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Nvidia’s New Sales Booster: The Global Push for National AI Champions
Nvidia last month said so-called sovereign AI efforts are expected to bring in almost $10 billion this year, from nothing last year. The company reported $26 billion in quarte...
By Pablo Chavez
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Simple drones, complex problems
Unmanned systems have existed for many years but were considered an exclusive tool. That is no longer the case. Commercial drone use "came of age" in the Syrian civil war, sai...
By Samuel Bendett
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France is reaching for the stars in artificial intelligence
Noah Greene from the AI Safety and Stability Project at Washington-based think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS) says the French government "flipped a switch" whe...
By Noah Greene
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Experts link up in Thailand for US-China Track 2 dialogue on AI
“The whole point of a Track 2 dialogue is to have open and candid discussions between countries that might not be able to have those same discussions at the official governmen...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Russia ramps up strike drone use on Kharkiv front, Ukrainian artillery crew says
Samuel Bendett, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, told Reuters he was tracking more mentions of Lancet strikes recently on pro-Russian soci...
By Samuel Bendett
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Top US and Chinese officials begin talks on AI in Geneva
“It’s vitally important that the United States and China begin frank discussions about how to improve AI safety,” said Paul Scharre, an AI expert at the Center for New America...
By Paul Scharre
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A new bid to police A.I.
Open-source A.I. models like Meta’s may face extra scrutiny. Chinese companies have already tapped into Meta’s generative A.I. system to create their own tech. If McCaul’s bil...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Don't fear AI-driven "biosurveillance," experts say
China's urgent efforts to catch up to the U.S. on AI and biotechnology are a particular cause for concern. "All of the most severe risks, as far as man-made biological agents ...
By Bill Drexel
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Drones Changed This Civil War, and Linked Rebels to the World
Many also take advantage of the original use of these hobbyist gadgets: the video footage they take. In Ukraine and Myanmar alike, kill videos are set to heart-pumping music a...
By Samuel Bendett
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New Ukrainian Silent Attack Drones Put Russians On The Defensive
The uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) is thought to be a modified agricultural drone, often designed as a quadcopter, hexacopter or octocopter, Samuel Bendett, of the U.S think ta...
By Samuel Bendett
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Iranian and Chinese Drones Are Overwhelming American Warships—But This High-Tech Weapon Could Help Them Fight Back
On March 27, 2024, a U.S. warship in the Red Sea detected four radar tracks headed directly its way from Yemen. It fit the tell-tale pattern of drone attacks that Houthi rebel...
By Paul Scharre
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US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
The unchecked spread of swarm technology “could lead to more instability and conflict around the world,” said Margarita Konaev, an analyst with Georgetown University’s Center ...
By Paul Scharre
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Ukraine's AI Drone Gamble
With machine vision, the objective is for the drone to find its way independently to its target, having learned to distinguish where it is in a given terrain. "The main goal i...
By Samuel Bendett
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After Baltimore bridge collapse, unfounded conspiracy theories include a role for China
Bill Drexel, a technology and national security programme fellow at the Centre for a New American Security in Washington, said that linking China to the Baltimore bridge colla...
By Bill Drexel
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The Russians Sent A Platoon Of Grenade-Hurling Robotic Mini-Tanks Into Battle. The Ukrainians Blew Up The ‘Bots In The Usual Way: With Drones.
That the Russian UGVs are vulnerable to Ukrainian UAVs didn’t surprise Samuel Bendett, an advisor to Virginia-based CNA focusing on Russian military technology. “Right now, an...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Technology and National Security Program Announces Three New Adjunct Fellows
Washington, March 22, 2024 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome three new adjunct fellows to its Technology and National Security program. ...
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Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones
Fielding fleets of drones at this scale is also likely to speed up the military’s adoption of artificial intelligence. “The only way that thousands of drones work is if you ha...
By Paul Scharre
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New CNAS Report Highlights Historic Opportunity for Trilateral Cooperation Between U.S., Japan, and South Korea
Washington, March 21, 2024 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation: Ke...
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New Biotech Matters Commentary, “Innovation in Agricultural Biotechnology: The Role and Impact of U.S. Regulations”
Washington, March 19, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new commentary as part of its Biotech Matters series. The new piece, “Innovation i...
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New CNAS Report Projects AI Models to be One Million Times More Powerful by 2030
Washington, March 13, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Future-Proofing Frontier AI Regulation: Projecting Future Compute for ...