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China is running the most systematic effort by any outside power to convert the Ukraine war’s lessons into military advantage, absorbing the errors of both sides. Analysts describe the conflict as a living textbook and call 2024 "year one of the world drone war", write @csis_ai experts. Read: bit.ly/4iaD66n

🎙️New on the AI Policy Podcast: Unpacking the Trump Admin's first policy actions in the "SI" era Aalok Mehta and Nicole Errera discuss the new Super Intelligence Force and the White House accord signed by tech CEOs. Plus, OpenAI does more math! Listen: csis.org/podcasts/ai-po…

The Russia-Ukraine battlefield has become a "live-test site" for China's military learning. The analysis phase is considerably faster than the institutional absorption that follows, but the process gives China a way to learn from a war without fighting one, write @csis_ai experts. Read: bit.ly/4iaD66n

"Despite the Chinese system’s advantages, there are limits to Chinese adaptation, centering on the frontline feedback loop. A military built on centralized approval, however, cannot create decentralized improvisation by command," write @csis_ai experts. Read: bit.ly/4jMAC0a

China is running the most systematic effort by any outside power to convert the Ukraine war's lessons into military advantage, Lilly Min-Chen Lee and Kateryna Bondar write in a new commentary. Read their analysis: csis.org/analysis/learn…

🎙️This week on the AI Policy Podcast: What's driving the data center backlash? Writer @jasminewsun sits down with host Aalok Mehta to discuss the grassroots opposition movement. Tune in: csis.org/podcasts/ai-po…

"China is running the most systematic effort by any outside power to convert the Ukraine war’s lessons into military advantage, absorbing the errors of both sides. Chinese analysts are explicit about the value of Russia’s war against Ukraine," write @csis_ai's Kate Bondar and Lilly Min-Chen Lee. Read: bit.ly/4iaD66n

🚨In case you missed it🚨Last week's AI Policy Podcast touched on the first known case of agents hacking a govt system, contrasting AI governance visions at the UNGA, new state-level regulation + outcomes of the US-China summit. Listen: csis.org/podcasts/ai-po…

Upcoming on the AI Policy Podcast: Aalok Mehta sits down with writer @jasminewsun for a conversation about the data center backlash. 📺Tune in this Thursday: csis.org/events/unpacki…

"Declining to engage China on AI safety at a time when autonomous AI incidents are becoming a subject of global concern would cede global leadership of this issue to China," write @csis_ai experts. More: csis.org/analysis/state…

The evolution of the Geran drone over four years of conflict in Ukraine reflects a broader shift in modern weapons development, where advantage increasingly depends on maintaining the organizational and industrial capacity to continuously iterate a system after it has entered combat. More from @csis_ai: youtube.com/watch?v=of3U5p…

🚨New video analysis out now🚨Join Kateryna Bondar and Nicole Errera on a deep dive into the Geran drone family, from Iran's Shahed-136 to today's Geran-5, followed by a conversation with Samuel Bendett on Russia's larger defense ecosystem. 📺Tune in: csis.org/events/shahed-…

LIVE at 8 AM: What can the Geran's evolution over four years of conflict tell us about the future of weapons development? Join @CSIS experts Kateryna Bondar, Nicole Errera, and Samuel Bendett for a deep dive into the Russian attack drone. csis.org/events/shahed-…

“The United States needs to make an offer that speaks to what most of the world actually wants from AI governance: access, capability, and a say in the rules,” write @csis_ai’s Christopher Collins and Aalok Mehta. Learn more: csis.org/analysis/state…

AI governance could become one of the summit’s most consequential issues during today's meeting between President Trump and President Xi. But the talks come as the U.S. and China are already in a geopolitical contest over who will be writing the global rules for AI. Learn more from @csis_ai experts: csis.org/analysis/state…

🎙️This week on the AI Policy Podcast: How are AI startups thinking about AI regulation? General Catalyst Institute president @MaryamM & Hippocratic AI co-founder and CEO @munjalshah join Aalok to discuss. Check out the episode: csis.org/podcasts/ai-po…

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At the upcoming AI summit between the U.S. and China, the U.S. needs to make an offer that speaks to what most of the world actually wants from AI governance: access, capability, and a say in the rules, writes @csis_ai's Christopher Collins and Aalok Mehta. Read: bit.ly/47aK0Di

"The time is ripe for serious discussions about baseline global AI governance and safety practices, and the upcoming summit between the United States and China offers the most significant opportunity for progress in this area," write @csis_ai experts. More: csis.org/analysis/state…

How should Washington approach talks on AI governance at the upcoming U.S.-China summit? Chris Collins and Aalok Mehta discuss in a timely new report. Read it here: csis.org/analysis/state…