A review of Josh Tyrangiel’s “AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things that Matter” (Simon & Schuster, 2026). We find ourselves at an extraordinary pass…
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While recent amendments to 6 U.S.C. § 124n permit state and local authorities to address drone threats, a critical restraint remains. Congress recently expanded counter-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) authority to state and…
Inside the European Union’s latest bid to achieve technological sovereignty. On June 3, the European Commission published its long-gestating European Technological Sovereignty Package, a sprawling and ambitious compendium of measures intended to strengthen…
As Washington negotiates AI guardrails with Beijing, it must understand why the AI debate in China is so quiet: control, not consent. Trump’s visit to China in May was marked by pomp…
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State regulations mandating AI firms to disclose information may run afoul of the First Amendment. California is an early test case. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives…
A U.S. adversary is reportedly targeting U.S. troops with commercial location data. Expect it to happen again. As the war between the United States and Iran reaches a ceasefire, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has received reports…
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Accuracy isn’t enough—agencies must detect when trusted AI misuses legitimate access. Enter: AI counterintelligence. In June 2025, Anthropic ran a controlled experiment on its large language model, Claude. Researchers gave the model control of…
Biomanufacturing data is a critical strategic asset, and the U.S. is failing to use it. A quality associate analyzes hundreds of environmental monitoring alerts from a facility monitoring system, reviewing humidity, differential…
A review of Samanth Subramanian, “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World” (Columbia Global Reports, 2025). In March, as U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran were…
The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky. On Friday, June 12,…
