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The Pentagon will arm drones in Niger, boosting the number of U.S. troops thereThe Pentagon gained approval from the Nigerien government to fly armed drones out of Niamey, Niger’s capital, a State Department official said Friday, an effort that will put ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
US risks losing artificial intelligence arms race to China and RussiaMore than 60 years after a space race rivalry with the Soviet Union ushered in a new era of ballistic missile development, the US is facing another "Sputnik moment" amid a rap...
By Robert O. Work
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Is Losing to Russia and China in War for Artificial Intelligence, Report SaysRussia and China want to revolutionize their forces with weaponized artificial intelligence, a field in which the U.S. risks falling behind, according to a new reportreleased ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
China racing for AI military edge over U.S.: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A research arm of the U.S. intelligence community just wrapped up a competition to see who could develop the best facial recognition technology. The cha...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
World power 'threatened' by Chinese AIThe economic and military balance of world power could be altered as China rushes to develop artificial intelligence technology, a US think tank has warned. The report cites e...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Security firm was front for advanced Chinese hacking operation, Feds sayThree men who worked for an Internet security firm in China have been indicted on federal charges for hacking into at least three multinational corporations. The malware they ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
How the Pentagon is preparing for the coming drone warsMore than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary device...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Legal Limbo Leaves Killer Robots Off-LeashThe UN’s Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met last week to discuss lethal autonomous weapons systems. But while most member states ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Industry Developing New Social Media Simulation Tools for Military AnalystsAs Black Hawk helicopters transported Navy SEALs to Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011, an IT consultant working late into the evening heard the spinn...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Russia to the United Nations: Don’t Try to Stop Us From Building Killer RobotsArms control advocates had reason for hope when scores of countries met at the United Nations in Geneva last week to discuss the future of lethal autonomous weapons systems, o...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
China Challenges Nvidia's Hold on Artificial Intelligence ChipsIN JULY, CHINA’S government issued a sweeping new strategy with a striking aim: draw level with the US in artificial intelligence technology within three years, and become the...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Chinese drones may soon swarm the market — and that could be very bad for the USChina showed off some of its latest drone models and projects at this year's Dubai Airshow and it looks like many spectators were interested. China has seen a dramatic increas...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
A Dirty Word In The U.S., 'Automation' Is A Buzzword In ChinaGerry Wong graduated from MIT with his bachelor's degree, his master's degree and his Ph.D, but in 2000 he left the United States and went home to China start a telecom equipm...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Governmental Meetings on Lethal Autonomous WeaponsWashington, November 14 – This week member states begin discussions at the United Nations on lethal autonomous weapons systems – weapons that would choose their own targets. P...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The US Shot Down a Mysterious Enemy Drone Over SyriaA US Air Force F-15 jet fighter has shot down a large, armed drone that attacked pro-US forces near At Tanf, a strategic town in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq. ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
America in Danger of Losing Lead in AI, Innovation Board Chair SaysArtificial intelligence is the new frontier, and the Defense Department must invest in this breakthrough or be in danger of not being competitive in the future, said Eric Schm...
By Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
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Technology & National Security
Our Artificial Intelligence ‘Sputnik Moment’ Is Now: Eric Schmidt & Bob WorkWhen former Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work heard the head of Google’s parent company, Eric Schmidt, say this morning that America needs a national strategy for developing A...
By Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
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Technology & National Security
China Will Surpass US in AI Around 2025, Says Google’s Eric SchmidtIn April, as Eric Schmidt watched a computer program defeat China’s top go player in a ground-breaking match in the Chinese city of Wuzhen, the executive chairman of Google’s ...
By Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
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Technology & National Security
Armed Robots: US Lags Rhetoric, RussiaAUSA: American military leaders talk how artificial intelligence will change the face of war, but the unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) actually in development are much more mod...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat themThe drone buzzed over U.S. ground troops in southern Syria. It was big, about the size of a Predator, and it was armed. Without warning, it fired. The munition “hit dirt,” a P...
By Paul Scharre
