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The update to the 2012 directive provides clarity and establishes transparent governance and policy, rather than making substantial changes.
To prevent an AI-enabled arms race resulting in semiautonomous or fully autonomous nuclear weapons, the U.S. and other nuclear-armed states need to negotiate a non-proliferation treaty sooner rather than later.
The solution to the problems associated with AI-generated art may be right in front of our faces: Governments should restrict copyright to humans, and deny it to computer-generated works.
Generative AI products won’t receive the same Section 230 protections as other tech products. What will that mean for the future of the technology and the rules that govern it?
ChatGPT says it won’t write offensive content. We set out to test whether that’s true.
Artificial intelligence can significantly impact human rights—both positively and negatively. Human rights impact assessments conceived specifically for AI are needed to prevent potential harms and reap the benefits of the technology.
An infinite supply of plausible opinions from fake, AI-powered pundits threatens to crowd out genuine discourse.
The EU needs the technical standards supporting its AI Act to be restrictive enough to protect consumers, but flexible enough to enable innovation. Given society’s current understanding of AI, there are serious doubts as to whether such standards are technically feasible.
Assessing the scale and immediacy of artificial intelligence’s likely impact on warfare challenges analysts and policymakers. A mental model that breaks down the technological and human factors involved in military innovation can help parse hyperbole and reality.
A review of James E. Baker, “The Centaur’s Dilemma: National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution” (Brookings Institution, 2020).