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AI Arms Race, Drone Warfare and Cognitive Enhancement with Paul Scharre
The Grey Dynamics podcast spoke with Paul Scharre, the vice president and director of studies at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). They discussed the use of drones ...
By Paul Scharre
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China’s Chip Industry Dismayed by Multilateral Export Controls
The original Chinese statement takes a much more indignant tone, reading more like an impassioned call to action to the Chinese domestic semiconductor industry to get its act ...
By Emily Jin
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It’s Time to Appoint a US Special Envoy for Semiconductors
A special envoy for semiconductors could demonstrate U.S. leadership without acting unilaterally....
By Alexandra Seymour
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China’s Censors Are Afraid of What Chatbots Might Say
If Xi grows worried that, for instance, AI-powered automation will displace too many jobs and thus metastasize the risk of social unrest, he would have to make a hard choice b...
By Jordan Schneider & Nicholas Welch
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U.S. and China Can Show World Leadership by Safeguarding Military AI
The US and China must move beyond unilateral statements and begin developing shared confidence-building measures to manage the risks of military AI competition....
By Paul Scharre
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AI Nuclear Weapons Catastrophe Can Be Avoided
AI-enabled nuclear weapons are particularly concerning due to their civilization-destroying nature....
By Noah Greene
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How to counter China’s scary use of AI tech
In the face of these AI threats, democratic governments and societies need to work to establish global norms for lawful, appropriate and ethical uses of technologies like faci...
By Paul Scharre
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Generative AI Could Be an Authoritarian Breakthrough in Brainwashing
The U.S. and allies should also invest aggressively into counter-propaganda capabilities that can mitigate the coming waves of generative AI propaganda — both at home and with...
By Bill Drexel & Caleb Withers
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AI Enters the Dogfight
Late last year the U.S. Department of Defense successfully ran a dozen flight tests in which AI agents piloted an experimental fighter jet. We explore the program that got it ...
By Paul Scharre
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One year on: How Russia's war changed the global economy
In this edition of Business Beyond, Martijn Rasser, Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS joins to discuss how one year of war has...
By Martijn Rasser
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Balance of Power: Do UFO’s Pose National Security Threat?
Dr. Nola Haynes, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for New American Security discusses the national security threat posed by an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon and unid...
By Nola Haynes
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The World Tonight
Alexandra Seymour joined The World Tonight to discuss Starlink’s role in Ukraine and Elon Musk’s latest comments about restricting access for drone use. Listen to the full in...
By Alexandra Seymour
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The Biden Administration Is Juggling Foreign Policy Challenges
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to national security expert Nola Haynes about the foreign policy challenges the Biden administration is juggling. Listen to the full interview from ...
By Nola Haynes
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Bureaucrat’s Gambit: Why Is Dmitry Rogozin Sending Russian Uncrewed Ground Vehicles to Ukraine—and Does It Matter?
The Marker’s appearance in the Donbas ahead of other, much larger and heavier vehicles may be more a reflection of a crafty former bureaucrat with the right connections than a...
By Samuel Bendett
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Biden Brings Semiconductors to the Forefront of Americans’ Minds
President Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) address brought semiconductors to the forefront of the nation’s attention. Heightened U.S.-China relations, widespread chip shortag...
By Sam Howell
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Sharper: Critical Technology
Critical technologies promise to upend traditional understandings of national security, economic prosperity, and everyday life. Artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantu...
By Anna Pederson & Sam Howell
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What Impact Will ChatGPT Have?
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, a new artificial intelligence language model opens the door to new opportunities concerning technology purposes, national security, and academics. Ho...
By Alexandra Seymour
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China Has a Long Way to Go before It Indigenizes Semiconductor Production Capacity, Analyst Says
Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security joins CNBC to discuss semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and more. Watch the full interview from CNBC....
By Paul Scharre
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“Ukraine vs. Russia: “This Is the Only Reason” for the Supply of Tanks”
Adjunct Senior Fellow Samuel Bendett discusses the significance of Tanks being sent to Ukraine with TBS News Dig.Watch the full interview from TBS NEWS DIG....
By Samuel Bendett
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How ‘Killer Robots’ Can Help Us Learn from Mistakes Made in AI Policies
While recent events may have sparked a public outcry over the dangers of “killer robots,” we should not lose sight of the danger that poor processes create when deploying AI s...
By Michael Depp