Artificial intelligence

The United States Must Avoid AI’s Chernobyl Moment (Janet Egan, Cole Salvador – Just Security)

In January, U.S President Donald Trump tasked his advisors to develop by July 2025 an AI Action Plan, a roadmap intended to “sustain and...

How Autocrats Weaponize AI — And How to Fight Back (Albert Cevallos, Journal of Democracy)

Artificial Intelligence is transforming societies around the globe, ushering in new possibilities for innovation and advocacy. But it has also become a battleground between...

Asian democracies in doubt about DeepSeek (Seth Hays – East Asia Forum)

The release of China's DeepSeek R1 generative AI model has prompted Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to reassess their AI governance in terms of...

Promise versus Reality: Trends in Big Data and AI 2025 (Miah Hammond-Errey, Australian Institute of International Affairs)

2025 is shaping up to be yet another huge year for technology and geopolitics. AI has so much hype, it can be hard to...

Tech in big picture: Emerging trends in 2025 (Siddharth Yadav, Observer Research Foundation)

Frontier technologies have come to occupy centre stage in geopolitical discussions and national strategies in recent years. In 2025, the trepidations associated with establishing...

AI in humanitarian missions: Opportunities and challenges (Samar Jai Singh Jaswal – Observer Research Foundation)

Humanitarian crises are becoming increasingly complex, driven by factors such as protracted conflicts, climate change, global pandemics, and mass displacement. These challenges have burdened...

We Need to Avert an AI Safety Winter (Siméon Campos, Chloe Touzet – RUSI)

The third AI Summit in Paris (February 10-11th) is markedly differed from its Seoul and Bletchley Park predecessors. A successful fundraiser, the summit was...

DeepSeek, Huawei, Export Controls, and the Future of the U.S.-China AI Race (Gregory C. Allen, Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Six months ago, few in the West aside from obsessive AI professionals had heard of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI research lab founded barely more...

Pentagon to build AI for war planning in Europe and Asia (Patrick Tucker, Jennifer Hlad – Defense One)

In a bid to accelerate military decision-making—particularly in the European and Indo-Pacific regions—the Pentagon has hired Scale AI to prototype an artificial-intelligence program to...

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