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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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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
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Four Specialists Describe Their Diverse Approaches to China's AI DevelopmentLike “artificial intelligence,” a broad concept that engages numerous existing and so-far imagined technological, industrial, and social phenomena, the extended community of p...
By Paul Scharre
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Experts debunk fringe theory linking China’s coronavirus to weapons researchAs China attempts to contain the spread of a new coronavirus that has left more than 100 people dead, rumors and disinformation have spread amid the scramble for answers. Som...
By Elsa B. Kania
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today launched “America Competes 2020,” a Center-wide initiative to renew American competitiveness at home and abroad. Amid incre...
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Technology & National Security
White House Favors a Light Touch in Regulating AIThe White House has issued principles for regulating the use of artificial intelligence that call for as little government interference as possible and offer only broad guidan...
By Martijn Rasser
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6G: the new frontier – if the world can work out how to use itFrom South Korea to China, tech-savvy users had their first taste of 5G's lightning-fast internet speeds just months ago. While the network promises a future of self-driving c...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
This Is What War Looks Like in 2029The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 11 passed its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, clearing the way for the U.S. Senate to approve the measure. If...
By Elsa B. Kania
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As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built in?Researchers in the United States and elsewhere are paying a lot of attention to the prospect that in the coming years new nuclear weapons—and the infrastructure built to opera...
By Paul Scharre, Michael Horowitz & Alexander Velez-Green
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Technology & National Security
How to Track President TrumpIf you own a mobile phone, its every move is logged and tracked by dozens of companies. No one is beyond the reach of this constant digital surveillance. Not even the presiden...
By Martijn Rasser
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When Robots Can Decide Whether You Live or DieComputers have gotten pretty good at making certain decisions for themselves. Automatic spam filters block most unwanted email. Some US clinics use artificial-intelligence-pow...
By Paul Scharre
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The Pentagon's AI Chief Prepares for BattleNearly every day, in war zones around the world, American military forces request fire support. By radioing coordinates to a howitzer miles away, infantrymen can deliver the a...
By Martijn Rasser & Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
Washington Must Bet Big on AI or Lose Its Global CloutThe US government must spend $25 billion on artificial intelligence research by 2025, stem the loss of foreign AI talent, and find new ways to prevent critical AI technology f...
By Martijn Rasser
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CNAS Delivers Congressionally Mandated Study on U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific to the Department of DefenseThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today delivered an independent assessment—Rising to the China Challenge: Renewing American Competitiveness in the Indo-Pacific—to...
By Cole Stevens
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China's move on face-recognition standardsChinese tech companies have ramped up efforts to set technical standards for facial recognition, raising concerns among business competitors, political observers and humanitar...
By Kara Frederick
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Are drone swarms the future of aerial warfare?As evening fell on Russia’s Khmeimim airbase in western Syria, the first drones appeared. Then more, until 13 were flashing on radars, speeding towards the airbase and a nearb...
By Paul Scharre
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Shunned in the US, Huawei looks to Russia to invent an AI futureOne by one the doors closed. Over the past 18 months, top US universities including Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley have rethought their researc...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Russia and China's High-Tech BetAs the United States increases its geopolitical and economic pressure on China and Russia, the two countries are expanding not just their military cooperation but increasing t...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Trump administration proposes new powers to block business deals involving foreign technologyFollowing a White House executive order highlighting the “unusual and extraordinary threat” posed by foreign-made information and communications technology, the Department of ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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How the FCC’s new ban on Huawei benefits the militaryThe Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Nov. 22 to prohibit its dollars from being spent on equipment or services from Chinese telecommunications companies Hua...
By Martijn Rasser
