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This week, South Korea and the United Kingdom will jointly host the second global summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul, according to Reuters. Details of the summit British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol will take part in a virtual summit on Tuesday. The event is held against the backdrop of […]
As part of a new military aid package, the UK plans to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Paveway IV laser-guided bombs that can hit targets up to 30 kilometers away. This became known from a report by BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale. Latest batch of U.K. military aid to #Ukraine will include Paveway IV bombs […]
Road maintenance is expensive and time-consuming, so the UK has developed an autonomous machine designed to detect and seal surface cracks on highways that could develop into potholes, which can save time and money. The robotic road maintenance system is based on artificial intelligence, which helps to accurately and autonomously detect and repair potholes and […]
British Defense Secretary Grant Shepps and British Army Commander Tony Radakin recommended that Ukraine refrain from offensive actions on the eastern front in 2024, instead focusing on defense and strikes on the Black Sea and Crimea. During meetings with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials, British officials advised a pullback from some of the […]
The UK Ministry of Defense has decided to show footage taken during the testing of the classified Dragonfire laser weapon, which took place in January this year in Scotland. The video allows us to draw certain conclusions about the design of the prototype and demonstrates the capabilities of the target acquisition system in action. The […]
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom will conduct a test launch of nuclear weapons within a few days The UK will test-fire a nuclear missile for the first time since 2016. This was reported by The Sun. As noted, the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom will conduct a test launch of nuclear weapons […]
Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD) had to disable its AI chatbot after it started quarreling with a customer and its “employers”. Details of the scandal are reported by the NY Post. For some reason, the DPD chatbot did not want to provide a customer service phone number to a dissatisfied customer Ashley Beauchamp from the UK, […]
The new DragonFire laser system was tested on the territory of the Hebrides Range military training ground. This is reported by the official website of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom. The tests of the DragonFire laser system were the first in the UK. They confirmed the possibility of effective use of the […]
Two minesweepers of the British Navy collided in the port of Bahrain. This is reported by UK Defence Journal with reference to the UK Navy spokesman. “We are aware of the incident with two minesweepers in Bahrain. There were no casualties as a result of this incident and it would be inappropriate to comment further […]
The United Kingdom will allocate 200 million pounds to manufacture drones for the Ukrainian military, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said during a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on January 12, Evropeiska Pravda reports. This aid package includes reconnaissance drones, long-range attack drones, and FPV drones that will be used to combat […]