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NOTEWORTHY: DoD Autonomous Weapons PolicyIn this CNAS Noteworthy, Vice President and Director of Studies Paul Scharre breaks down the new Directive and what it means for the U.S. military’s approach to lethal autonom...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
AI battleships and killer drones: ‘Terminator future’ of war feared by conflict expertsMajor advancements in AI weapons and defence technology have sparked fears mankind is heading towards a “Terminator future” of war. And as this ultra-tech advance, there are i...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Russia Is Building an Army of Robot Weapons, and China's AI Tech Is HelpingRussia is developing an array of autonomous weapons platforms utilizing artificial intelligence as part of an ambitious push supported by high-tech cooperation with neighborin...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
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Technology & National Security
Red Cross Calls for More Limits on Autonomous WeaponsThe International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for new international rules on how governments use autonomous weapons, warning that such weapons will pose new challeng...
By Paul Scharre
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. RealityRussia has created a new robotic combat unit of Uran-9 unmanned ground vehicles, which have been battle-tested in Syria, though with mixed results. It’s also developing an exp...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Unclear on unmanned, Part 3: A New Year’s resolution to slow downThe U.S. Navy began last year racing down a path to field a 355-ship fleet by 2030, a plan in which robot ships made up a significant portion of the new hulls, after Secretary...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
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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In The News
Technology & National Security
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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In The News
Technology & National Security
Nearly 100 countries have military drones, and it's changing the way the world prepares for warThe number of countries with military drones has skyrocketed over the past decade, a new report revealed, showing that nearly 100 countries have this kind of technology incorp...
By Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
Strangelove redux: US experts propose having AI control nuclear weaponsHypersonic missiles, stealthy cruise missiles, and weaponized artificial intelligence have so reduced the amount of time that decision makers in the United States would theore...
By Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
Report: Kill the idea of “killer robots” before they kill usThe global competition to develop fully autonomous weapons systems guided by artificial intelligence risks developing into a full-blown arms race, according to a new report fr...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Meet the Future Unmanned ForceTwo new autonomous aircraft concepts that promise to redefine the Air Force’s unmanned fleet are moving forward. The latest, Skyborg, is an autonomous drone prototyping progr...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Should We Ban ‘Killer Robots’? Can We?We now live in a world where a Campaign To Stop Killer Robots is a deadly serious thing, officially endorsed by 26 national governments. (28, if you count Palestine and the Va...
By Paul Scharre & Robert O. Work
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Genocide Swarms & Assassin Drones: The Case For Banning Lethal AI70-ton robotic battle tanks? Scary. Three grams of explosive on a mini-drone that knows your face? Also scary. Thousands of such drones? Millions? That’s potentially a strateg...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
The Army’s ATLAS program isn’t building killer robots (yet)Last week, a number of media outlets pounced on the idea the U.S. Army may be trying to turn its gun duties over to artificial intelligence, prompting a flurry of headlines ab...
By Michael Horowitz
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Fear & Loathing In AI: How The Army Triggered Fears Of Killer RobotsThe Army rolled out its ATLAS targeting AI so clumsily that it blindsided the Pentagon’s own Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inspired headlines about “AI-powered kill...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
US Army Developing AI-Powered Autonomous WeaponsA new initiative by the US Army suggests “another significant step towards lethal autonomous weapons,” warns a leading artificial-intelligence researcher who has called for a ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
A key U.S. ally is close to adding swarming attack drones to its military arsenalSwarms of small attack drones that confuse and overwhelm anti-aircraft defenses could soon become an important part of the modern military arsenal, Britain’s defense secretary...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
No, the Pentagon Is Not Working on Killer Robots—YetThe U.S. Department of Defense on Feb. 12 released its roadmap for artificial intelligence, and the most interesting thing about it might be what’s missing from the report: Th...
By Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
To maintain tech edge, US seeks export controls on AIIn just two words, the phrase “artificial intelligence” captures a deep techno-utopian promise, the notion that through craftsmanship humans can create learning and thinking m...
By Elsa B. Kania
