IN 1942, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov published the short story Runaround and introduced what would become one of the most famous ideas in the history of robotics. The Three Laws of Robotics ...

It goes back far enough that militaries have developed weapons intended to overwhelm enemies and shift the balance of power on the battlefield. But some of these innovations proved so destructive or ...

Robot soldiers are now operating in Ukraine's combat zones as the Phantom MK-1 humanoids mark the arrival of autonomous warfare technology.

School's almost out for summer, or whatever constitutes a summer break aboard Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 's USS Athena. This semester has flown by, especially as the final two episodes of the season ...

More than a year before his recent standoff with the Pentagon, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, published a 15,000-word manifesto describing a glorious AI future. Its title, “Machines ...

Anthropic’s Claude is helping the US military choose targets to strike in Iran, but responsibility for the accuracy, strategy ...

Designed to function independently once activated, these drones perform three key battlefield tasks on their own; locating targets, identifying them, and launching an attack ...

Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry ...

Sci-fi shows are home to deep, insightful quotes about the nature of war, as heard in lines from Fallout, Doctor Who, and ...

Netflix’s new action thriller War Machine may feature an “unimaginable threat,” though director Patrick Hughes insists the ...

Bungie, the developer behind Destiny and Halo, returns to multiplayer blasting with the long-awaited Marathon reboot, a ...

Directed energy weapons’ are a cheap way to hit a lot of targets – and militaries around the world are taking notice.