"There's A Lot Of Concern": GOP Lawmakers Predict Midterm Disaster If Troops Deployed To Iran

Blackstone Just Made A Physical AI Bet On Actuator-Maker Powering Humanoid Robots Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, is making a big investment in Futronic, a 33-year-old automotive supplier whose motion-control technology has been adapted for industrial and humanoid robots, according to Reuters. The deal values the South Korean firm at about 1 trillion won ($676.04 million), according to a person with knowledge of the matter. -RTRS  The deal comes just ahead of the expected rise of physical AI, with forecasts from top desks indicating that global robot deliveries could begin...

Oracle Joins Growing List Of AI Firms Supporting Pentagon National Security Work Summary: Oracle Joins the growing list  OpenAI, Google, SpaceX/xAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and Reflection AI to deploy AI tools in "classified settings" at the Department of War Oracle Added  Department of War CTO posted on X that Oracle has officially joined the list of AI companies deploying AI tools to America's warfighters.  BREAKING: Following this morning’s announcement, the @DeptofWar is announcing that Oracle has officially agreed to join the list of AI companies deploying frontier capabilities on the Department’s classified networks. https://t.co/99nfrwXCzg pic.twitter.com/WwoA2aLJui — Department...

US Army's 400 Million Laser Deal Accelerates Race To Harden Bases From Kamikaze Swarms Building on our investment theme that the US military is racing to harden its bases with counter-drone systems capable of defeating Group 1-3 drones, and potentially Group 4 threats, Bloomberg reported late in Friday's US cash session that the Army plans to purchase at least $400 million of AeroVironment's counter-drone laser systems, citing a person familiar with the deal. The source told the outlet that the deal would provide the Army with dozens of LOCUST systems, which...