A senior intelligence official told the Journal that "The Chinese have attempted to map our infrastructure, such as the electrical grid," along with the Russians. What's scary is that it's not just a few isolated points, but it's happening all across the whole country. Oh, and that the utility companies actually running the grid had absolutely no idea.

The reason US intelligence—who detected the intrusions and informed the utility companies—suspects the Commies is because the attacks are so sophisticated. They left behind backdoor software designed to muck up the works that "f we go to war with them, they will try to turn them on." And if you've seen Live Free or Die Hard, you know what happens when hackers go after our infrastructure. People die, Justin Long cries and cars run into helicopters. It's absolute chaos. I pray to god when that day comes, Bruce Willis is not sipping cocktails on a beach earning 20 percent Alan Rickman. [WSJ]

...supremely oriented, highly intuitive virtual coach-cum-battle manager whose primary mission would support system operators and commanders during engagements. As such, the super system would help Israeli air defenders pick the optimum timing, sequence and targets for specific interceptors.

The good news, which luckily we read right before crapping ourselves for the third time today, is that the developers aren't focusing entirely on making it autonomous, but a sort of hybrid.

"Our approach cannot be based exclusively on man-in-the-loop, nor can it rely only on the opposite. Rather, we need to build an operational concept and a system that is flexible and situationally dependent," Milo said.

In the future, and "under very complex scenarios," Milo said, the envisioned super system would be able to generate a level of supreme situational awareness and snap intuitive capabilities that could surpass the very best wartime commanders.

Nevertheless, if we're all killed by an AI system in 20 years, you know who to blame. [Wired]

Also, Rogun will use that same facial recognition to detect if strangers visit, and will call you on your phone if you're out. If you've left your kids at home, it can monitor them, and will stream updates to you over the Internet as well. Plus, there's a 7-inch LCD monitor in its chest so kids can interact with it. If you want one, be prepared to shell out more than $100,000 for the privilege. – Jason Chen

Robot Keeps Home Safe in Korea [Far East Gizmos via Uber Gizmo]