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U.S. Troops Still Train on Weapons With Known Risk of Brain InjuryDespite the order, though, things have hardly changed on the ground. Training continues largely as it did before. Troops say they see little being done to limit or track blast...
By Paul Scharre
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From Land Mines to Drones, Tech Has Driven Fears About Autonomous ArmsThe next step in the progression toward more sophisticated autonomous weapons came in the form of “fire and forget” homing munitions like the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air...
By Paul Scharre
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New Semiconductor Factories Are Rising in U.S., but Billions in Chips Act Money Has Yet to FlowOn August 9, 2022, surrounded by a cheerful crowd of tech executives, union presidents and political leaders from both sides of the aisle, US President Joe Biden signed the Ch...
By Bill Drexel
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Keeping Up with the Drones-esParticularly relevant to the future of war was one afternoon panel on R&D spending, where a trio of analysts shed some light on the debates in Washington over exactly how ...
By Paul Scharre
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The U.S. and 30 Other Nations Agree to Set Guardrails for Military AIChatGPT doesn’t appear to have been conscripted into military service yet, but the recent flourishing of chatbot technology seems to have prompted renewed and more serious deb...
By Paul Scharre
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Why China’s Involvement in the U.K. AI Safety Summit Was So SignificantThe move surprised some observers because concerns about risks posed by advanced AI are less commonly expressed in China than they are in the West, says Bill Drexel, an associ...
By Bill Drexel
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Governments Used to Lead Innovation. On AI, They’re Falling Behind.At the same time, American lawmakers are considering pouring billions of dollars into AI development amid concerns of competition with China. Senate Majority Leader Charles E....
By Paul Scharre
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Noteworthy
Technology & National Security
NOTEWORTHY: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial IntelligenceCNAS experts unpack the recently released executive order from the White House that establishes new guidelines and goals for how artificial intelligence is responsibly used in...
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Tim Fist, Bill Drexel, Josh Wallin, Hannah Kelley, Sam Howell, Michael Depp & Caleb Withers
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Why Biden’s AI Executive Order Only Goes So FarThe Secretary of Commerce has been tasked with defining the AI models that are sufficiently dangerous to qualify for these requirements. As it stands, experts don’t know how t...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Responds: White House Executive Order on Artificial IntelligenceToday, the White House released an executive order detailing a new approach to artificial intelligence safety and security that attempts to mitigate future risk and keep Ameri...
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Tim Fist, Josh Wallin, Bill Drexel, Sam Howell, Hannah Kelley & Michael Depp
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Deepfake Video Impersonates VOA Russian Service Anchor, Underscoring AI ConcernsDoctoring news broadcasts can be an effective disinformation strategy because “news anchors are the face of trust in conventional media,” said Bill Drexel, who works on AI at ...
By Bill Drexel
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What to Know About the U.S. Curbs on AI Chip Exports to ChinaBIS is seeking public comment on a number of questions, suggesting there could be further updates and offering some clues to the strategic direction the Commerce Department un...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
In Israel and Ukraine, Mix of Drones and Brute Force Shows Warfare’s Future“It’s a constant competition between measures and countermeasures,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security. U.S. for...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Samuel Bendett
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Biden Eyes Adding AI Chip Curbs to Chinese Companies AbroadIt is less clear how the U.S. government might close the loophole allowing Chinese parties to access U.S. cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, which give their customers ...
By Tim Fist
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Launches Defense Technology Task ForceWashington, October 5, 2023 – The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of its Defense Technology Task Force. The task force will bring togethe...
By Robert O. Work, Ellen Lord, Michael Brown & Andrew Metrick
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Ukraine Targets Crimea for Second Day in a Row, Russia SaysSince the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, Moscow has used Crimea to stockpile fuel and ammunition to be funneled to the battlefields in southern Ukraine, wher...
By Samuel Bendett
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How the U.N. Plans to Shape the Future of AILevels of international cooperation between countries with the aim of managing dangerous technologies is at a “30-year low,” says Bill Drexel, an associate fellow at military ...
By Bill Drexel
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China Has Hobbled Russia's Drone IndustryBeijing's ban on larger drones and some components needed to build uncrewed technology is "now a hotly debated topic" across Russian sectors and organizations involved with Mo...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia ramps up drone, guided bomb attacks to thwart counteroffensiveRussian state media has reported a ramp-up in production of Lancets, and at a cost estimated at $30,000 to $35,000, they are far cheaper than higher-end drones and missiles, s...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense firms research voice commands to speak with drones“The ultimate goal right now, largely influenced by Ukraine, is to make the interactions between the operator and the drone as efficient as possible,” said Samuel Bendett, res...
By Samuel Bendett
