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White House AI Executive Order and DoD AI Strategy
Press Note
This week, the U.S. government released two major new strategic documents on artificial intelligence. The White House published an executive order by President Trump launching...
By Robert O. Work, Paul Scharre, Gregory C. Allen, Kara Frederick, Michael Horowitz & Elsa B. Kania
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Is Trump’s AI executive order a Sputnik moment for the US?
In The News
US President Donald Trump’s executive order on artificial intelligence may be short on details, but its broader significance lies in his administration’s recognition that Chin...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Artificial Intelligence: Will Special Operators Lead The Way?
In The News
The Pentagon’s new artificial intelligence strategy shows how the military is shifting from old-school heavy-metal hardware – tanks, ships, planes – to a world where software ...
By Robert O. Work, Wendy R. Anderson & Kara Frederick
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No, the Pentagon Is Not Working on Killer Robots—Yet
In The News
The 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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Trump to lay out an AI plan
In The News
In a move aimed squarely at China's swift rise in artificial intelligence, President Trump plans to sign an executive order Monday to strengthen the U.S.'s global position in ...
By Elsa B. Kania & Wendy R. Anderson
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On AI, Trump orders all hands on deck
In The News
After months of pushing China to retreat from its strategy to dominate the technologies of the future, President Trump today ordered U.S. agencies to prioritize keeping the U....
By Gregory C. Allen & Elsa B. Kania
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Algorithmic Warfare: AI Project to Link Military, Silicon Valley
In The News
It was almost a year ago when Google employees made waves from Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C., by signing a letter objecting to the company’s work with the Defense Departm...
By Paul Scharre
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China is worried an AI arms race could lead to accidental war
In The News
Experts and politicians in China are worried that a rush to integrate artificial intelligence into weapons and military equipment could accidentally lead to war between nation...
By Gregory C. Allen
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CMU, U.S. Army Partner To Create AI For Future Wars
On Friday, the U.S. Army activated its new Artificial Intelligence Task Force, which will have a hub at Carnegie Mellon University and develop military uses for artificial int...
By Paul Scharre
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Eric Altamura and Carole House Join CNAS as Adjunct Research Assistants
Press Release
Washington, February 5, 2019 -- The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Eric Altamura and Carole House have joined the Center as adjunct rese...
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China's research in artificial intelligence 'far outranks' Huawei threat, expert says
In The News
Experts are warning of the threat posed by China's use of artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a survellience state, and say the risk of such authoritarian behaviour spread...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China must tread fine line as US fires latest salvo against Huawei in 'new Cold War'
In The News
The US charges against China's Huawei are the latest salvo in an escalating "new Cold War" that is developing between the two superpowers. In a move that ratchets up tensions...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Misinformation woes could multiply with 'deepfake' videos
In The News
If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don't adjust your television set -- yo...
By Paul Scharre
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Can the Pentagon build a bridge to the tech community?
As the age of artificial intelligence transforms warfare, the Pentagon faces a delicate problem: How does it convince employees of high-tech companies based in the United Stat...
By Paul Scharre
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Autonomous weapons and the new laws of war
In The News
The Harop, a kamikaze drone, bolts from its launcher like a horse out of the gates. But it is not built for speed, nor for a jockey. Instead it just loiters, unsupervised, too...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz
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A Poker-Playing Robot Goes to Work for the Pentagon
In The News
In 2017, a poker bot called Libratus made headlines when it roundly defeated four top human players at no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em. Now, Libratus’ technology is being adapted to t...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Project Maven Overseer Will Lead Pentagon’s New AI Center
Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, who oversaw the Pentagon’s controversial Project Maven artificial intelligence project, will lead its new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, or JAIC...
By Paul Scharre
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Washington must wake up to the abuse of software that kills
In The News
Dictators are using spyware to persecute dissidents and journalists at an alarming rate, while the foreign firms that sell these tools assure the public that everything is jus...
By Vance Serchuk
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Huawei CFO’s bail was set at $7.5 million and she will pay for her own surveillance
In The News
Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou, arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the request of the US on suspicion of violating sanctions on Iran, was granted bail of C$10 million ($7.5 million) i...
By Elsa B. Kania
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U.S. intelligence sounds the alarm on the quantum gap with China
In The News
For years, quantum computing, which leverages the difficult, and, to many, spooky science of quantum mechanics, has been a subject mostly of interest to the technical elite. Y...
By Elsa B. Kania
