Tag: Artificial Intelligence

UK cyber agency warns AI will accelerate cyber threats by 2027 (DigWatch)

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned that integrating AI into national infrastructure creates a broader attack surface, raising concerns about an increased...

OpenAI secures first US military deal to deploy generative AI (DigWatch)

The US Department of Defense has awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to develop prototype generative AI tools for military use. According to a...

Beijing Accelerates State-Led AI Mobilization Under Xi’s ‘New National System’ (Matthew Johnson – The Jamestown Foundation)

Beijing is moving to systematically embed artificial intelligence into its national innovation system, according to a high-level leadership meeting of the Ministry of Industry...

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...

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...

‘No human hands’: NGA circulates AI-generated intel, director says (Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. – Breaking Defense)

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is using artificial intelligence so routinely that it’s now created a standardized disclosure to go on AI-generated intel products, according...

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...

New York Times partners with Amazon on AI integration (DigWatch)

The New York Times Company and Amazon have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will allow Amazon to integrate editorial content from The New...

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...

Proportional oversight for AI model updates can boost AI adoption (Amin Oueslati, Robin Staes-Polet, Toni Lorente – OECD.AI)

When we talk about technological breakthroughs, we tend to focus on what is shiny and new. For artificial intelligence, that means there’s a lot...

Are We Ready for a ‘DeepSeek for Bioweapons’? (Steven Adler – Lawfare)

The announcement of a powerful new artificial intelligence (AI) model is a leading indicator that many similar AI models are close behind. The January...

Uncensored AI models pose an urgent risk to global security (Tom Saxton – The Strategist)

The global AI race is rapidly accelerating, with states and corporations investing billions into AI for commercial, strategic and defence purposes. But a byproduct...