Inside Michael Ham’s Mind: How AI Could Win Wars – And Kill The Internet By 2030
Michael Ham
By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net
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 Read More
Mason: Raising Gross Receipts Tax Could Hinder LANL’s Growth–And The Region’s Prosperity
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
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
Los Alamos Daily Post Goes Underground To Cover Future Of Nuclear Reporting
The Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit convened Oct. 9-10 at Titan Ranch near Vilonia, Ark. Photo by Marlene Wilden/ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net
By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net
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 Read More
Review, Notice Of Completion Of Off-Site Waste Shipments For Final Disposal Added To Electronic Public Reading Room
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]
New Documents Added To LANL’s Public Reading Room
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.
- Review, Request for Certificate of Completion for Area of Concern 00-027 in the Middle Los Alamos Canyon Aggregate Area
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-703915_NMED_Review_COC_Req_Middle_LACyn_093025.pdf