Leader of Anchorage drug trafficking organization sentenced to 30 years

Leader of Anchorage drug trafficking organization sentenced to 30 years

  38 kilograms of fentanyl and 10 kilograms of heroin seized in connection with the organization. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for leading a local drug trafficking organization responsible for attempting to traffic large amounts of fentanyl and heroin to Alaska from the Lower 48. According […]

Workshop to discuss winter feeding of livestock, horses

Workshop to discuss winter feeding of livestock, horses

  A workshop in Delta Junction will cover several topics related to feeding livestock during Alaska’s long, cold winters. The class is Monday, March 2, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Delta Career Advancement Center, 1696 N. Clearwater Ave., Delta Junction. The free workshop is co-sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and […]

Hegseth Demands Anthropic Let Military Use AI However It Wants—Even for Autonomous Killer Drones and Spying On Americans

Hegseth Demands Anthropic Let Military Use AI However It Wants—Even for Autonomous Killer Drones and Spying On Americans

  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all ethical guidelines. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to punish the artificial intelligence company Anthropic if it doesn’t let the Pentagon use its technology however it wants—apparently even to create autonomous killer drones or conduct surveillance of Americans. Anthropic’s powerful AI […]

AI Opted to Use Nuclear Weapons 95% of the Time During War Games: Researcher

AI Opted to Use Nuclear Weapons 95% of the Time During War Games: Researcher

An artificial intelligence researcher conducting a war games experiment with three of the world’s most used AI models found that they decided to deploy nuclear weapons in 95% of the scenarios he designed. Kenneth Payne, a professor of strategy at King’s College London who specializes in studying the role of AI in national security, revealed last week that he pitted Anthropic’s […]