weapons – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:07:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Using AI for Weapons Development https://noise.getoto.net/2026/09/14/using-ai-for-weapons-development/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:07:46 +0000 https://www.schneier.com/?p=72633 Last week, Anthropic released a long and detailed document describing current misuses of their Claude models. I’m still reading it, but I wanted to flag this:

We identified a cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen running three weapons development programs: a guided rocket that used a commodity phone-class flight computer with final-phase homing guidance; a multi-stage ballistic missile with a stated range goal above 2,000 km; and a multi-variant missile (referred to as the “R2000” set) that included a hypersonic glide vehicle variant...

]]> Chinese AI Submersible https://noise.getoto.net/2025/05/07/chinese-ai-submersible/ Wed, 07 May 2025 11:03:03 +0000 https://www.schneier.com/?p=70232 A Chinese company has developed an AI-piloted submersible that can reach speeds “similar to a destroyer or a US Navy torpedo,” dive “up to 60 metres underwater,” and “remain static for more than a month, like the stealth capabilities of a nuclear submarine.” In case you’re worried about the military applications of this, you can relax because the company says that the submersible is “designated for civilian use” and can “launch research rockets.”

“Research rockets.” Sure.

...]]> Chocolate Swiss Army Knife https://noise.getoto.net/2023/11/24/chocolate-swiss-army-knife/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:00:34 +0000 https://www.schneier.com/?p=68128 Bivol’s findings – ignored for months Bivol exposed our secret weapons in Ukraine; Petkov and Ninova denied it https://noise.getoto.net/2023/01/19/bivols-findings-ignored-for-months-bivol-exposed-our-secret-weapons-in-ukraine-petkov-and-ninova-denied-it/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:26:28 +0000 https://bivol.bg/?p=91984