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China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer
In recent years US lawmakers and presidents have expressed concern that China is gaining an edge over the US in AI technology. The report seems to offer hard evidence of one a...
By Alexandra Seymour
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China surpassing US in key innovation metric and evolving from ‘imitator’, Washington report says
Another challenge involving China, analysts said, is that its politics often drive tech policy, and Beijing can be adept at hiding weaknesses and avoiding transparency. This m...
By Alexandra Seymour
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Bargain Basement Bombers: Ukraine’s Homemade Drones Hit Russian Forces
Samuel Bendett, an expert Russian drones and adviser to both the CNA and CNAS, told me that in addition to flying commercial quadcopters, both sides are building drones. “Russ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Marines Outwitted an AI Security Camera by Hiding in a Cardboard Box and Pretending to Be Trees
In Paul Scharre’s new book Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Scharre recounts the story of one AI experiment that was disrupted by a squad of Ma...
By Paul Scharre
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More Public Universities in the U.S. Block TikTok
Analysts said the bans have their merits despite these workarounds. Ms. Hannah Kelley, a technology and national security research assistant at the Centre for a New American S...
By Hannah Kelley
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Ukraine Zeroes In on Western Tanks in Bid to Rout Russia
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, told The Economist last month that Kyiv needs 300 tanks to achieve a decisive victory on the battlefield again...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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All-Out Drone War in Ukraine Points to Future
But the degree to which they are being used by both sides in Ukraine -- and the benefits they bring, as well as the threats they pose -- highlights the importance for militari...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Semiconductor Madman
Foreign firms are forecast to supply over half of China’s chip consumption until at least 2026, according to IC Insights, a U.S. semiconductor research group. This is, of cour...
By Martijn Rasser
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The Dutch Get Ensnared in US-China Chips Fight
In early October, the U.S. issued a new series of export restrictions targeting China's ability to manufacture advanced semiconductors and supercomputers — with the claim that...
By Martijn Rasser
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China Launches WTO Dispute over US Chip Export Controls
China's initiation of a WTO dispute over the export controls did not surprise Martijn Rasser, director of the technology and national security program at the Washington-based ...
By Martijn Rasser
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TikTok bans on government devices raise questions about platform’s future
Lawmakers have become increasingly concerned that by downloading the app, government workers are giving the Chinese government potential access to their devices that it could ...
By Hannah Kelley
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The World’s Biggest Chipmaker Is Making a Multi-Billion Dollar Investment in the US Even Though It’ll Cost Way More to Make Chips There. Here’s Why It Decided to Do It Anyway.
The factories will be partially subsidized by the US government through the CHIPS and Science Act, a package passed in August that provided $52 billion to boost US semiconduct...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden’s China Tech Crackdown Leaves Xi With Few Ways to Hit Back
Among the most notable firms on that list is emerging chip equipment-maker Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Group Co., or SMEE, which could stifle Beijing’s efforts to cre...
By Martijn Rasser
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Pelosi Backs Adding TikTok Government Device Ban to Funding Bill
Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative, said she viewed "the move on the Hill mostly as...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Biden Is Touting a Multibillion-Dollar Chip Factory in Arizona as a Way to Save the Global Economy from China Threats
The bottom line: Despite being the largest foreign direct investment in US history, the Arizona plants are unlikely to protect the US economy from the risk of a Chinese invasi...
By Martijn Rasser
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Ukraine Suicide Drone Closer to Induction by Year’s-End
Citing drone expert Samuel Bendett, Forbes wrote that Ukraine has only a handful of Swifts left, limiting their further use. However, he added that the introduction of the new...
By Samuel Bendett
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The 2023 NDAA Reflects DOD’s Maturation in Unleashing AI, Experts Say
Authorizing almost $858 billion in spending, the latest National Defense Authorization Act spans 4,408 pages and, in a keyword search, makes at least 135 explicit references t...
By Alexandra Seymour
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Russia’s Story on the Mysterious Explosions That Rocked Bases Housing Strategic Bombers Acknowledges a Glaring Weakness
Russia's story in the wake of mysterious explosions at two air bases acknowledges an embarrassing weakness in its ability to defend its military installations. It argued that ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia's Deadliest Drones Not Designed for Winter Cold, Ukraine Claims
Samuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that the Tachyon is adve...
By Samuel Bendett
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San Francisco Vote to Allow Police Use of Deadly Robots Spurs Concern and Outrage
Paul Scharre, the vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank focused on national security issues, said the San Francisco pr...
By Paul Scharre