U.S. strategic forces prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to authorize the use of nuclear weapons even though nuclear-armed adversaries China and Russia may not, the commander of Strategic Command said Tuesday. Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, chief of the Omaha-based command, also suggested U.S. nuclear forces may be increased in order to maintain deterrence against the rising nuclear threat from the country’s two “near-peer” adversaries. Gen. Cotton in a briefing with reporters, said