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U.S. Military Wants to Bring Allies into AI FoldThe Defense Department has kicked off a new initiative to bring like-minded nations together to work on AI policies and capabilities. In September, the Pentagon’s Joint Artifi...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The military is calling in AI for supportFor all our fears about Terminator-style killer robots, the aim of AI in the U.S. military is likely to be on augmenting humans, not replacing them.Why it matters: AI has been...
By Michael Horowitz
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The ‘Magic Bullet’ Drones Behind Azerbaijan’s Victory Over ArmeniaAzerbaijan’s drone-led assault seems to have scored a decisive victory over Armenian forces in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, with a peace deal coming into effect a...
By Samuel Bendett
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Pentagon Grappling With AI’s Ethical ChallengesArtificial intelligence is a top modernization priority for the U.S. military, with officials envisioning a wide range of applications, from back office functions to tactical ...
By Paul Scharre
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China appears to be testing a brand new military exoskeletonChina's military is apparently testing a new exoskeleton to help soldiers haul heavy loads with relative ease, according to footage broadcast on Chinese state-owned television...
By Samuel Bendett
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China Threatens U.S. Primacy in Artificial IntelligenceIt is a statement that has been broadcasted and heard around the world: China intends to be the global leader of artificial intelligence by 2030. The country is putting its mo...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The AI Company Helping the Pentagon Assess Disinfo CampaignsIn September, Azerbaijan and Armenia renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory in the Caucasus mountains. By then, an information warfare campaign over the ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The PLAʼs Unlikely WingmanIn May of this year, an 84-year-old inmate in a North Carolina federal prison died from Covid-19. Dongfan Greg Chungʼs death barely registered on the local news, but Chung hel...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Top White House Official Criticizes ‘Totalitarian’ Xi in ChineseA senior White House official delivered a speech in Mandarin attacking Xi Jinping’s “totalitarianism” and calling on the Chinese people to research the “truth” about the count...
By Jordan Schneider
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UK Conservatives ponder global trade rebootPost-Brexit Britain must soon decide how active to be in shaping global trade — and it won't be short of advice about how to embrace its new role outside the European Union. B...
By Anthony Vinci
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Artificial Intelligence Cold War on the horizonThe United States is the world’s leading force in artificial intelligence (AI), for now, but China is rapidly catching up making partnerships among democracies critical to sta...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The grim fate that could be ‘worse than extinction’What would totalitarian governments of the past have looked like if they were never defeated? The Nazis operated with 20th Century technology and it still took a world war to ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Experts pan new White House ‘strategy’ on emerging techDespite an impressive title, the reception for the White House’s new National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies received a remarkably tepid response from experts...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Azerbaijan’s Growing Drone Arsenal May Have Led It To Believe It Has Edge Over ArmeniaAzerbaijan’s growing inventory of armed drones may have convinced Baku that it has a substantial enough military and technological edge over Armenia that it could prevail in t...
By Samuel Bendett
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Inside the US campaign to cut China out of the tech supply chainIt was a hot summer morning in Taipei when several officials from the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy, visited the top management of a major tech compa...
By Martijn Rasser
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Are Chinese Drones a National Security Threat or Required for the National Interest?Before DJI, a Chinese drone company, was named a national security threat, it was the darling of the U.S. government, used by federal agencies, the military and more than 900 ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Russia just released footage of a brand new combat exoskeleton in actionRussian state-owned defense corporation Rostec has released footage of a brand-new combat exoskeleton for assault operations in action. The video footage, published by Rostec ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
TikTok ‘not a great look’ for lawmakers, security experts sayDespite official warnings for nearly a year about the security risks of the Chinese-owned TikTok video-sharing app, several politicians who might be ideal targets for Beijing’...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Beijing blocking Wikipedia from United Nations intellectual property agency over Taiwan is resistance against ‘Western values’, analysts sayBeijing’s move effectively blocking Wikipedia from gaining observer status at a United Nations agency last week on the grounds that it has a Taiwan subsidiary serves at least ...
By Kristine Lee
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Technology & National Security
Russia’s Weird Fixar Drone Offers Military Capabilities At Commercial RatesRussia’s Fixar drone is designed for the sweet spot between quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft. With rotors set at an angle and wings for efficiency, it can take off and land...
By Samuel Bendett
