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The Army needs a near-term strategy for the 2020s

October 12, 2023
The U.S. Army must move faster to deter near-term threats. Although the Army has a strategy to modernize the force by 2030, that is just seven years away and potentially four years too late if the Chinese Communist Party attempts to retake Taiwan by force by 2027, as our military commanders suggest. To effectively deter Chinese President Xi Jinping, the U.S. Army must develop a clear and coherent…
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AUSA: Highlights from the US Army’s annual conference

October 12, 2023
WASHINGTON — The Association of the United States Army held its annual conference Oct. 9-11 in Washington, with defense officials, military personnel and industry representatives gathering to discuss the future force — and what threats it may face from advanced…
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Gear in this story

October 12, 2023
Nikon’s Nikkor Z 600mm F6.3 VR S is a super telephoto that uses a fresnel element to cut down on length and weight. Nikon loaned us a pre-production model to familiarize ourselves with the new phase fresnel lens. We were limited to only out-of-camera JPEG for review…
AI & RoboticsNews

As Meta, Character AI place bets on ‘fun’ chatbots, problems lurk behind AI-generated smiles

October 12, 2023
In a new Forbes report, high-flying AI chatbot startup Character AI, which is rumored to be in early funding talks at a whopping $5 billion valuation, is bringing its conversational characters to a new group chat function that allows users to talk to their favorite celebs, like Taylor Swift, with friends and family. Character AI started the AI character craze when it was launched in September…
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Under $27,000, ETH Hits 1-Month Low Ahead of US Inflation Report – Market Updates Bitcoin News

October 12, 2023
Bitcoin fell below the $27,000 level on Thursday, ahead of the upcoming inflation report in the United States. Consumer prices are expected to have risen by 3.6% in September, down 0.1% from the month prior. Ethereum plunged to a multi-week low. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) fell for a fifth consecutive day, as markets prepared for the release of last month’s U.S. consumer price index (CPI) BTC/USD…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenText Aviator lets AI fly across expansive enterprise software portfolio

October 12, 2023
Few technology vendors have as broad an enterprise software portfolio as OpenText, and it’s a portfolio that is now being broadly enabled with generative AI capabilities. The new OpenText Aviator effort is launching today as a set of AI capabilities in the OpenText Cloud Editions (CE) 23.4 release. OpenText’s expansive portfolio includes enterprise content management, IT operations…
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