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Fused Together: The Chinese Communist Party Moves Inside China’s Private Sector

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The Chinese Communist Party has increased its ability to monitor and influence private companies in China through party cells, placements, and investments.

of association to emphasize the importance of “the construction of party organizations ” (党组织的建设) within the firm. CATL’s Party Committee has actively sought to expand cooperation with external ... with others, we must leave ourselves an escape route!  Days after the meeting, the China Security Regulatory Commission issued informal instructions to CATL requesting that it pare back its plans to raise

As Xi and Biden Meet, US-China Military Talks Need a Restart

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A meeting between Presidents Biden and Xi recalls the importance of open military to military communications channels between the U.S. and China.

/InDepth/2023/07/China-US-Flag.webp As Xi and Biden Meet, US-China Military Talks Need a Restart David Finkelstein David Finkelstein is vice president and director of CNA's China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. This week, President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China will meet in San Francisco on the fringes of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. High on Washington’s ... —originally published on June 27 by The Hill, in the aftermath of another high-level meeting between Washington and Beijing—CNA Vice President for China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs David

All In on Africa

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Kaia Haney examines the Biden Administration’s recent diplomacy in Africa and how it ties into strategic competition on the continent.

across Africa is well established. While this was just the second U.S.-Africa Leader’s Summit, China has hosted the forum on China-African Cooperation consistently since 2000. China is currently ... investment across the continent (providing roughly twice that offered by the U.S.). In addition to these economic relationships, China has strong political, military and security ties with many African

Four Psychological Mechanisms That Make Us Fall for Disinformation

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Disinformation preys on 4 aspects of the human psyche: processing capabilities, cognitive dissonance, group membership and novelty bias, and emotional arousal.

require the cooperation of social media platforms. They could be simple, low-cost and scalable. A comprehensive approach to breaking the cycle of disinformation will address not only where ... , The Psychology of (Dis)information: Case Studies and Implications , looks in detail at the real-world examples cited above, and explores the national security implications of this analysis

ai with ai: Oura-boros

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In COVID-related AI news, Andy and Dave discuss an announcement from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, WVU Medicine, and Oura Health, with the ability to predict COVID-19 related symptoms up to three days in advance via biometric monitoring. Japan's M3 is teaming with Alibaba's AI Tech to provide CT-scan capability to hospitals that can identify COVID-related pneumonia. The Pentagon taps into the virus-relief CARES Act to use AI for virus cure and vaccine efforts. Rockefeller announces efforts to use GPT-2 to automatically summarize COVID-19 medical research articles, but the results aren’t that great. In regular AI news, IBM announces it is no longer offering general-purpose facial recognition or analysis software, due to concerns about the technology being used to promote racism. And in a related announcement, Amazon places a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its Rekognition facial recognition platform. USSOCOM has posted an RFI for potential contractors to provide its Global Analytics Platform, a $300-600M contract that would follow its previous eMAPS contract. And NASA launches its Entrepreneurs Challenge, seeking new ideas for space exploration. In research, from the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley, Google Brain, University of Toronto, Carnegie Mellon University, and Facebook AI, comes a different approach to defining intrinsic motivation for taskless problems, wherein agents seek out future inputs that are expected to be novel. The report of the week comes from the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, with a look at The Militarization of AI. Researchers at Beijing Academy and Cambridge University come together to pen a white paper calling for "cross-cultural cooperation" on AI ethics and governance. Efron, Hastie, and Cambridge University Press provide Computer Age Statistical Inference for free. And DeepMind and the UCL Centre for AI are producing a Deep Learning Lecture Series.

motivation for taskless problems, wherein agents seek out future inputs that are expected to be novel. The report of the week comes from the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, with a look at The Militarization of AI. Researchers at Beijing Academy and Cambridge University come together to pen a white paper calling for "cross-cultural cooperation" on AI ethics and governance. Efron, Hastie ... Intelligence 32 page report White Paper of the Week An International Call for "Cross-Cultural Cooperation" on AI Ethics and Governance Summary 23 Page Paper Book of the Week

ai with ai: 52 Views of HOListic Imagination

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In news items, Andy and Dave discuss China’s call for international cooperation on a code of ethics for AI. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) unveils the first intergovernmental standards for AI policies, with support from 42 countries. The US Army has invited the design of prototypes for the Next-Generation Squad Weapon, which may include wind-sensing and even facial-recognition technology. DARPA’s Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) presents an essay at IEEE Spectrum, which describes the challenges of making the most out of an increasingly crowded electromagnetic spectrum, including running contests for better spectrum management, and using Colosseum as the testing ground. Google announces the ‘AI Workshop,’ which offers early access to AI capabilities and experiments. In research, Google DeepMind announces an AI that has achieved human-level performance in Quake III Arena Capture the Flag mode; among other things, human players rated the AI as “more collaborative than other humans” (though had mixed reaction to the AI as their teammates). Google Research presents HOList, an environment for machine learning of higher-order theorem proving. Research from Oxford University creates a model for human-like machine thinking by mimicking the prefrontal cortex for language-guided imagination. A paper from Jeff Cline at Uber AI Labs suggests a different approach to Artificial General Intelligence, by means of AI-generating algorithms that learn how to produce AgI. MacroPolo produces a series of 6 charts on Chinese AI talent. CBInsights compiles the view of 52 “experts” on “How AI Will Go Out of Control.” Blum, Kopcroft, Kannan, and Microsoft release Foundations of Data Science; Hutter, Kotthoff, Vanschoren, and Springer-Verlag make Automated Machine Learning available. The Purdue Symposium on Ethics, Technology, and the Future of War and Security release a video on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Autonomy and AI in Warfare. The University of Colorado Boulder creates an Index of Complex Networks (ICON). And Alexander Reben creates a repository of 1 million fake AI-generated faces.

2-31 In news items, Andy and Dave discuss China’s call for international cooperation on a code of ethics for AI. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) unveils the first ... Automated Machine Learning available. The Purdue Symposium on Ethics, Technology, and the Future of War and Security release a video on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Autonomy and AI ... /AI_2_31.jpg 52 Views of HOListic Imagination News China releases a code of ethics for AI, Calls For International Cooperation 42 Countries Agree to International Principles for Artificial Intelligence

cna talks: Polar Politics: Great Power Competition in the Arctic and Antarctic

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On this episode of CNA Talks, we are bringing you the first episode of our new occasional series, “Polar Politics,” hosted by Josh Tallis. In this series, CNA experts will discuss the strategic implications of the Polar Regions, in an era of Great Power Competition.  Ralph Espach and Nilanthi Samaranayake sit down to discuss the current state of play in the Polar Regions, and how the major players are positioning themselves to protect their interests in the regions.

and Antarctic Biographies Nilanthi Samaranayake   directs the Strategy and Policy Analysis Program. She has led several studies at CNA on Indian Ocean and South Asia security. Joshua Tallis   is a Research Scientist specializing in maritime security, irregular threats, and issues of naval and national security strategy. Ralph Espach   is an expert on inter-American security relations, especially regarding Central America and Brazil, the security implications of climate change, and security cooperation. Related Materials CNA InDepth : What do Greenland and Mauritius Have

cna talks: AUKUS

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In this episode, Ralph Espach and Stephanie Stapleton discuss their assessment of AUKUS, the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the UK, and the US. 

AUKUS In this episode, Ralph Espach and Stephanie Stapleton discuss their assessment of AUKUS, the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the UK, and the US.  AUKUS Guest Biographies Ralph Espach   is an expert in U.S.-Latin American relations, U.S. security assistance and cooperation in Latin America, and the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of U.S. strategies and programs. His work focuses on U.S. security relations across the Americas, maritime security and naval issues, U.S. security cooperation efforts, and strategic risks such as Chinese and Russian regional

cna talks: Alliance Wedge Strategies: China

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In great power strategic competition, states deploy wedge strategies to divide, weaken, and prevent opposing alliances. In part one of a two-part series on the topic, host David Wallsh moderates a discussion on Chinese wedge strategies in the Indo-Pacific and how the United States can address this challenge.  

  David Wallsh is a Senior Research Scientist in CNA’s Strategy, Policy, Plans, and Programs Division. Dr. Wallsh is an expert in alliance politics, Middle East security, and US security cooperation programs. April Herlevi is a Senior Research Scientist in CNA’s China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. Dr. Herlevi is an expert on the People’s Republic of China's (PRC) foreign and security policy, economic statecraft for technology acquisition, and the increasing role of PRC commercial, economic, and military actors globally. Twitter: @herlevi1 Andrew Taffer is a Research

cna talks: U.S. Withdrawal From Syria

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Following the administration’s December 2018 announcement that U.S. forces would withdraw from Syria, CNA experts Michael Kofman and David Wallsh discuss how this will affect the state of play between U.S. allies and adversaries in the region. They question whether the U.S. has in fact defeated ISIS in Syria, and discuss how the withdrawal may leave the area vulnerable to a resurgence and to ongoing conflict between Turkey and the Kurdish fighters, both allies of the U.S. Kofman posits that the withdrawal will further Russian interests, while Wallsh adds that it may also play a role in a war of attrition between Iran and Israel.

that it may also play a role in a war of attrition between Iran and Israel. U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Biographies David Wallsh   is an expert in Middle East affairs and international security issues, including alliance politics, security cooperation and building partner capacity. Prior to joining CNA, Wallsh served as an Expert Advisor for Middle East security issues in the Office of the Secretary ... on Russia, Eurasia and Pakistan. His research focuses on security issues in Russia and the former Soviet Union, specializing in defense and military analysis. Kofman has advised senior military