June 14, 2019

American Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By: Michael Horowitz, Kara Frederick, Elsa B. Kania, Ashley J. Llorens and Amanda Askell

Experts Ashley J. Llorens, Amanda Askell, Michael Horowitz, Kara Frederick, and Elsa B. Kania discussed how the United States can maintain its artificial intelligence leadership in a new era of global competition at the CNAS 2019 National Security Conference.

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