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ai with ai: Bots Behaving Badly
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In COVID-related AI news, Tencent AI Labs publishes a "machine learning" model that can predict the risk of a coronavirus patient developing severe illness. Unsupervised machine learning on data from the U.K.'s COVID Symptom Tracker, which has more than 4 million users, suggests patients cluster into roughly 6 different symptom types. Amazon Web Services releases its version of a scientific literature search on COVID-19. Aminer.org offers an open access knowledge graph of COVID-19. And "Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response" takes a look at global approaches and results with implementing contact tracing. In regular AI news, the National Security Commission on AI releases its latest quarterly report, with 35 recommendations. The latest Congressional Research Service Report covers Emerging Military Technologies, including AI and LAWS. Facebook rolls out a "bot army" to simulate "bad behavior" on a parallel version of its platform, in an effort to understand and combat online abuse. In research, DeepMind publishes findings on reinforcement learning, with a meta-learning approach that discovers an update rule that includes "what to predict" as well as "how to learn from it." Research from Berkeley, DeepMind, and MIT explores exploration by comparing how children learn with reinforcement learning agents in a unified environment. Military Review publishes an article by Courtney Crosby, which describes a framework for operationalizing AI for algorithmic warfare. DeepMind and University College London examines deep reinforcement learning and its implications for neuroscience. And MIT makes available online a full lecture series by Marvin Minsky on "The Society of Mind."
covers Emerging Military Technologies, including AI and LAWS. Facebook rolls out a "bot army" to simulate "bad behavior" on a parallel version of its platform, in an effort to understand and combat ... & AI National Security Commission on AI Releases Report with 35 Recommendations 198 Page Report Congressional Research Service Report:   Report to Congress on Emerging Military Technologies 35 Page Report Facebook rolls a "Bot Army" to simulate "bad behavior" to combat online abuse Facebook's 2017 "Deal or No-deal" paper Research of the Week Discovering
pla update: Issue 20, April 30, 2024
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PLA Update, Issue 20, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
the transformation of scientific research results into new technologies and should ensure advances in emerging fields are shared between the defense industry and civilian economy. Addressing emerging ... PLA scholars' editorial sheds light on Xi Jinping's remarks to the PLA delegation at the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) concerning improving strategic capabilities in emerging domains ... , deepen reform and innovation, and comprehensively enhance strategic capabilities in emerging fields." In a March 19 op-ed for Central Military Commission mouthpiece PLA Daily , two PLA Academy
Maintaining the Technology Edge: Strengthening US and Indo-Pacific Alliances to Counter Chinese Technology Acquisition
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Article outlining ways the US can address the issue of countering Chinese advanced technology acquisition with the assistance of and close policy coordination with Australia, Japan and South Korea.
and the United States enacting greater restrictions on investments in strategic technologies. The pandemic exacerbated concerns of reliable and trustworthy supply chains. The US government ... (IP) theft. In the Indo-Pacific, key US treaty allies with advanced technology of their own, including Japan, Australia and South Korea, are also grappling with China’s attempts to acquire emerging ... acquisition strategy. As US treaty allies, cooperation among these three countries entails the sharing of data and very sensitive advanced technologies with national security and military applications
china ai and autonomy report: Issue 6, January 13, 2022
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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 6, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.
, missile defense, even AI and other emerging technologies.” Fu delivered the remarks during a briefing to reporters following a joint statement signed by the P5 pledging to avoid a nuclear war ... significant levels of foreign investment—including in technologies that could improve the PLA’s warfighting capabilities—without publicly disclosing their links to the PLA. The article argues that “American capital may be flowing to a variety of [PRC] companies developing artificial intelligence, semiconductors and other advanced technologies that experts fear could have military or surveillance
china ai and autonomy report: Issue 1, November 2, 2021
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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 1, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) likely indicates the importance placed upon unmanned systems by the PLA and at least a tacit policy to allow competition in an emerging field ... with global influence. 26 The plan highlights AI as one of the core technologies of focus for Shanghai. In addition, during this period Shanghai is expected to facilitate the deployment of several strategic frontier technologies such as brain-computer interfaces and brain-like photonic chips. On September 29, the CAC and eight other departments announced a plan to establish governance rules
intersections: Issue 3, March 2023
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Intersections, Issue 3, CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, U.S. and partner efforts to protect technology for national security.
Republic of China's (PRC's) technology acquisition efforts, US and partner nation responses to these efforts, and the critical and emerging technology risks for the US defense industrial base ... technologies would be restricted, it did note that the Netherlands' existing export controls, which since 2019 have prohibited the export of state-of-the-art Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV ... control over data flows. Critical and Emerging Tech US investment in PRC AI sector is prevalent. In February 2023, the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University released
intersections: Issue 14, May 2025
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Intersections is a CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, and U.S. and partner efforts to protect that technology for national security.
the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) technology acquisition and defense industrial base development efforts, US and partner nation responses, and critical and emerging technology risks and challenges ... report on the lessons that Taiwan has learned from Ukraine, Taiwanese analysts view Taiwan as lagging behind China in drone technologies. Furthermore, many Taiwanese drone manufacturers are at least ... Encouraging the development of new technologies by providing support through public research institutions and tax incentives as well as exploring international co-production partnerships Creating
intersections: Issue 2, January 2023
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Intersections, Issue 2, CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, U.S. and partner efforts to protect technology for national security.
the People's Republic of China (PRC's) technology acquisition efforts, US and partner nation responses, and critical and emerging technology risks for the US defense industrial base that stem from these technology acquisitions efforts. CNA has documented a wide range of legal and illegal techniques to acquire foreign technologies that the PRC uses to achieve its national security objectives and build ... Times , PRC-based memory chip producer Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) has been stockpiling equipment in an effort to delay the impact of the new US export rule. YMTC is one of China's
china ai and autonomy report: Issue 3, November 18, 2021
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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 3, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.
training students on a variety of new technologies, including drones, and has set up a UAV training center.   The article states that drones are used by China Coast Guard to monitor illegal activities ... , accurately assess future threats, avoid technological surprise, improve the use of technology in operations, and train personnel on the use of AI-enabled technologies. Zeng also recommends that the PLA adopt AI technologies into planning and exercising through the use of data mining, intelligent identification, deep learning, and machine learning. With the adoption of AI-enabled decision-making, the PLA
china ai and autonomy report: Issue 2, November 9, 2021
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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 2, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.
technologies and the digital economy are crucial areas in a new round of international competition, emphasizing that China must “seize the commanding heights of future development” in these areas. Xi also called ... on these latest technologies. Alibaba’s new chip is seen as a way to make the company more competitive with the cloud services offered by Microsoft and Amazon, and it also follows the trend of other ... , which has under its umbrella PRC memory chip leader Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (see more from Nikkei Asia  here ). WORKFORCE A  report  by the Lagou Recruitment Data Institute (拉勾招聘数据研究院