The year 2024 will require a reorientation to new realities, largely driven by the acceleration of disruptive technologies grinding against the inertia of stale institutions that would rather we snack …
Russia and China compare notes on ‘military use of artificial intelligence’
China and Russia have agreed to consult and coordinate with each other on the military use of artificial intelligence, a technology that is becoming a new front in Beijing’s rivalry with Washington. …
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As Two Billion People go to the Polls in 2024, Foundational LLMs and Misinformation are “The Perfect Storm”
Early warning systems are flashing red - indicating a growing "perfect storm" over the next 11 months as: Foundational Large Language Models (LLMs) grow exponentially - based on the exponential …
The “Tallinn Mechanism” is Designed to Enhance Civilian Cyber Assistance to Ukraine
As announced by the State Department at the end of 2023: "As a result of Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, the Tallinn Mechanism, hereafter referred to as “the Mechanism,” aims …
Critical Infrastructure Remains the Brass Ring for Cyber Attackers in 2024
Recent reporting reveals that both state and non state cyber actors are actively targeting critical infrastructures with impunity. Indeed, the Ukraine war, Palestine conflict, and other areas where …
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Cognitive Infrastructure Worldwide is Under Attack in “the Worst Cognitive Warfare Conditions since WWII”
What should the U.S. learn from some of the challenges faced by the cognitive infrastructure of other countries? Following are global updates (since our initial analysis over the course of 2022) of …
Will the “Double Exponential” Growth of Artificial Intelligence Render Global AI Governance and Safety Efforts Futile?
Major global, multinational announcements and events related to AI governance and safety took place last week. We provide a brief overview here. In an effort to get off the beaten path, however, …
The Ukrainian Brave1 Technology Cluster
An accelerator for Ukrainian unmanned aircrafy systems (UAS), known as Brave1, figures prominently in the efforts at public/private partnership and defense tech innovation in Ukraine. Details here - …
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Cyber War: Power, Prestige, International Governance, and Strategy in the Age of Global Polycrisis
Competing cyber capabilities (on a spectrum from nation-state to non-state actors alike) and cyber-based conflict will continue to restructructure, reformulate, discombobulate, and transform the very …
The Global Technology Sector, Startups, and Cybersecurity Ecosystem Respond to the War in Israel
Israel is a major player in the global technology sector - boasting the second largest cyber startup market in the world. Here is how the conditions on the ground in Israel and Gaza is rippling into …