Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Aurora wanted to automate the weapons of all its allies, and it did not encounter much resistance in other countries. To put it bluntly, they all knew that they had little choice in this war, so they did not consider whether they would lose their decision-making power after integrating AI. They just symbolically confronted the United States and sent a few military representatives to the joint command.

However, the aurora borealis has encountered tremendous resistance in the United States.

To put it bluntly, even if Aurora possesses the card of immortality, some people still value money more than life itself.

Not to mention these companies, if they agree to Aurora's AI requirements, they will basically lose all initiative.

So Lockheed Martin led a supergroup of five companies: Thor RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, and they began lobbying everywhere.

All five companies can be considered top military enterprises. Lockheed Martin, with its F-35, F-16, F-22, and Patriot aircraft, is the absolute air superpower.

Thunderobot RTX's product line covers Tomahawk, Patriot, and Radar, making it a major force in electronic warfare.

Northrop Grumman is the most imaginative company; the B-21, B-2, and Global Hawk are all futuristic and sci-fi-esque.

General Dynamics may seem unremarkable, but it's the engine that powers the M1 tank and nuclear submarines.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is the only shipyard in the United States that builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

The United States' annual defense budget is approximately $600 billion, and these five companies account for nearly $300 billion of it.

They have a very deep network of relationships in Congress, and their unions are very powerful, after all, these are hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Of course, lobbying is not very effective. It comes down to the same issue: not all politicians want to live forever, but they know that most voters do!

Even if it involves the employment of hundreds of thousands of people, they wouldn't dare to take the initiative to form a group. They would basically give vague answers and want a few companies to communicate with Aurora on their own.

No one dared to contradict the aurora, fearing they would become cannon fodder in the subsequent elections.

Ultimately, with no other option, the five companies had to save themselves by forming a so-called independent arms alliance, claiming to protect their military from the intrusion of aurora technology.

If Aurora has the ability, then it should work hard to build its own weapons. Anyway, it's impossible to modify their things.

They weren't really against cooperation; they just hoped to negotiate terms and gain some benefits.

Subsequently, the five companies issued a joint statement demanding a hearing on security standards for the integration of autonomous weapon systems. Their demand was that all AI suppliers submit their decision-making logic, failure modes, and source code for security assessment.

They say they are responsible for the soldiers and that security checks are necessary.

In reality, they just wanted to get some details of Aurora's AI technology, and they wanted to copy it if they could.

If you can't copy, then muddy the waters and try to get some compensation from Aurora, so that you can at least have your own niche in the future.

Disguising political issues as technical issues is something these companies excel at.

As they had hoped, the congressional hearing was successfully held, and Lockheed Martin's vice president, representing the five parties, was questioned.

William Holloway was actually quite frustrated. He was the vice president of mission systems and integration at Lockheed Martin, a position that was not low.

However, given the circumstances today, the CEO should have come in person to be appropriate for an occasion that would determine the future world order.

However, the president claimed to be sick and asked him to come out and answer questions, clearly intending to place a barrier between Aurora and himself so that he could easily extricate himself if things went wrong.

Moreover, the current situation made him feel very uncomfortable. Most of the senators who had doubts about the matter did not dare to speak up, while the supporters of Aurora were all very proactive in directly opposing it.

Senator Walter Brady asked with a serious expression, "Has the F-35 program ever experienced delays?"

William Holloway: "Yes."

"Has this exceeded the original budget?"

"Yes."

"Has the F-35 failed to meet the military's mission capability rate targets every year for the past six years?"

"...........yes."

"So, six out of ten won't be able to take off. Is that right or wrong?"

"...Yes, but..."

Walter Brady interrupted him: "You only need to answer yes or no; this isn't a question for you to elaborate on. The next question is one you can elaborate on. That is, is Lockheed Martin willing to submit the F-35's flight control source code to this committee?"

"Senator, this is a matter of industry standards."

"So, does Aurora's decision not to offer these services comply with industry standards?"

"Senator, I think Aurora's technology is different. It's essentially modifying our company's weapons, so we need to be more careful."

"I have a set of data," F-35 squadrons said. During deployment, they faced maintenance difficulties, including a lack of data access required for personnel to independently perform certain maintenance tasks, which limited the availability of the aircraft.

"Are the American people paying taxes only to buy weapons they can't repair themselves?"

"Senator, this is to better support subsequent upgrades and to ensure the quality of repairs."

Did the US government pay for the purchase of the F-35?

"Yes."

Walter Brady closed his notebook: "So in my opinion, today's meeting is utter nonsense, so that you arms dealers can freely profit from the taxes of American citizens."

Aurora has confirmed that it can provide follow-up maintenance for all the weapons they have helped modify.

Can you provide the same service?

William Holloway was a little flustered. He knew nothing about this and of course he couldn't agree to such a condition.

"Senator, this is not in line with the standards of this industry."

"Industry standards can be changed, and outdated companies can choose to go bankrupt."

William Holloway felt that he was unlikely to get a good result today.

Ultimately, they are different from Aurora. Aurora seems to have no intention of selling weapons at all. They are more like an independent kingdom, with a cooperative relationship with the United States and no need for military spending.

Whether it's basic chips or Oasis, immortality services and the like, this is enough to make Aurora thrive.

Just when he thought the questioning was over, Walter Brady dealt him another heavy blow.

"Don't prepare to leave. I have one more question. Lockheed Martin's F35 is a multinational project, with assembly lines in Italy and the Netherlands, right?"

Raytheon's Patriots are present throughout Europe, with customers in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Greece, and Sweden.

General Dynamics' European Land Systems are manufactured in Switzerland, Spain, and Austria.

Northrop Grumman's radars are also widely used in various European countries.

"They are all your clients, so isn't your behavior today also an attempt to interfere with future U.S. policy?"

William Holloway wanted to fly into a rage and yell a few curses. They used to be NATO allies! Who knew things would change so quickly, and now they were enemies.

Congress also took a cut of the money from previous arms sales!

"Senator, we are all American companies!"

Do you have a passport from a European country, such as France or Germany?

"Senator, I served in the U.S. Marine Corps!"

Have you acquired French or German citizenship?

"I told you, I'm a U.S. citizen!"

Have you ever received funding from the European Union?

William Holloway fell silent. He knew that the senator opposite him looked foolish, asking the same question over and over again. In fact, this was a basic questioning technique used by lawyers. The more he answered, the more questions the other side would eventually find and seize upon.

Moreover, he had nothing more to say. At this meeting, Aurora didn't even send anyone to attend, and the government officials present basically represented the consensus reached between the two parties on this matter.

The conference concluded that "the committee will continue to monitor this matter and requests all parties to submit supplementary materials within ninety days. Meanwhile, Aurora's AI-based modifications to US weapons will proceed concurrently."

Three days after the meeting, Aurora announced that it would begin cooperating with several weapons companies, with the weapons companies acting as contract manufacturers and Aurora providing AI technology.

A week later, the Pentagon announced that it would cut future F-35 procurement plans.

Two weeks later, Lockheed Martin was forced to announce organizational restructuring and massive layoffs, which essentially marked the failure of the old-generation weapons company's resistance, and its stock price plummeted.

Just then, an ancient family that had some indirect connection with Chen Yiran appeared.

They made a decision that was in line with their family tradition.

Business warfare is also warfare, and they decided to take some measures against some of Aurora's senior executives.