Trump says humans control the bomb. The code doesn’t know that yet

TL;DR

President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to speed up military AI adoption while preserving the chain of command.
A new memorandum requires the Pentagon to update its directive on weapon system autonomy within 90 days.
For nuclear decisions, policy and law mandate that a human remains in control of critical actions.
The risk with AI is that software could compress decision timelines, making human checkpoints practically ineffective.
The proposed solution is to implement an external authorization layer that AI cannot bypass.
This layer would require a separate, affirmative human authorization token for protected actions.
The system must fail closed, halting actions if authorization is absent or expires.
All attempted transitions must generate tamper-evident records for auditing.
This update offers an opportunity to turn policy principles into verifiable technical requirements.

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