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Pentagon Must Update Autonomy Directive to Ensure Human Control
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to accelerate the adoption of advanced AI systems while ensuring they are reliable, steerable, controllable, and accountable. The Pentagon has 90 days to update its directive on autonomy in weapon systems to preserve the chain of command. This development may have significant implications for the nuclear enterprise, where human control is critical. According to an independent researcher, the software architecture of nuclear command systems must be designed to ensure human authority is an enforceable technical condition. This was reported by an unknown source.