Artificial intelligence

Can the UN’s new AI governance efforts weather the AI race? (Isabella Wilkinson – Chatham House)

On 26 August, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a new resolution on global AI governance. Resolution A/79/325 sets up two new governance mechanisms:...

Trump’s UK visit sealed deals, but at what cost? (Bronwen Maddox, Laurel Rapp – Chatham House)

President Donald Trump brought AI and tech CEOs on his second state visit for a deal pledging £31 billion in investment for the UK. Independent...

Gas-powered computing: develop Beetaloo for Australia’s AI centre (John Coyne – ASPI The Strategist)

Energy, not algorithms, will decide who leads in artificial intelligence. At the AI Horizons Summit in Pittsburgh last week, the United States’ largest natural...

Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Military-Civil Fusion. How the PLA Mobilizes Civilian AI for Strategic Advantage (Cole McFaul, Sam Bresnick, and Daniel Chou...

China’s efforts to develop AI-related military capabilities have garnered significant interest in the United States. Drawing on 2,857 AI-related defense contract award notices published...

How the UAE Is Betting Big on AI to Expand Its Global Influence (Alainna Liloia – Tech Policy Press)

As the US and China compete for AI dominance, the UAE is leveraging its investments in AI technologies to make itself indispensable – and...

IBM and NASA Release Open-Source AI Model to Predict Solar Weather And Help Protect Critical Technology (AI Insider)

IBM and NASA released Surya, an open-source AI model designed to predict solar weather and protect technology on Earth and in space. The model,...

Algorithmic Foreign Influence: Rethinking Sovereignty in the Age of AI (Angelo Toma – Lawfare)

In early 2022, TikTok users in Kenya saw their feeds flooded with political disinformation—including content laced with ethnic hate speech and violent threats ahead...

National digital IDs in the age of artificial intelligence (Onur Kara – IISS)

In the United Kingdom, it seems the government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering the rollout of national digital IDs – a potential...

AI Hallucinations in the Legal Field: Present Experiences, Future Considerations (Debajyoti Chakravarty – Observer Research Foundation)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations refer to instances where AI systems generate outputs that are factually incorrect, misleading, or fabricated, often with a convincing degree...

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