Pretty powerful signal that a) declarations of spending increases lack credibility in many countries and b) the money needs to go into drones, missiles and AI, less into the old platforms and providers. www.ft.com/content/1fa6... European defence stock rally goes into reverse on funding concerns
He does not have the political clout to move the needle on the defence spending settlement. By definition, @danjarvismp.bsky.social has accepted being the frontman for a disaster of a defence policy, and will be there only as long as #Starmer himself.
Bring it on. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Strong piece from @ivodaalder.bsky.social here, on US decoupling from Europe and its implications for #NATO deterrence policy. www.politico.eu/article/defe...
#Anthtopic themselves calling for an #AI pause. www.anthropic.com/institute/re...
The wider context that makes it necessary, and links it back to the other #AI arms race, between the world’s largest companies, is set out in this much longer paper by Niall Ferguson. www.hoover.org/research/art...
Terrific piece by Niall Ferguson on why #AI frontier models like #ClaudeMythos are destroying strategic stability and may provoke short-term action by #China on #Taiwan
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It seems harsh to describe the entire parliamentary #LabourParty “intellectually arid” as this @thetimes.com leader does. But it does view geopolitics as a spectator sport, rather than as essential to national sovereignty and individual liberty. It is a fatal flaw in Labour’s world view.
Both #Starmer and #Reeves need to go. The problem is not just the outcome. It is the totally incompetent process (again) that led to it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A call here, for an AI disarmament treaty between the US and China. It’s a good piece from Martin Wolf. www.ft.com/content/8724... Why the world must agree to regulate AI
With ministers considering measures that could include restrictions on under-16s’ access to social media, we would like to hear from parents and carers about what changes they want to see
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The rapid development of artificial intelligence has produced two barely controlled AI races, one between around a handful of companies, and the other between two superpowers. Neither race is in any m...
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has produced two barely controlled AI races, one between around a handful of companies, and the other between two superpowers. Neither race is in any m...
