A recent patent application that made the news in Germany looks suspiciously like someone with chatbot delusion tried to vibe code a threat to NATO’s nuclear deterrence strategy.
Punching Upwards, Episode 15 for 21 December 2025
Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Credits
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Sources
* Plötzlich Staatsgeheimnis, ARD Tagesschau, 15 December 2025
* Privatmann meldet Patent an: Plötzlich Staatsgeheimnis, Reddit thread (r/de), 15 December 2025
* Das staatsgeheime Patent, Hadmut Danisch, 15 December 2025
* Vibe Physics, Angela Collier, 24 July 2025
* Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries, Gizmodo, 15 July 2025
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