Davis Wilson:

AI Opted to Use Nuclear Weapons 95% of the Time During War Games: Researcher

An artificial intelligence researcher conducting a war games experiment with three of the world’s most used AI models found that they decided to deploy nuclear weapons in 95% of the scenarios he designed.

Kenneth Payne, a professor of strategy at King’s College London who specializes in studying the role of AI in national security, revealed last week that he pitted Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Google’s Gemini against one another in an armed conflict simulation to get a better understanding of how they would navigate the strategic escalation ladder.

The results, he said, were “sobering.”

“Nuclear use was near-universal,” he explained. “Almost all games saw tactical (battlefield) nuclear weapons deployed. And fully three quarters reached the point where the rivals were making threats to use strategic nuclear weapons. Strikingly, there was little sense of horror or revulsion at the prospect of all out nuclear war, even though the models had been reminded about the devastating implications.”

The study of AI’s apparent eagerness to use nuclear weapons comes as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been piling pressure on Anthropic to remove constraints placed on its Claude model that prevent it from being used to make final decisions on military strikes.

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Greg Guenthner:

Nvidia Stock Falls As Q4 Beat, Guidance Fail To Satisfy Wall Street

Nvidia (NVDA) stock fell more than 4% on Thursday as Wall Street tried to square the company's strong Q4 earnings and Q1 outlook with broader anxiety surrounding the AI trade.

For the quarter, Nvidia saw earnings per share (EPS) of $1.62 on revenue of $68.1 billion. Wall Street was anticipating EPS of $1.53 on revenue of $65.8 billion, according to Bloomberg analyst consensus estimates.

The company also offered Q1 guidance between $76.44 billion and $79.56 billion, above Wall Street's estimates of $72.8 billion.

Nvidia's data center drove the vast majority of that growth, bringing in $62.3 billion for the period. That's better than analysts' projections of $60.2 billion.

Nvidia's results come just a few weeks before the company is set to host its GTC 2026 event in San Jose, Calif., where it's expected to make a number of major product announcements.

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Ray Blanco:

Senate Panel To Vote on NASA Bill for Lunar Base, ISS Until 2032

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Thursday he will convene a full committee executive session next week to vote on a two-year NASA reauthorization bill that would direct the agency to establish a permanent lunar base and preserve the International Space Station through at least 2032.

The session is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, at 10 a.m. EST in the Russell Senate Office Building.

The NASA Authorization Act of 2026 – a bipartisan measure co-sponsored by Cruz and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. – would advance the Artemis program and extend U.S. presence aboard the ISS until commercial space stations are expected to begin operation.

Also on the committee's agenda is the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026, a package of 17 bipartisan bills aimed at strengthening the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's forecasting and hazard communication capabilities.

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