Water infrastructure is among the most critical sectors of national security, supporting public health, industry, and agriculture. However, as systems become increasingly connected through the Internet of Things (IoT) and other technologies,…
OpenAI’s new o3 model suggests that it will not be long before AI systems are as smart as their human minders—or smarter. Will humans lose control over advanced AI systems? Three developments…
New Resource for Federal, State, and Local Officials Provides Best Practices for Responsible AI Development in the Public Sector On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the “Playbook for Public…
AI tools are increasingly being used to track and monitor us both online and in-person, yet their effectiveness comes with big risks. Computer scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute, Imperial College London, and…
The U.S. Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese companies, including games and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world’s biggest battery maker CATL, to a list of companies it…
How precedent-setting is it? Santa came early for Meta. On Dec. 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California handed down a decisive legal win for the tech giant’s subsidiary,…
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How AI labs and public policies helped safeguard the 2024 elections—and what to learn in order to protect democracy from future threats. A Super Year of Elections and New Super Tools At…
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The question is no longer whether artificial general intelligence will arrive, but whether we’ll be ready when it does. Last week, on the last of its “12 Days of OpenAI,” OpenAI unveiled the…
During a Dec. 18 press conference in Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump took an unexpected tack, suggesting the United States and China could “work together to solve all of the world’s problems.” With China hawks…
Rising AI demand is expanding global data centers, potentially threatening water reserves and sparking calls for greater transparency. Data centers are essential computational infrastructure, powering nearly all of today’s digital activities, especially…
