RT @dangerroom: Exclusive: Darpa Director Bolts Pentagon for Google

Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon’s premiere research shop to take a job with Google. “The only reason” she decided to leave the Pentagon was the allure of working at Google.

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Defense.gov News Article: Robots Could Save Soldiers’ Lives, Army General Says

“I believe candidly we can accelerate the evolution of autonomous technology if people would just acknowledge that it’s important.” [..] “They provide situational awareness, unmanned lethal and nonlethal fires, unattended precision target attack and acquisition, maximum standoff from threats, … and perform unmanned logistics support and services,” he said. Defense.gov News Article: Robots Could Save Soldiers’ Lives, Army General Says.

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