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Inside Michael Ham’s Mind: How AI Could Win Wars – And Kill The Internet By 2030

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Michael Ham

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Step into a conversation with Michael Ham, and within minutes you’re ping-ponging between the history of semiconductors, the future of warfare, and the chilling possibility that by 2030, the internet might be more bot than human.

Ham, director of the Mission Data Stewardship Alliance at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was the keynote speaker for the members of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) this month. His presentation, titled “Agentic AI for National Security”, explored the intersection of technological Read More

Mason: Raising Gross Receipts Tax Could Hinder LANL’s Growth–And The Region’s Prosperity

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By Director Thom Mason
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Next week, the Los Alamos County Council will consider two measures to increase the gross receipts tax rate paid by residents and businesses located within the county’s boundaries. I am writing to express my concern about this proposed increase because, as the budget at Los Alamos National Laboratory has begun to stabilize after several years of growth, we did not anticipate this additional cost.

The projected increase to LANL is expected to be roughly $13.5 million a year, or $135 million over 10 years. This proposed increase will have Read More

Enterprise Bank & Trust And Los Alamos Historical Society: A Legacy Of Community And Preservation

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Interior view of the historic Oppenheimer House at 1967 Peach St. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society

By TODD NICKOLS
Executive Director
Los Alamos Historical Society

Enterprise Bank & Trust—originally Los Alamos National Bank—was founded here in 1963 by George Cowan to fund housing for local employees and to serve the financial needs of a rapidly growing community built around the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. George served as the bank’s chair for 30 years, guiding its development as a cornerstone of local progress.

I grew up in Los Alamos. George Cowan’s remarkable wife, Read More

Trick-Or-Treat On MainStreet Set For Friday Oct. 24

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Street Closure Advisory for Oct. 24: Central Avenue between 15th and 20th streets will be closed for construction starting at 10 a.m. until the work is complete and then all street closures indicated on the map will be closed at 3 p.m. for set up, through the event and will reopen by 7 p.m. 
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Los Alamos Daily Post Goes Underground To Cover Future Of Nuclear Reporting

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The Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit convened Oct. 9-10 at Titan Ranch near Vilonia, Ark. Photo by Marlene Wilden/ladailypost.com

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Beneath the Arkansas plains, in a Cold War-era launch control center once designed to withstand nuclear blasts, a new generation of journalists, scientists and policy experts gathered to confront a different kind of detonation—the collision of nuclear risk and artificial intelligence.

Outrider Foundation’s 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit at the decommissioned Titan II intercontinental Read More

Review, Notice Of Completion Of Off-Site Waste Shipments For Final Disposal Added To Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

  • Review, Notice of Completion of Off-Site Waste Shipments for Final Disposal, Activities 3.1.5, 3.1.8, and 3.3.4, Compliance Plan, Site Treatment Plan, Federal Facility Compliance Order Los Alamos National Laboratory [July 31, Aug. 21, 2025]
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New Documents Added To LANL’s Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify you that new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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LANL Waste Containers Successfully Depressurized

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Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) successfully completed the depressurization of four flanged tritium waste containers and moved them to a waste staging location on site.

Offsite impacts were indistinguishable from background and pose no health or environmental consequences.

The depressurization operation began on Sept. 15 and took place over several days. Over the weekend, the crew completed movement of the containers from Technical Area 54 to the Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility. After Read More

Scenes From Special Reception Recognizing Enterprise Bank & Trust For $500,000 Donation To Los Alamos Historical Society For Oppenheimer House Renovation

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Enterprise Bank & Trust President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Lally addresses guests gathered for a special event on Thursday at Historic Fuller Lodge, recognizing the generosity of Enterprise and its $500,000 donation to the Los Alamos Historical Society to support the renovation of the Oppenheimer House. ‘Today is a very special day … marking the continuation of a great relationship between Enterprise Bank & Trust and the Los Alamos Community,” Lally said. “You see, just over eight years ago, our company came to Los Alamos to partner with LANB and what attracted us to Read More

Daily Postcard: Is That Really The Milky Way Above East Gate Guard Tower!?

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Daily Postcard: Not really … it is a photo of the Milky Way taken last summer in Show Low, Ariz., artistically superimposed above a shot of the East Gate Guard Tower taken in September. Also known as the Los Alamos Fire Lookout, the East Gate Guard Tower, in place since 1948, has played a key role in monitoring both security threats and forest fires in and around Los Alamos. Recently renovated, the tower today welcomes visitors to town as a National Historic Lookout and reminder of the Manhattan Project era. Photo by Steve Bublitz Read More