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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new military command, the Autonomous Warfare Command, tasked with building and deploying autonomous and robotic systems across the U.S. military. Speaking at Quantico during a 'State of the Force' address, Hegseth said the command will be led by a four-star officer and cited cheap computing power and advanced manufacturing as drivers of low-cost precision weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian during a 'State of the Force' address, tapping Elon Musk, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to co-lead a study on future warfare technology under CTO Emil Michael. The team has 120 days to recommend technologies for the military to develop, test, and field, and Hegseth also unveiled a new Autonomous Warfare Command to accelerate drone and autonomous systems deployment.
A federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic after the AI firm refused to lift restrictions on using its technology for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Judge Rita Lin vacated orders that barred federal agencies from using Anthropic's products and blocked defense contractors from doing any business with the company, calling the government's national security justification baseless.