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The 5G Fight Is Bigger Than Huawei
Commentary
The latest salvos in the Trump administration’s campaign against Huawei may prove, at best, to be a Pyrrhic victory—or, at worst, directly undermine U.S. interests and objecti...
By Elsa B. Kania
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San Francisco lawmakers ban facial recognition technology
Commentary
Does this ban protect privacy or put public safety at risk? Technology and National Security associate fellow Kara Frederick debates former NYPD officer Darrin Porcher. View t...
By Kara Frederick
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Not a “New Era”—Historical Memory and Continuities in U.S.-China Rivalry
Commentary
At first glance, the return to a world of great power rivalry may seem sudden.1 The National Defense Strategy, published in January 2018, highlighted the “reemergence of long-...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Breaking down Facebook's attempt to silence hate speech
Commentary
Kara Frederick appears on Fox and Friends to discuss the latest developments surrounding Facebook's efforts at content policing. View the full conversation on Fox News:...
By Kara Frederick
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The 5G Future Is Not Just About Huawei
Commentary
This week, representatives from the United States and more than 30 European Union and NATO countries met in Prague to hash out security principles for 5G—fifth-generation wire...
By Kara Frederick
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Paul Scharre Interviewed on the Raw Data Podcast
Podcast
When we think of killer robots, images of the Terminator, Robocop, and other dystopian movies often spring to mind. These movies usually don’t end well (for the humans, at lea...
By Paul Scharre
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The National Security Imperative of Protecting User Data
Commentary
Privacy legislation directed at 21st-century technology platforms and internet companies is not just about privacy; it is also important to address modern-day national securit...
By Carrie Cordero
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FBI facial recognition software under fire for privacy concerns
Video
Is the technology a must-need tool to solve crimes or a slippery slope? Kara Frederick joins Fox and Friends to discuss. View the full conversation on Fox and Friends: Wat...
By Kara Frederick
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Killer Apps
Commentary
The nation that leads in the development of artificial intelligence will, Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed in 2017, “become the ruler of the world.” That view has b...
By Paul Scharre
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Learning Without Fighting: New Developments in PLA Artificial Intelligence War-Gaming
Commentary
A lack of recent experience in combat is often characterized as a major liability and potential disadvantage for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in any future confl...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Artificial Intelligence Colloquium: AI R&D Ethics
Video
The responsible advancement and application of AI is a subject of much debate across research, government, defense, and commercial communities. Issues surrounding trust, priva...
By Richard Danzig, Paul Scharre, Patrick Lin & Heather Roff
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Kara Frederick Interviewed on The John Batchelor Show
Podcast
Kara Frederick joins John Batchelor to discuss many of the issues raised in her recent Wall Street Journal essay with Richard Fontaine: "The Autocrat's New Tool Kit." Listen ...
By Kara Frederick
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Kara Frederick on Fox & Friends: What happens when next generation tech falls into the wrong hands?
Commentary
Kara Frederick, associate fellow in the CNAS Technology and National Security program, joins Fox News' Fox & Friends to discuss her Wall Street Journal essay, "The Authori...
By Kara Frederick
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Podcast: The Autocrat’s New Tool Kit
Podcast
A new set of technological tools—some of them now maturing, others poised to emerge over the coming decade—seem destined to wind up in the hands of autocrats around the world....
By Richard Fontaine, Kara Frederick & Paul Scharre
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The Autocrat’s New Tool Kit
Commentary
Chinese authorities are now using the tools of big data to detect departures from “normal” behavior among Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang region—and then to identify each su...
By Richard Fontaine & Kara Frederick
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CNAS Tech: How (Not) to Talk About AI & Lethality
Podcast
The U.S. Army recently announced its new Advanced Targeting & Lethality Automated System, or ATLAS program. The announcement generated concern and media headlines about the le...
By Paul Scharre, Kara Frederick & Megan Lamberth
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The White House: Accelerating America's Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
Podcast
On Thursday, February 28, Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy, visited CNAS to discuss the President's Executive Order on Maintaining Ame...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Kratsios
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Inside China Tech: Analysing China’s race with the US for AI dominance
Podcast
This week, Zen Soo looks at how China and the US compete for technological supremacy in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), and how this is affected by the US-China tra...
By Gregory C. Allen
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White House AI Executive Order and DoD AI Strategy
Commentary
This week, the U.S. government released two major new strategic documents on artificial intelligence. The White House published an executive order by President Trump launching...
By Robert O. Work, Paul Scharre, Gregory C. Allen, Kara Frederick, Michael Horowitz & Elsa B. Kania
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
Podcast
How will emerging technologies shape the conduct and consequences of war? And how will they impact civilian security? Today on Displaced, Loren DeJonge Schulman and Erin Simps...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
