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Social Media Manipulation in the Era of AI
AI has opened a potential propaganda gold mine. Large language models like ChatGPT can learn to mimic human speech. They can respond to jokes and cultural references and engage users in debates. Social media platforms should redouble their efforts to identify, attribute, and remove fake accounts.
Aug 29, 2024

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Four Fallacies of AI Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity of AI systems has largely been treated as an afterthought. Success in this area will require recognizing the unique challenges of securing AI systems, developing the right threat models, and fully integrating cybersecurity into the AI workflow.
Aug 23, 2024
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Circle of Trust: Six Steps to Foster the Effective Development of Tools for Trustworthy AI in the UK and the U.S.
Artificial intelligence has great potential, but it also introduces considerable risks. Tools for trustworthy AI help bridge the gap between AI principles and their practical implementation, providing resources to ensure AI is developed and used responsibly and ethically.
Aug 2, 2024
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Rethinking Priorities in Quantum Computing
The emergence of quantum computing suggests limitless possibilities in chemistry, material science, simulations to predict outcomes, and other areas. But even if sufficiently good quantum hardware is built, are there algorithms that can leverage the laws of quantum mechanics to solve difficult problems?
Jul 12, 2024
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AI Companies Say Safety Is a Priority. It's Not
AI companies claim they have a laser focus on ensuring that their products are safe. But these claims are undercut when insiders paint a familiar picture of a culture of negligence and secrecy that dismisses warnings and hides evidence about unsafe practices. So what can these companies do differently?
Jul 9, 2024
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Culturally Appropriate Care in the Age of AI
Generative AI could transform social care, alongside wider technological developments, such as sensor technologies that can support people who need care. What does this mean for culturally sensitive care?
May 24, 2024
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Navies Look to Uncrewed Systems to Counter Threats Beneath the Waves
Uncrewed, combat-capable vehicles are transforming warfare in the air and on the ocean surface. They could do the same for underwater combat in the near future.
May 21, 2024
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How the DHS AI Roadmap Could Reach Its Intended Destination
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently released its 2024 Artificial Intelligence Roadmap. But for AI applications to enhance operations as the department envisions, the roadmap needs to include real-world testing and experimental efforts.
May 2, 2024
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Bringing New Technologies to Bear for Biosurveillance
The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the current outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. dairy herds provide ample evidence of the problems faced in rapidly detecting and responding to infectious disease outbreaks. A biosurveillance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system could address these gaps.
Apr 25, 2024
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Digital Security Increasingly Relies on AI. But That Tech Isn't as Secure as We Think
In the digital age, trade-offs—like displaying our faces and fingerprints—are all but required to function in society. But the technology charged with securing our information and protecting against theft, fraud, and other potential harms doesn't always work.
Apr 23, 2024
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Preparing for Post-Quantum Cryptography
A steady stream of advances in quantum computing technology is increasing the urgency to standardize and implement algorithms that are resistant to both present-day computing and on-the-horizon quantum computing. What can we do with post-quantum cryptography now to prepare for the future?
Apr 22, 2024
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Did North Korea Really Test a Hypersonic Missile?
North Korea is working toward the deployment of hypersonic missiles that it claims could render South Korean and U.S. missile defenses useless. Still, its claims of a successful test this month appear greatly exaggerated.
Apr 9, 2024
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The Potential of Smart Treaties
Blockchain technology presents numerous opportunities for the development of trade and commerce. One particularly interesting opportunity is smart contracts, an application that could have broad geopolitical implications if applied to treaties.
Apr 8, 2024
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Americans Need to Know How the Government Will Use AI
Americans have been concerned about tech-enabled government surveillance for as long as they have known about it. With the recent Department of Homeland Security announcement that it is embracing artificial intelligence, that concern isn't going away anytime soon. How could federal agencies mitigate some of that fear?
Mar 22, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology: Risks and Opportunities
Machine learning is helping scientists make sense of the genetic keys that could unlock new crops, new drugs, and vaccines. But policymakers may not be prepared for the impact those two fields could have together. To make the most of the opportunities to come, and to avoid the dangers, that has to change.
Mar 21, 2024
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Is AI an Existential Risk? Q&A with RAND Experts
What are the potential risks associated with AI? Might any of these be catastrophic or even existential? And as momentum builds toward boundless applications of this technology, how might humanity reduce AI risk and navigate an uncertain future?
Mar 11, 2024

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