The Recent Pentagon Leak is as Much a Generational Story as it is a National Security Breach

The recent AI Open Letter was both an opportunity to discuss the risk attached to the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 as characterized by the letter and introduce the OODA Loop readership ...

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Cyber Assistance Fund Proposed by Cyber Ambassador Nate Fick as Part of Three-part Plan

In the What's Next? section of our recent analysis of the U.S. Turning Strategic Focus Towards Cyber Threat Vectors in Guam, Albania, and Costa Rica, we mentioned that we would continue to follow the money. ...

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Are the High Seas the Primary Cyberwarfare Theatre?

This research caught our eye based on our recent analysis of the Weaponized IT Supply Chain, the Leviathan’s Attacks and Kinetic Naval Intervention in the South China Sea.  The Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...

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After Major Data Breach, Italian Data Protection Authority Temporarily Bans ChatGPT

The Italian Data Protection Authority last month banned ChapGPT after the OpenAI large language model (LLM)-based XaaS platform experienced a major data breach.

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The Future of the U.S. Governance of Critical Minerals

A new Wilson Center policy brief "offers an overview of key policy considerations in securing a reliable, sustainable, and affordable supply of some of the most important commodities of the 21st century: critical minerals.”

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Is a Surge in U.S. Defense Industrial Capacity Possible?

A remarkably prescient CSIS report explores the premise that "it is no longer a question of whether the U.S. industrial base is prepared to rapidly surge production in the case of a direct conflict with a ...

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Five More Reasons Japan Should be on Your Sensemaking Radar

In addition to OODA Senior Advisor and OODA Network Member Chris Ward's brilliant analysis of Japan’s Stunning Advancements in National Defense Investments, here are five additional geopolitical maneuvers and fiscal and industrial policy signals emanating ...

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In an Open Letter, Tristan Harris, et. al. Call for a Pause on the Training of AI Systems More Powerful than GPT-4

We take a look at the rrecent open letter  - with prominent signatories from the world of AI - based on its hard-to-ignore impact.  

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Bill Gates Weighs in on the Opportunities and Responsibilities of a ChatGPT-based AI Future

As far as a "hype cycle meticulously intertwined with a true technology inflection point" - and the signal-to-noise ratio of it all - nothing quite matches this ChatGPT moment.  As Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates recently ...

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The U.S. Turns Strategic Focus Towards Cyber Threat Vectors in Guam, Albania, and Costa Rica

There are no coincidences:  The recent arrival of 4 B-52 bombers in Guam - along with the Marines and the official opening in January of a reactivated, expanded U.S. military base on the U.S. territory ...

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