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Deepfake Video Impersonates VOA Russian Service Anchor, Underscoring AI Concerns
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Doctoring news broadcasts can be an effective disinformation strategy because “news anchors are the face of trust in conventional media,” said Bill Drexel, who works on AI at ...
By Bill Drexel
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What to Know About the U.S. Curbs on AI Chip Exports to China
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BIS is seeking public comment on a number of questions, suggesting there could be further updates and offering some clues to the strategic direction the Commerce Department un...
By Paul Scharre
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In Israel and Ukraine, Mix of Drones and Brute Force Shows Warfare’s Future
“It’s a constant competition between measures and countermeasures,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security. U.S. for...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Samuel Bendett
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Biden Eyes Adding AI Chip Curbs to Chinese Companies Abroad
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It is less clear how the U.S. government might close the loophole allowing Chinese parties to access U.S. cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, which give their customers ...
By Tim Fist
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CNAS Launches Defense Technology Task Force
Washington, October 5, 2023 – The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of its Defense Technology Task Force. The task force will bring togethe...
By Robert O. Work, Ellen Lord, Michael Brown & Andrew Metrick
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Ukraine Targets Crimea for Second Day in a Row, Russia Says
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Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, Moscow has used Crimea to stockpile fuel and ammunition to be funneled to the battlefields in southern Ukraine, wher...
By Samuel Bendett
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How the U.N. Plans to Shape the Future of AI
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Levels of international cooperation between countries with the aim of managing dangerous technologies is at a “30-year low,” says Bill Drexel, an associate fellow at military ...
By Bill Drexel
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China Has Hobbled Russia's Drone Industry
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Beijing's ban on larger drones and some components needed to build uncrewed technology is "now a hotly debated topic" across Russian sectors and organizations involved with Mo...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia ramps up drone, guided bomb attacks to thwart counteroffensive
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Russian state media has reported a ramp-up in production of Lancets, and at a cost estimated at $30,000 to $35,000, they are far cheaper than higher-end drones and missiles, s...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukraine primes air defences for new Russian winter assault on power grid
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Ukraine appears to have prepared well for more strikes by drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), but their gradually increasing numbers could pose a problem, said Samuel B...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense firms research voice commands to speak with drones
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“The ultimate goal right now, largely influenced by Ukraine, is to make the interactions between the operator and the drone as efficient as possible,” said Samuel Bendett, res...
By Samuel Bendett
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Why Ukraine is able to embarrass Russia's air defense systems, among the most advanced in the world, with small drones
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"Russia boasted of having layered defenses before the war, the sensor electronic warfare, different missile batteries, kinetic batteries, radars, that can sort of identify and...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russians Are Developing An Arsenal Of Deadlier FPV Drones — But Bureaucracy Is Holding Them Back
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Samuel Bendett, an expert Russian drones and adviser to both the CNA and CNAS, told Forbes that at present Russian FPVs are mainly used by irregular units from the Russian-con...
By Samuel Bendett
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AI Expert: ‘China Mobile’s Work in the UN Is Particularly Concerning Because It Could Shape Norms around the World’
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A Chinese state-owned company has submitted proposals to the UN for digital ID requirements for the metaverse. Bill Drexel, an associate fellow for the Technology and National...
By Bill Drexel
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Fifty minutes to hack ChatGPT: Inside the DEF CON competition to break AI
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“One thing you just can’t do internally is red team at scale,” Michael Sellitto, a policy official at Anthropic, told CyberScoop in an interview on the sidelines of the event....
By Michael Sellitto
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Hackers in Vegas take on AI
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The industry is keenly aware of the growing attention these security-focused communities are receiving from the federal government when it comes to evaluating new technologies...
By Michael Sellitto
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Russia Is Replicating Iranian Drones and Using Them to Attack Ukraine
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Military analysts have been watching to see whether Russia would be able to make its own one-way attack drones since the Iranian weapons entered the conflict, according to Sam...
By Samuel Bendett
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Bill Drexel and Hannah Kelley on Chinese AI
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CRR: Thank you both for taking the time to share your expertise. Before we dive into things, let’s provide some context. What is artificial intelligence, or AI, and why is it ...
By Bill Drexel & Hannah Kelley
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Behind Ukraine’s Deadly Drones: Putin’s Invasion and Biden’s Limits
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“The Ukrainian defense industry is learning and adapting very quickly,” said Samuel Bendett, an expert on unmanned aerial vehicles at the Center for Naval Analyses, a federall...
By Samuel Bendett
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The war in Ukraine is spurring a revolution in drone warfare using AI
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“Once that software has been developed, it’s effectively costless for that software to proliferate and be reused elsewhere,” said Paul Scharre, a drone expert at the Center fo...
By Paul Scharre & Samuel Bendett
