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The US wants to stay ahead of China in using AI to pilot fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Air Force fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California. One was flown by a pilot. The other doesn’t. That second plane was piloted by artificial intelligence, with the Air Force’s highest-ranking civilian sitting in the front seat. It was the ultimate demonstration of how far the Air Force … Read more

Richard Truly, space shuttle astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86

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Richard “Dick” Truly, one of the first astronauts to fly the space shuttle and later led NASA as its eighth administrator, has died at the age of 86. Truly’s death on Tuesday (Feb. 27) was confirmed by the Association of Space Explorers, a professional organization for the world’s astronauts and cosmonauts, which considered Truly a … Read more