On October 24, the White House issued the first-ever National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence. CSET's experts answer pressing questions and what it means for U.S. national security and AI development. Read More

In an MWI Podcast episode about the anticipated impact of artificial intelligence on future warfare, CSET's Emmy Probasco and Igor Mikolic-Torreira shared their expert insights. Read More

Earlier this month, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidance on responsible AI acquisition by the federal government. The guidance (fact sheet available here) lays out specific requirements and suggested best practices for federal agencies to follow when acquiring AI. The memo emphasizes three strategic goals — “managing… Read More

The Federal Trade Commission took action against several companies it accused of making deceptive AI claims to consumers, the agency announced. The five targets of the law enforcement sweep — dubbed “Operation AI Comply” — include multiple companies that promised to use AI to help consumers build passive income-generating online… Read More

Last month, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security created a mechanism to ease exports of advanced AI chips to vetted overseas data centers, but reports indicate that country-specific export license caps could be on the horizon. Under the updated rule, data centers can apply for Validated End… Read More

In September, Microsoft struck a deal that will bring the Pennsylvania-based Three Mile Island nuclear power station back online in order to power its data centers. Then this week, both Google and Amazon announced plans to source nuclear power for their data centers from so-called “small modular reactors.” According to Goldman Sachs,… Read More

OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in new funding as part of a fundraising round that valued the AI developer at more than $150 billion. That figure would make it one of the most valuable companies in the United States, on par with publicly traded companies like AT&T, Pfizer, and Comcast. Read More

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a closely watched AI regulation, SB 1047, that would have implemented some of the country’s most extensive safety protocols for powerful AI systems. As we covered last month, California’s status as home to many of the world’s top AI developers meant the bill’s progress was… Read More

In a September 27 memo, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a second “Replicator” initiative aimed at rapidly developing and fielding counter-drone technologies. The move comes just over a year after the launch of the original Replicator program, which sought to deploy thousands of attritable autonomous systems across multiple domains… Read More

This blog describes key takeaways from the NATO-Ukraine Defense Innovators Forum, held in Krakow, Poland in June 2024. It overviews changing concepts of operation, battlefield realities, and technological aspirations and innovations in Ukraine, with a focus on uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and counter-UAV systems. It builds upon CSET’s previous blog from the Future of Drones in Ukraine conference held in Warsaw in November 2023. Read More