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Chinese drones may soon swarm the market — and that could be very bad for the US
China showed off some of its latest drone models and projects at this year's Dubai Airshow and it looks like many spectators were interested. China has seen a dramatic increas...
By Paul Scharre
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A Dirty Word In The U.S., 'Automation' Is A Buzzword In China
Gerry Wong graduated from MIT with his bachelor's degree, his master's degree and his Ph.D, but in 2000 he left the United States and went home to China start a telecom equipm...
By Gregory C. Allen
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CNAS Press Note: Governmental Meetings on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Washington, November 14 – This week member states begin discussions at the United Nations on lethal autonomous weapons systems – weapons that would choose their own targets. P...
By Paul Scharre
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The US Shot Down a Mysterious Enemy Drone Over Syria
A US Air Force F-15 jet fighter has shot down a large, armed drone that attacked pro-US forces near At Tanf, a strategic town in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq. ...
By Paul Scharre
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America in Danger of Losing Lead in AI, Innovation Board Chair Says
Artificial intelligence is the new frontier, and the Defense Department must invest in this breakthrough or be in danger of not being competitive in the future, said Eric Schm...
By Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
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Our Artificial Intelligence ‘Sputnik Moment’ Is Now: Eric Schmidt & Bob Work
When former Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work heard the head of Google’s parent company, Eric Schmidt, say this morning that America needs a national strategy for developing A...
By Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
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China Will Surpass US in AI Around 2025, Says Google’s Eric Schmidt
In April, as Eric Schmidt watched a computer program defeat China’s top go player in a ground-breaking match in the Chinese city of Wuzhen, the executive chairman of Google’s ...
By Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
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Armed Robots: US Lags Rhetoric, Russia
AUSA: American military leaders talk how artificial intelligence will change the face of war, but the unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) actually in development are much more mod...
By Paul Scharre
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UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat them
The drone buzzed over U.S. ground troops in southern Syria. It was big, about the size of a Predator, and it was armed. Without warning, it fired. The munition “hit dirt,” a P...
By Paul Scharre
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The Effect of New Technologies on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament: Artificial Intelligence, Hypersonic Technology and Outer Space
As the First Committee of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly entered its first week, the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, in collabo...
By Paul Scharre
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China, Russia and the U.S. are running neck-and-neck in an AI military arms race.
A new Harvard Kennedy School study concludes AI could revolutionize war as much as nuclear weapons have done. China and Russia have also reached effective technological-milita...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Army Prepares for Complex, Lethal Battlefields of the Future
Tomorrow’s battlefields will be wrought with new adversaries, challenges and technologies, military leaders and experts have said.In a recently released report, “The Operation...
By Paul Scharre
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Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
The weapons of war and terrorism are on the cusp of a revolution that will change the battlefield and the world in ways that we're just coming to understand. That future is ju...
By Paul Scharre
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TANK WARFARE: Russia Builds Platform to Rival the Abrams
The Abrams has for decades been considered the world’s premier tank. However, experts say that the T-14 Armata, a next-generation platform that the Russians are developing, co...
By Paul Scharre
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Amid the Russia probes, Trump makes an important nomination
THE PRIVACY and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, established on the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, is meant to provide independent oversight to ensure that national se...
By Adam Klein
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Great Power Competition and the AI Revolution: A Range of Risks to Military and Strategic Stability
Today’s rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could disrupt and destabilize the existing military balance—and not necessarily for the reasons that have captured popul...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Russia, AI, and the future of war
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rattled Elon Musk and many others since saying of artificial intelligence, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the rule...
By Gregory C. Allen
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For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race
FOR MANY RUSSIAN students, the academic year started last Friday with tips on planetary domination from President Vladimir Putin. “Artificial intelligence is the future, not o...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Artificial Intelligence Is Poised to Revolutionize Warfare
Imagine, for a moment, that the question of war and peace between the United States and North Korea didn’t rest on the erratic personalities of Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, b...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Drone swarms vs conventional arms: China’s military debate
With their tiny propellers buzzing, the fleet of Chinese aircraft, little larger than model planes, are flung into the air one at a time by huge rubber bands. Soon the sky is ...
By Paul Scharre