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The U.S. National Security Memorandum on AI: Leading Experts Weigh In
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Bill Drexel, Fellow, Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security: The National Security Memorandum solidifies the government’s intention...
By Bill Drexel
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Center for a New American Security Fellow: ‘It Would Be Foolish to Ignore’ China’s Advances in Humanoid Robot Development
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China's development of humanoid robots could potentially support its military ambitions, according to Bill Drexel, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Although...
By Bill Drexel
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Army of 'Ethical Hackers' Defends Election Voting Systems Against Russia
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The integrity of U.S. election systems has been a focal point of concern since foreign interference was uncovered in the 2016 presidential election. Synack, a cyber security c...
By Bill Drexel
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Chinese Laser-Sensor Maker Hesai Awaits Pentagon Notification on Blacklist Decision
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“The DoD requires labyrinthine approvals and can be subject to all sorts of hold-ups due to ordinary bureaucratic delays,” according to Bill Drexel of the Centre for a New Ame...
By Bill Drexel
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Don’t Fear AI-Driven “Biosurveillance,” Experts Say
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China's urgent efforts to catch up to the U.S. on AI and biotechnology are a particular cause for concern. "All of the most severe risks, as far as man-made biological agents ...
By Bill Drexel
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After Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Unfounded Conspiracy Theories Include a Role for China
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Bill Drexel, a technology and national security programme fellow at the Centre for a New American Security in Washington, said that linking China to the Baltimore bridge colla...
By Bill Drexel
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U.S. Deems More Chinese Tech Companies ‘Military’ and a National Security Risk
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According to Bill Drexel of the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, the updated list “stands as a reminder that the Sino-American economic relat...
By Bill Drexel
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U.S.-China Military Dialogue Resumes for First Time in over a Year as Top American Officer Talks with Counterpart
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“Even if these talks mean that military dialogues are no longer frozen, they are likely still icy, exhibited in the time it took for talks to resume,” Bill Drexel of the Centr...
By Bill Drexel
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New Semiconductor Factories Are Rising in U.S., but Billions in Chips Act Money Has Yet to Flow
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On August 9, 2022, surrounded by a cheerful crowd of tech executives, union presidents and political leaders from both sides of the aisle, US President Joe Biden signed the Ch...
By Bill Drexel
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Why China’s Involvement in the U.K. AI Safety Summit Was So Significant
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The move surprised some observers because concerns about risks posed by advanced AI are less commonly expressed in China than they are in the West, says Bill Drexel, an associ...
By Bill Drexel
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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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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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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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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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Drexel: AI Research by U.S. Companies in China Is ‘Fueling the Repressions in Xinjiang and Elsewhere’
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Bill Drexel, an associate fellow for the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security, said the U.S. unknowingly assisted China’s repress...
By Bill Drexel
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Technology and National Security Expert: 'China Has Been at the Forefront of Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Oppression'
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After a witness at a recent Congressional hearing called the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) treatment of its Uyghur population "the most sophisticated genocide in the modern ...
By Bill Drexel
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Call for Pause in AI Development May Fall on Deaf Ears
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In the letter calling for pause in development, the signatories use GPT-4 as a benchmark. GPT-4 is an AI tool developed by Open AI that is more powerful than the version that ...
By Bill Drexel
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America’s Commercial Sanctions on China Could Get Much Worse
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Such advances may prompt America to modify its sanctions on chips, says Bill Drexel of the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), a think-tank in Washington. It might choo...
By Sam Howell & Bill Drexel
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China, Russia Target Audiences Online With Deep Fakes, Replica Front Pages
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Currently, the technology is far from being perfected, according to Bill Drexel, who researches artificial intelligence at the Center for a New American Security think tank in...
By Bill Drexel
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China Reorganizing Science and Tech Ministry for Self-Sufficiency
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Bill Drexel, a fellow in the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, told VOA Mandarin via email on March 10 that while the U.S. ex...
By Bill Drexel
