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AI flew an F-16 fighter jet. Here’s what actually happened.

Summary by Northeast Times
On July 16, the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced that a modified F-16 fighter jet had flown under the control of an artificial intelligence agent at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. A human pilot sat in the cockpit the entire time, monitoring the AI and ready to take over, but the machine was doing the flying. The news landed across defense outlets and social media feeds this week, drawing attention from…
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Northeast Times broke the news on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
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