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ai with ai: D/Generative

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In COVID-related news, Nature publishes a review of COVID-19 AI tools, emphasizing that most tools are still in development and largely unproven. Inserm selects Expert System's AI support for its COVID-19 research and its group of over 10,000 researchers. Researchers provide in open-source a large annotated dataset of CT and X-ray images from COVID-19 patients, called the BIMCV COVID-19+. In regular AI news, Microsoft announces that it will not sell its facial recognition technology to police departments in the US until a national law is in place to help govern its use. On that note, a new federal bill in development, the Justice in Policing Act, contains policy guidelines on the use and limitations of facial recognition technology for police. OpenAI releases a commercial product API for accessing its AI models, to include the 175B parameter GPT-3, although other researchers are expressing concern over the lack of accountability on bias. Facebook announces the winner of its Deepfake Challenge, where the winning model achieved at 65% accuracy on a set of 10,000 previously unseen clips. And Boston Dynamics makes its robot dog, Spot, available for sale at $74,500 plus tax. In research, a team at Duke University introduces PULSE, which sharpens blurry images, in essence by exploring the space of plausible high-res images that could result in the blurry image. The report of the week comes from Perry World House, who published the results of a Policy Roundtable on AI hosted last fall. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the International Committee of the Red Cross offer their take on Limits on Autonomy in Weapon Systems, by identifying the practical elements of human control. The review of the week from University of Waterloo provides an overview of text detection and recognition in the wild. MacroPolo provides a snapshot of Global AI Talent, using participants from the 2019 NeurIPS. Spring-Verlag provides yet another free text, from Eiben and Smith, on an Introduction to Evolutionary Computing. And NavyCon 2020 provides brief snapshots on "navies, science fiction, and great power competition" from a host of participants.

3-34 In COVID-related news, Nature publishes a review of COVID-19 AI tools, emphasizing that most tools are still in development and largely unproven. Inserm selects Expert System's AI support ... , a new federal bill in development, the Justice in Policing Act, contains policy guidelines on the use and limitations of facial recognition technology for police. OpenAI releases a commercial product ... of the week comes from Perry World House, who published the results of a Policy Roundtable on AI hosted last fall. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the International Committee

A Grain of Contention for China in the Black Sea?

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Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative hurt China and the Global South, but Beijing has not criticized the loss of Ukrainian grain imports.

support was clear. Just prior to the announcement of the deal on July 22, 2022, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi outlined a food security initiative that encouraged the international community to “facilitate the entry of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian agricultural products and inputs into the international market.” Subsequently, China’s February 2023 position paper on Ukraine urged all parties ... replied that she hoped “that parties concerned will properly resolve the international food security issue through dialogue and consultation” and that China was prepared to help facilitate the process

What Did the Summit of The Americas Accomplish?

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The Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles exposed rocky U.S. relations with Latin America, due to regional turmoil and U.S. paralysis, writes Ralph Espach.

hoped to generate action — or at least agendas for action — on several critical challenges: migration, climate change and economic development. The immediate result was four days of talks and photo ... — and a confusing agreement among 20 nations’ leaders to accept more foreign refugees and migrants in exchange for international assistance. Summits of the Americas do not generally create action . Still ... throughout the Americas (except for Cuba) were expected to launch the resource-rich region on a development splurge toward sustainable prosperity. Though investment, trade, and incomes grew, the region

North Korea's Strategic Surprise in the Yellow Sea: A Future Scenario

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Markus Garlauskas presents a fictional future Yellow Sea conflict scenario, following the consequences of a surprise attack by North Korea against South Korea.

. Earlier this month, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, the White House's Indo-Pacific coordinator, Kurt Campbell, told the online audience that the Pacific may be the most ... Korea's continued weapons development alongside the rising assertiveness of the People's Republic of China (PRC). [Excerpts from “Chapter 15: A Mortal Wound,” The History of the United ... with President Trump. Dismissed as mere “short range” missiles, the tests did not attract the international attention and additional sanctions that intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons had—so

cna talks: U.S. Strategy on Al-Qaeda

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Despite experiencing setbacks over the last 16 years, Al Qaeda has proven to be a learning organization that has evolved and expanded. On this episode of CNA Talks, experts Jonathan Schroden, Julia McQuaid, Pamela Faber and Zack Gold discuss the findings released in CNA's independent assessment of U.S. government efforts against Al Qaeda.

. Jonathan Schroden   is director of CNA's Center for Stability and Development and CNA's Special Operations Program. He is an expert in counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, stability operations, operations assessment, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East. Julia McQuaid   is director of CNA’s Program on Transnational Challenges. She is an expert on international security issues ... of conflict and instability. Pamela Faber   is an associate research analyst at CNA. Her research is at the intersection of security and development in conflict and post-conflict regions with a regional

cna talks: Red Robots

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Artificial Intelligence and unmanned systems are rapidly changing the dynamics of warfighting and military power. With Russia, China, and other nations investing in and testing these capabilities, the United States has to understand what capabilities other countries have and how their governments could seek to use them. On this episode of CNA Talks, experts Larry Lewis, Samuel Bendett, and Kevin Pollpeter discuss unmanned military systems, how Russia and China are developing and employing their capabilities, and what the United States should do in response.

has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Rice University. Samuel Bendett   is an Associate Research Analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses' International Affairs Group, where he is a member ... development, Russian naval capabilities and Russian decision-making calculus during military crises. Bendett received his M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University and B.A. ... linguist, he holds an MA in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at King’s College London. ContactName

Golden Dome, Nuclear Modernization, and Arms Control: Can the Administration Have It All?

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President Trump is simultaneously pursuing the Golden Dome missile defense shield, nuclear modernization, and arms control—a challenging combination.

elevated the Strategic Defense Initiative despite real technological challenges to achieving its goals. Much of the real action was in research and development, which ultimately gained support from many US ... to international relations and the President’s prior personal relationships with his foreign counterparts may produce interesting agreements or frameworks. But he will likely have a more difficult time ... raising the question of whether it would require a Manhattan Project level of attention. It reinvigorates the debate on national defense strategy priorities at a moment when the shifting international

To Counter China’s Economic Threat to US Industry, Seek Resilience, Not Deterrence

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Economic deterrence, a priority in the National Defense Industrial Strategy, is vague and difficult. To compete with China, economic resilience is preferable.

. For example, Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) argues that the US should work with key allies to threaten to restrict exports of certain commodities ... to these countries that the US seeks to suppress China’s economic development—and by extension, that of countries close to China. In contrast, the language of economic resilience does not suggest that the US ... malign economic activities. Optimizing the language of US industrial policy will help build the broadest possible international coalition to ensure the US and its allies and partners retain an economic

China’s Thirsty Chips

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China’s drive for self-reliance in the semiconductor industry is challenged by shortages of clean water, and semiconductor fabs exacerbate China’s water problems.

examining a major overlooked constraint on the sector’s development in China—water, or rather the lack of it. The Semiconductor Water Problem Enormous quantities of ultrapure water are needed ... and water pollution pose and have taken measures to address them in recent years, water-intensive economic priorities like the development of the semiconductor sector typically are set without regard ... ’s total industrial water use. China’s top 10 semiconductor firms are located in places with water challenges. Take Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest chip

Protecting Civilians in Gaza Requires Not Just a Will, but a Way

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The U.S. can help Israel reduce civilian casualties in Gaza with advice on civilian harm mitigation in military operations, using lessons from Iraq, etc.

invasion involves urban operations, which tend to be decentralized, small-unit operations with delegated authorities. Even experienced militaries dedicated to complying with international law still ... and operational approaches could make a significant difference. The United States has successfully demonstrated this in its own operations. In Afghanistan, US and international forces reduced harm ... , critical infrastructure, and other civilian objects. This information can inform no-strike processes, planning, and the development of courses of action that take civilians into account and improve