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Technology & National Security
JAIC readies ‘AI champions’ as commission recommends doubling R&D spendingFor the United States to stay on top of the global arms race for artificial intelligence, a commission stood up by Congress recommended a two-fold path: Collaborate with its c...
By Robert O. Work
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Technology & National Security
YouTube profits from videos promoting unproven Covid-19 treatmentsYouTube is profiting from videos promoting unproven coronavirus treatments, a new report has found, as the company struggles to crack down on misinformation. The Google-owned ...
By Megan Lamberth
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The Newest US Sanctions on China's Huawei Could BackfireWorsening relations between Washington and Beijing could trigger punishing new US restrictions on Huawei’s supply of cutting-edge microchips. But some experts believe this wou...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: Coronavirus Outbreak Tests Every Aspect of U.S. and International SecurityAs regions across the U.S. announce states of emergency and a growing list of countries restrict travel, close schools, and quarantine citizens, the economic costs of the coro...
By Richard Fontaine, Ely Ratner, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Paul Scharre, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, COL Sarah Albrycht, Kristine Lee, Peter Harrell, John Hughes, Rachel Ziemba, Michael Horowitz, Elsa B. Kania, Will Mackenzie, Ashley Feng, Kaleigh Thomas, Carisa Nietsche, Emma Moore, Joshua Fitt, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth & Ainikki Riikonen
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Lawmakers fret as China funnels coronavirus aid to EuropeAs the rest of the world battens down the hatches amid a rising tide of COVID-19 cases, Beijing is in the midst of a major charm offensive. In the past few days, both the Chi...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
How coronavirus could impact the defense supply chainAs the American defense industry tries to assess the way forward under the new coronavirus pandemic, it should keep a close eye on the lower tiers of its supply chain, analyst...
By Paul Scharre & Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Guess Who’s a Drone Power Now. TurkeyTurkey might never develop its own stealth fighter, but the country has become a major user, and seller, of an entirely different class of warplane. Armed drones. Tunisia in m...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Washington’s desperate search for a Huawei substituteAfter failing to strong-arm Europe into banning Huawei from its budding 5G networks, Washington is pivoting from stick to carrot. The decision by the United Kingdom in Januar...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
As White House fixates on China threats, other research priorities languishThe White House’s budget proposal for science and technology research met with disapproval from Democrats on the House Science Committee Thursday, with lawmakers pressing Pres...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Are today’s military helmets better at preventing brain injury? Not always, study saysYour great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day mil...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Will Flying Cars Help the US Beat China? The Air Force Hopes SoThe U.S. Air Force wants flying cars. But more than that, it wants to give U.S. manufacturers a head start in a hot future market. On Tuesday, service officials released a re...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Agencies play catch-up over security concerns with TikTokLawmakers scored another win in their fight against TikTok after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) barred its employees from using the megapopular video app. Bu...
By Kara Frederick
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Technology & National Security
How the 5G revolution could increase mobile security—and opportunities for hackersAs 5G becomes a bigger part of our lives, security experts warn telecoms deploying 5G networks, companies making products that connect to 5G networks, and end users need to th...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon to Adopt Detailed Principles for Using AIThe Defense Department will soon adopt a detailed set of rules to govern how it develops and uses artificial intelligence, officials familiar with the matter told Defense One....
By Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
Racketeering Hammer Gives U.S. Legal Boost Against HuaweiBy filing a racketeering charge against Huawei Technologies Co., federal prosecutors unleashed a potent legal weapon in a multipronged and increasingly noisy U.S. campaign aga...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
War on Autopilot? It Will Be Harder Than the Pentagon ThinksEverything is new about Northrop Grumman’s attempt to help the military link everything it can on the battlefield. One day, as planners imagine it, commanders will be able to ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Trump Proposes a Cut in Research Spending, but a Boost for AIPresident Trump Monday proposed cutting federal research spending—except in key areas including artificial intelligence and quantum technologies. Trump’s budget for the fisca...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
US warns China about using Singapore air show as ‘platform for exploitation and theft’Even as China battles the coronavirus, it should not use this week’s Singapore air show as an opportunity to strong-arm US partners or steal intelligence or technological secr...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
White House proposes big increase in A.I. and quantum spending while cutting other sciencesPresident Donald Trump proposed a big increase in government spending on artificial intelligence and quantum computing while slashing funding of other scientific research.In i...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
China’s Lavish Scientific Funds Fall Into Prosecutors’ SpotlightMore than a decade into his career as an organic chemist, Jon Antilla found a solution to the grinding task of fund-raising that, increasingly, was squeezing out his time in t...
By Elsa B. Kania