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Russia Expands Drone Capabilities as Ukraine Conflict ContinuesWhile many of Ukraine’s technological advancements resulting from the war with Russia are well-known, Russian capabilities are also continuing to evolve, including the integra...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Trump AI Deals in the Gulf: Measuring the Value Against the Security ConcernsWhen the White House announced multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence deals with the UAE and Saudi Arabia earlier this month, there were several reactions: surprise at th...
By Janet Egan
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
OpenAI Says It Will Build Massive Data Centers in the U.A.E.OpenAI unveiled plans on Thursday to build a massive computing complex in the United Arab Emirates, following a deal between the Trump administration and the Persian Gulf nati...
By Pablo Chavez
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DJI Drones Are Everywhere. The U.S. May Still Ban ThemDrones from Chinese giant DJI are deeply embedded in American life. With a potential ban looming, the company has until the end of the year to convince U.S. lawmakers it does ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Saudi Arabia Wants to Build Its Post-Oil Future with Massive AI Data Centers — Trump and U.S. Tech Have Big Incentives to ObligePresident Donald Trump hit the sands of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, kicking off a Gulf tour at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum—joined by tech CEOs including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang...
By Janet Egan
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Is AI the Future of America’s Foreign Policy? Some Experts Think SoWhile in recent years AI tools have moved into foreign ministries around the world to aid with routine diplomatic chores, such as speech-writing, those systems are now increas...
By Andrew Moore
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
AI, Energy and Data Centres: How the UAE Has Approached Trump’s Second TermSince US President Donald Trump returned to office this year, his administration has announced a series of partnerships and investments involving the UAE – and more could come...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Is It Too Late to Slow China’s AI Development?For a company worth nearly $3 trillion, facing an unexpected cost of a few billion dollars may sound relatively paltry. But U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s announcement in a regulator...
By Jacob Stokes
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Researchers Ask BIS to Prioritize Enforceability in Potential Changes to AI Diffusion RuleAlthough the Bureau of Industry and Security's AI diffusion export control rule has sparked broad pushback from some U.S. allies, it appears to take a “strong step” toward imp...
By Janet Egan & Spencer Michaels
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Tech Industry Fears Donald Trump’s Trade War Will Hamper U.S. AI ‘Dominance’Donald Trump’s global tariff regime is endangering his ambitions of encouraging domestic chip production while hampering US goals of dominating the race to develop world-beati...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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The Ripple Effect Trump’s Tariffs Will Have on the Rest of His AgendaPresident Trump promised to wield tariffs to benefit American workers and the U.S. economy. He maintains they will, but there is a risk that tariffs undercut his goals of redu...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The U.S. Is Already Fighting the World’s First AI War—And China Is WinningAI’s role in warfare is not just about who has the best autonomous weapons—it’s also about who can use AI to make decisions faster than their adversary....
By Jacob Stokes
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
How DeepSeek is looming over the Paris AI summitWhen the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek took the world by surprise two weeks ago, one big fear was that it meant China had just leapfrogged American know-how...
By Pablo Chavez
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DeepSeek’s Breakthrough Sparks National Pride in ChinaIn China, DeepSeek’s sudden shot to fame with artificial-intelligence models rivaling American ones has inspired a moment of national pride....
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Generative AI Makes Chinese, Iranian Hackers More Efficient, Report SaysA report issued Wednesday by Google found that hackers from numerous countries, particularly China, Iran and North Korea, have been using the company’s artificial intelligence...
By Caleb Withers
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In Brief: Is China or the United States Winning the Race in AI Innovation?Chinese start-up DeepSeek recently made headlines with the release of its latest AI large language model, prompting much handwringing in the United States as policymakers and ...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
What That New Powerful Chinese AI App Means for WashingtonA little-known Chinese artificial intelligence startup shook the tech world this weekend by releasing an OpenAI-like assistant, which shot to the No.1 ranking on Apple’s app s...
By Bill Drexel
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
After DeepSeek Claim, Export Controls Should Be Enforced, Not AbandonedDeepSeek’s bombshell claim of a dirt-cheap, world-class artificial intelligence rig blew a $600 billion hole in Nvidia ’s market value Monday. America’s confidence in its AI l...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
U.S. Tech Stocks Plunge on China AI’s Unexpectedly Strong ShowingThe US markets got a loud wake-up call on Monday when shares of major US artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies slumped on a wave of fear that Chinese companies w...
By Janet Egan
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Why DeepSeek Is a Chinese Shot Across Trump’s BowThe release of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has spooked Wall Street as technology investors fear that American companies are falling behind in the race to develop super-intelligent...
By Janet Egan
