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Pentagon selects Shield AI to plug swarm software into LUCAS drone, company says | DefenseScoopSearchClose Search for: Search Subscribe to our daily newsletter. Close The Pentagon selected Shield AI to integrate swarm technology onto the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS), a one-way attack drone the U.S. military cloned from an Iranian variant, according to the company. U.S. Central Command said it used the LUCAS for the first time in combat against Iran during Operation Epic Fury, though the military produced just dozens of the systems initially, to the Pentagon’s chief technology officer in March. Now, Shield AI said its Hivemind software will “serve as the AI pilot for the LUCAS program, enabling groups of drones to coordinate, maneuver, and adapt together to changing conditions in real time, based on warfighter input,” according to a Tuesday press release from the company. Shield AI said Hivemind will allow the LUCAS to “sense, decide, and act independently, without human intervention,” though it will require one human operator to “command a swarm of autonomous systems operating together.” “The effort marks a major step toward operationalizing collaborative autonomy: teams of autonomous systems working together in dynamic and communications-constrained envir...dlawrence / open-web / news / firecrawl Draft Commission guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems | Shaping Europe’s digital future!An official website of the European UnionAn official EU website How do you know? All official European Union website addresses are in the europa.eu domain. This site uses cookies. Visit our or click the link in any footer for more information and to change your preferences. Draft Commission guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems - POLICY AND LEGISLATION - Publication 19 May 2026 These Guidelines aim to support providers and deployers of AI systems, as well as competent market surveillance authorities, in assessing whether an AI system should be classified as high-risk, thereby facilitating the uniform application and effective enforcement of Article 6 AI Act. ! The Guidelines set out the Commission’s interpretation of certain concepts that are relevant for classification purposes and, in accordance with Article 6(5) AI Act, contain practical examples of AI systems that should or should not be classified as high-risk. The examples listed in these Guidelines strive to cover all areas and use cases, but they are not to be considered as exhaustive and may be updated over time. The guidelines are divided into sections, following the structure of Article 6 of I Act, w...digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu / open-web / news / firecrawl Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security | CyberScoopdjohnson / open-web / news American and Allied Cyber Agencies Issue First Joint Guidance on Securing Agentic AI | Crowell & Moring LLPcrowell.com / open-web / news Council of the European Uniondata.consilium.europa.eu / open-web / news Anticipated executive order could give NSA a role in voluntary AI model testing - Nextgov/FCWnextgov.com / open-web / news Executive Yuan announces new AI committee - Taipei Timestaipeitimes.com / open-web / news Towards trustworthy AI in the EU public administration:EDPS / open-web / news AI Act: deal on simplification measures, ban on “nudifier” apps | News | European Parliamenteuroparl.europa.eu / mainstream / news China AI Agent Policy FrameworkThe Innovation Attorney / independent / news

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