Artificial intelligence

Smart machines, dark intentions: UN urges global action on AI threats (DigWatch)

The United Nations has warned that terrorists could seize control of AI-powered vehicles to launch devastating attacks in public spaces. A new report outlines...

China’s AI chip tool QiMeng beats engineers, designs processors in just days (Interesting Engineering)

As the US-China tech war intensifies, both nations are racing to secure independence in critical technologies. With Washington tightening access to advanced chip tools,...

AI for Safer Food: Promise and Challenges (Basu Chandola – Observer Research Foundation)

Access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—especially its objective to ‘end hunger, achieve food...

Saudi Arabia’s AI ambition, and what it means for the United States (Mohammed Soliman – Middle East Institute)

A day before Air Force One touched down in Riyadh to kick off US President Donald Trump’s three-country tour of the Gulf, Saudi Arabia...

China tests quantum gear on rocket to build unbreakable, secure comms link (Interesting Engineering)

China has performed a key test on a quantum-based network that could provide ultra-secure communications from space. The test took place during the two-minute...

Russia aims to ride the BRICS to AI victory (Ivana Stradner – Defense One)

As the AI competition between the United States and China heats up, Vladimir Putin is desperate to have a horse in the race. The...

Who Could Fund Future Artificial Intelligence Development? (Edward Parker, Benjamin M. Miller, Colin Levaunt – RAND Corporation)

Since 2018, artificial intelligence (AI) developers have been creating broadly capable foundation models—AI models trained on large and diverse datasets that can be adapted...

INDOPACOM brings AI to wargaming exercise (Lauren C. Williams – Defense One)

The Pentagon has long sought to realize the potential of artificial intelligence to help commanders; now U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is about to use AI-powered...

Croatia urged to embed human rights into AI law (DigWatch)

Politiscope recently held an event at the Croatian Journalists’ Association to highlight the human rights risks of AI. As Croatia begins drafting a national...

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