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Firms crack down on AI propaganda operations, Anthropic and OpenAI try to open the black box, and California AI bill grabs headlines

Owen Daniels
| June 27, 2024

Plus: Palantir Dives into Data to Support CJADC2

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Israel reportedly used AI-enabled machine gun in 2020 assassination, UN human rights chief calls for AI freeze, DOD launches missile from an unmanned ship, and the UK’s new AI strategy

Alex Friedland
| September 23, 2021

Plus: AUKUS partnership calls for AI cooperation, Commerce Department sets up AI advisory council, leaked docs show tech giants grappling with AI’s downsides, and job opportunities at CSET

Chip giants make moves as shortage nears year 2, HASC marks up NDAA, and lots of China tech news

Alex Friedland
| September 9, 2021

Plus: Regulators investigate Tesla’s autopilot, AI gunfire detector attracts criticism, AI in the Intel Authorization Act, and multiple new, open positions at CSET!

UK “inclined to reject” Nvidia-Arm deal, Australia and South Africa recognize autonomous inventors, and the U.S. military tests AI and data sharing

Alex Friedland
| August 12, 2021

Plus: Congressional reps push back against China Initiative, the Senate takes up two AI bills, and China’s top court limits facial recognition use

DeepMind’s research could make waves in medical science, Arm debuts bendy chips, and the NSCAI’s summit attracts a D.C. who’s who

Alex Friedland
| July 29, 2021

Plus: AI in the Senate’s NDAA draft, executive branch appointment news, and the chip giants lay out their plans for the future

The Pentagon scraps JEDI, the House passes NSF for the Future, GitHub announces an AI autocomplete tool, and a drone swarm may have been used in combat for the first time

Alex Friedland
| July 15, 2021

Plus: GPU prices might finally fall, Biden targets Big Tech with competitiveness executive order, and the GAO calls for facial recognition oversight

Google AI designs better chips than humans do in a fraction of the time, the U.S. and EU team up on tech, and the White House launches an AI task force

Alex Friedland
| June 24, 2021

Plus: China says its AI can beat human pilots, privacy developments out of the EU, the House moves ahead with its NSF bill, and DOD’s new data-readiness initiative

Killer robots on the battlefield? — UN report sparks debate, Senate passes massive high tech competitiveness bill, and China unveils a GPT-3 rival

Alex Friedland
| June 10, 2021

Plus: Crypto could make storage prices soar, emerging tech in the President’s budget request, Biden’s new anti-PRC executive order, and DOD plans for responsible AI

Google nixes DeepMind’s bid for autonomy, the Air Force tests its R2-D2 imitator, and Amazon indefinitely extends its ban on selling facial recognition to police

Alex Friedland
| May 27, 2021

Plus: The Endless “Endless Frontier Act,” hardware developments hint at the next decade of computing, and the CIA says goodbye to its secure fax machines

IBM wins the 2nm chip race, SecDef Austin links AI and deterrence, and Tesla pumps the brakes on autonomous driving

Alex Friedland
| May 13, 2021

Plus: Deepfake or makeup? — prank on European MPs wasn’t so high tech, the White House’s new AI website, DOD’s new Data Decrees, and Congress moves ahead with the Endless Frontier Act

The EU proposes a suite of new AI regulations, the FTC warns AI companies to fix biased algorithms, and the UK intervenes in the $40bn Nvidia-Arm deal

Alex Friedland
| April 29, 2021

Plus: Kremlin-linked pranksters use deepfakes to trick European lawmakers, Congress introduces a slate of new AI-relevant bills, and Biden nominates DOD CTO