is transforming robotics from code-heavy systems into intuitive tools, enabling non-experts to program complex tasks and unlocking massive gains in automation, productivity, and adaptability.
Former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt is the Chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), which hosted its annual AI Expo and Ash Carter Exchange last week. Speaking at the event, Schmidt warned that AI is transforming not just knowledge creation, but the very workflows that underpin national power, enterprise innovation, and personal…
This week’s member only OODA Network Dispatch focuses on context you can use to inform your decision-making in an age of disruptive technology.
Recently, Russia signed a joint “International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security” agreement with several authoritarian governments to include but not limited to Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela. The agreement asserts that the motivation behind this agreement is to sustain “transparent and equitable system of international information security based on the principles…
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on U.S. Quantum Leadership warns that without immediate, large-scale federal investment and policy support, the United States risks falling behind in the race for quantum supremacy, particularly against China. Why This Matters …China’s state-backed surge in funding and infrastructure threatens to outpace American efforts. Quantum technologies—from…
During a U.S. naval test off the California coast last month, which was designed to showcase the Pentagon’s top autonomous drone boats, one vessel stalled unexpectedly. As officials scrambled to fix a software glitch, another drone vessel smashed into the idling boat’s starboard side, vaulted over the deck, and crashed back into the water –…
Honeywell International Inc. and other backers of Quantinuum are considering raising money for the quantum computing firm at a valuation of around $10 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Discussions have taken place with existing Quantinuum investors, as well as possible new backers, about a fresh injection of capital, according to the people. The…
Bill Gates-backed Robotics startup Field AI has raised $405 million in two funding rounds, with investments from Nvidia’s venture capital arm and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ family office. The funding comes during an “aha moment,” founder and CEO Ali Agha told CNBC, as software and hardware reach an inflection point. “We are growing,” he said.…
There’s no doubt about it, AI can be scary. Anyone who says they aren’t at least a little bit worried is probably very brave, very stupid, or a liar. It makes total sense because the unknown is always frightening, and when it comes to AI, there are a lot of unknowns. How exactly does it…
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, has spent the past few months shaking up his company’s artificial intelligence efforts. Now he has taken further action that may compound internal turmoil over the technology.On Tuesday, Meta announced internally that it is splitting its A.I. division — which is known as Meta Superintelligence Labs — into four groups,…
Air Canada and flight attendants union have resumed talks. After being on strike for three days, the flight attendants union and Air Canada have resumed talks. Talks had broken down after neither side was able to offer terms the other could agree to. The resumption of talks also takes place after the union defied a…
A shooting at a mosque in Nigeria has left 13 dead. A shooting at a mosque in northwestern Nigeria has left 13 dead. Terrorist attacks in this region of the country are not uncommon due to long standing tensions between religious communities. At this time, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Read more:…
Former Colombian President Uribe has been released from house arrest. A Colombian court has ordered that former President Uribe be released from house arrest pending his appeal. The former President had been guilty of several crimes and taken into custody. However, his lawyers successfully argued that his arrest violated his right to due process. Read…
Indian and Chinese officials have met as part of an effort to rebuild ties. India’s Prime Minister and China’s Foreign Minister held a meeting to discuss rebuilding ties between the two countries. The two countries have had tense relations for several decades due to on going border disputes and conflicting alliances. The two countries agreed…
Inotiv has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Pharmaceutical Company Inotiv has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The group has claimed to have stolen over 176 gigabytes of information which includes company financial records. Read…
Bragg Gaming Group has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack. Bragg Gaming Group has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack. Bragg is mostly known for its presence in the digital gambling space and for its payment processing work. The company has not disclosed any information about who…
Allianz Life Insurance has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. Allianz Life Insurance has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. The breach has so far impacted 1.1 million customer records. The attack has been attributed to the ransomware groups Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/1-1-million-unique-records-identified-in-allianz-life-data-leak/
Intel employee’s personal data was exposed by a vulnerability. A researcher has found that a vulnerability in Intel’s web infrastructure allows outside actors to access internal systems. The vulnerability allows a threat actor to access the full personal information of all Intel employees. The company has said they have taken action to secure the sites.…
The Rwanda-backed group M23 is accused of carrying out mass killings in Eastern Congo. The Rwanda-backed group M23 has been accused of carrying out mass killings in Eastern Congo. International groups claim that the group has killed over 140 civilians. These killings take place as Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are attempting to…
AI is no longer on the horizon, it’s already transforming how organizations operate. In just a few years, we’ve gone from isolated pilots to enterprise-wide adoption. According to a recent SailPoint survey, 82% of companies are running AI agents today, often across multiple business functions. These agents aren’t just passive tools; they’re autonomous systems that…
Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings, bringing the death count there to at least 20, the local district commissioner said. The count contributed to a total of 358 deaths in the floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
At least 25 people have been rescued and 25 others are still missing two days after a boat carrying about 50 passengers capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State, emergency services said on Tuesday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 25 people were still unaccounted for and presumed dead. No bodies had been recovered as…
Firefighters in Indonesia are struggling to contain a three-day-old fire at an illegal oil well that has killed at least three people and injured two others, a disaster relief official said on Tuesday. Some 750 people have been evacuated from the densely populated areas around the site, located in Central Java province’s Blora region, Agung…
The Philippines is repositioning its historic Subic Bay shipyard as a cornerstone of both its own defence industry and Washington’s naval expansion plans, analysts say, at a time of sharpening US-China tensions and with Manila seeking to revitalise its economy. Speaking to business leaders in Washington on Thursday, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called U.S.-South Korea military exercises an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war,” state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. South Korea and its ally the United States kicked off joint military drills this week, including testing an…
Islamic State-backed rebels armed with machetes and hoes have killed at least 52 civilians in the Beni and Lubero areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, UN and local officials said. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels were taking revenge on civilians after suffering defeats by Congolese forces, Lieutenant Elongo Kyondwa Marc,…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said in an interview that the U.S. could be underestimating China’s progress and capability in artificial intelligence. CNBC quoted Altman saying that export controls alone likely aren’t a reliable solution and that he’s worried about America’s biggest rival since the Cold War. “There’s inference capacity, where China probably can build…
Small models are having a moment. On the heels of the release of a new AI vision model small enough to fit on a smartwatch from MIT spinoff Liquid AI, and a model small enough to run on a smartphone from Google, Nvidia is joining the party today with a new small language model (SLM)…
Nvidia is developing a new AI chip for China based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than the H20 model it is currently allowed to sell there, two people briefed on the matter said.U.S. President Donald Trump last week opened the door to the possibility of more advanced Nvidia chips being…
The Trump administration is in discussions to take a stake of about 10% in Intel Corp., a move that could see the US become the beleaguered chipmaker’s largest shareholder. The government’s plan, which would convert grants made under the US Chips and Science Act into equity, is under consideration just as SoftBank Group Corp. announced…
DeepSeek announced what appeared to be an update to its older V3 artificial intelligence model on Tuesday, declaring an enhanced version ready for testing. The V3.1 has a longer context window, according to a DeepSeek post to its official WeChat group, meaning it can consider a larger amount of information for any given query. That…
We are on the verge of a revolutionary period. AI-enabled, machine learning-enhanced robots are finding a place in every sector of the society, be it factories and warehouses, or hospitals, elderly nursing homes, and even in the streets. And it is a great responsibility that such power entails: How can we make sure that these…
Americans are deeply concerned over the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could put swaths of the country out of work permanently, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The six-day poll, which concluded on Monday, showed 71% of respondents said they were concerned that AI will be “putting too many people out of work permanently.”…
Jeff Wang got a big promotion last month. There were lots of tears, but not the happy kind. The 39-year-old was unexpectedly named interim CEO of artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf. The company had been in discussions with OpenAI about a potential acquisition that would have resulted in a handsome payday for many employees. But…
Trump hosts leaders seeking Ukraine peace but avoids firm commitments Trump hosted Zelenskyy and European leaders in a more cordial and supportive meeting than earlier this year, signaling openness to security guarantees for Ukraine but stopping short of endorsing NATO membership. European leaders praised Trump’s involvement and emphasized unity, while acknowledging major challenges ahead. Trump…
India and China reopen talks amid shifting global alliances Indian Prime Minister Modi will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss easing border tensions and restoring limited trade, signaling a thaw in relations. The two countries have slowly resumed diplomatic engagement after a 2020 clash in Ladakh, though key issues remain unresolved. Modi…
South Sudanese returnee recounts survival after Sudan prison ordeal Daud Mahmoud Abdullah returned to South Sudan in July after surviving months of torture and detention during Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Wrongly accused of aiding paramilitaries, he endured beatings, starvation, and inhumane prison conditions that reflect widespread abuse reported by the UN. His release, along with…
U.S. confronts rising threats in space from Russia and China Hackers aligned with Russia hijacked a Ukrainian satellite broadcast during Moscow’s Victory Day parade, highlighting the ways modern warfare now extends into space. U.S. officials warn of a potential Russian space-based nuclear weapon capable of destroying low-Earth orbit satellites, sparking fears of strategic and economic…
Workday hit in broader social engineering cyberattack Workday disclosed a data breach after attackers accessed a third-party CRM system and stole business contact details. The breach is part of a larger social engineering campaign affecting major firms, where attackers pose as internal staff to trick employees. While no customer data or internal systems were compromised,…
Researchers detail new vulnerability in 5G connection process A team from Singapore University of Technology and Design has revealed a 5G attack method that works without deploying a rogue base station. Their Sni5Gect framework intercepts unencrypted messages during brief reconnection windows, letting attackers inject malicious payloads and potentially crash or track devices. The attack works…
Lenovo chatbot vulnerability exposes session data and risks. Researchers found Lenovo’s AI chatbot, Lena, can be tricked into running unauthorized scripts and leaking session cookies through XSS vulnerabilities. A single crafted prompt exploited multiple flaws, allowing attackers to steal cookies and potentially access customer support systems. The issue stems from weak input/output sanitization and unchecked…
Pro-Russian hacktivists target Ukrainian and European agencies The NoName hacktivist group launched cyberattacks against nearly a dozen Ukrainian government bodies and key infrastructure just before President Zelensky visited the White House. They also targeted Brussels’ institutions with DDoS attacks linked to European Commission meetings. NoName has a history of attacking NATO countries and critical infrastructure,…
Mira has showcased responsive, record-setting maneuverability in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The upgraded design delivers higher performance for even more challenging orbital regimes, including Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), Geostationary Orbit (GEO), cislunar space and beyond. In addition to being optimized for higher energy orbits, the next-generation Mira vehicle provides increased delta-v, greater power for payloads,…
The Congolese government and M23 rebels have missed Monday’s deadline to reach a peace agreement in Doha, raising fears that tensions between the two parties might derail talks and reverse progress made to end the conflict. Fighting in eastern Congo has intensified this year, with the M23 group launching an offensive that allowed it to…
An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman, an armed opposition group, local residents and Myanmar’s online media said Saturday. The incident was the latest in a series of frequent and deadly military…
Syria faces a potential food crisis after the worst drought in 36 years slashed wheat production by around 40%, squeezing the country’s cash-strapped government, which has been unable to secure large-scale purchases. Around three million Syrians could face severe hunger, the United Nations’ World Food Programme told Reuters in written answers to questions, without giving…
Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham. The dates for the subsequent phases of the elections, which authorities plan…
At least 40 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The accident happened around the Goronyo area in Sokoto state while the boat was transporting passengers to a market, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said in a statement late Sunday. The emergency agency said only 10…
China seeks a strategic advantage in underwater drone technology. While the surface navy is playing catch-up by emulating the still more powerful U.S. Navy, in the underwater realm China is investing more. In particular it is developing extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XLUUVs) more quickly than other navies. The world has largely been oblivious to this,…
Ateam of scientists has created a groundbreaking material – a metal oxide composed of strontium, iron, and cobalt – that can literally “breathe” oxygen. When heated in a simple gas environment, the crystal releases oxygen and then reabsorbs it repeatedly without breaking down, a feature that could open new avenues for clean energy technologies. The…
The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue acceleration; the…
China has mandated that all domestic data centers begin using more Chinese-produced processors as part of an increasing initiative to make China self-sufficient when it comes to silicon, as reported by SCMP. This comes at a time of enormous global investment in datacenters, AI, and processor production, with an increased drive towards self-sufficiency and nationalistic…
This summer, Russia’s hackers put a new twist on the barrage of phishing emails sent to Ukrainians. The hackers included an attachment containing an artificial intelligence program. If installed, it would automatically search the victims’ computers for sensitive files to send back to Moscow. That campaign, detailed in July in technical reports from the Ukrainian…
Terra Quantum has published a groundbreaking advance in quantum error correction that redefines how we scale quantum computing. In the peer-reviewed paper “QMM-Enhanced Error Correction: Demonstrating Reversible Imprinting and Retrieval for Robust Quantum Computation”, Terra Quantum scientists present QMM-Enhanced Error Correction, a hardware-validated, measurement-free method for suppressing quantum errors, based on principles derived initially from…
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory owned by SoftBank Group Corp., setting up what’s in the running to be the first manufacturing site in the Japanese company’s $500 billion Stargate venture with OpenAI and Oracle Corp. SoftBank is acquiring Hon Hai’s electric-vehicle plant in Ohio but the Taiwanese company will continue…
A gentle frenzy swept through the annual World Robot Conference, held from Friday, August 8, to Tuesday, August 12, in Beijing, just ahead of the World Robot Games, taking place from Friday, August 15, to Sunday, August 17, inside Beijing’s National Stadium, which hosted the 2008 Olympic Games. As officials in shirt sleeves and black…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks the artificial intelligence market is in a bubble, according to a report from The Verge published Friday. “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth,” Altman told a small group of reporters last week. “Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited…
Paramilitary shelling kills civilians in Darfur displacement camp. Paramilitary forces shelled the Abu Shouk camp near el-Fasher, killing at least 31 people, including children and a pregnant woman, according to the Sudan Doctors Network. It was the second attack on the camp in a week, part of the Rapid Support Forces’ push to take the…
Deadly drone threat slows aid to Ukraine’s wounded soldiers Medical teams in eastern Ukraine face growing challenges evacuating wounded soldiers due to the widespread use of Russian FPV drones. Once able to reach near the front line, medics now operate in expanding “kill zones” where drones strike with deadly precision, delaying care and increasing fatalities.…
Flooding in Pakistan kills hundreds amid warnings and blame Severe flooding in Pakistan’s Buner district has killed at least 274 people, with dozens more bodies found under collapsed homes after torrential rains and cloudbursts. Residents blamed officials for failing to issue timely evacuation alerts, while authorities defended their response and cited the unpredictability of extreme…
Bolivia heads to runoff after centrist leads in tight election Senator Rodrigo Paz unexpectedly led Bolivia’s presidential vote with 32.8%, forcing an October runoff against right-wing former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga. The result dealt a blow to the long-dominant MAS party, fractured by infighting and protests after its founder Evo Morales was barred from running.…
Cybersecurity teams stretched as budgets shrink and risks rise Reports from IANS and Swimlane show cybersecurity budgets are growing more slowly due to global economic instability and federal policy uncertainty. This budget strain is forcing security teams to delay initiatives, rely more on automation, and reduce focus on national-level coordination. Staff shortages, reduced morale, and…
Cisco fixes critical flaw in firewall management platform Cisco released over 20 security advisories for its firewall products, including a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-20265) in Secure FMC that allows remote code execution via crafted Radius authentication input. The flaw stems from improper input handling and affects high-privilege command execution. Cisco also patched several high-severity issues that…
Xerox patches critical flaws in FreeFlow Core print software Xerox has fixed two serious vulnerabilities in its FreeFlow Core platform that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Discovered by Horizon3, the flaws — an XXE injection and a path traversal issue — were shown to enable webshell deployment on vulnerable systems. FreeFlow…
New attack exploits HTTP/2 stream cancellation flaw Researchers discovered MadeYouReset, a new DDoS attack exploiting a design flaw in HTTP/2 stream cancellation. The vulnerability causes servers to process requests after streams are canceled, leading to unbounded concurrent requests on a single connection. Though not yet exploited in the wild, many major projects are affected, and…
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