AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China
Military

AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China

New U.S. restrictions on chip sales aim to hamper China’s AI efforts. The U.S. government published sweeping limits on sales of processors that involve U.S. designs and technology to Chinese businesses. U.S. officials stated that the restrictions are meant to prevent China from militarizing AI.

October 19, 20222 min read
AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China
Military

AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China

New U.S. restrictions on chip sales aim to hamper China’s AI efforts. The U.S. government published sweeping limits on sales of processors that involve U.S. designs and technology to Chinese businesses. U.S. officials stated that the restrictions are meant to prevent China from militarizing AI.

October 19, 20222 min read
The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China
Military

The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China

The ban impacts Nvidia's A100 and H100 chips, and AMD's MI250.

September 7, 20222 min read
The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China
Military

The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China

The ban impacts Nvidia's A100 and H100 chips, and AMD's MI250.

September 7, 20222 min read
AI War Chest Grows: NATO Invests €1 Billion in Advanced Technologies
Military

AI War Chest Grows: NATO Invests €1 Billion in Advanced Technologies

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced a €1 billion venture capital fund for technologies including AI.

July 27, 20221 min read
AI War Chest Grows: NATO Invests €1 Billion in Advanced Technologies
Military

AI War Chest Grows: NATO Invests €1 Billion in Advanced Technologies

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced a €1 billion venture capital fund for technologies including AI.

July 27, 20221 min read
Tracking Changes on Earth’s Surface: AI Tracks Land Change from Satellite Imagery
Military

Tracking Changes on Earth’s Surface: AI Tracks Land Change from Satellite Imagery

Computer vision systems are scanning satellite photos to track construction on the Earth’s surface — an exercise in behavior recognition on a global scale.

July 6, 20223 min read
Tracking Changes on Earth’s Surface: AI Tracks Land Change from Satellite Imagery
Military

Tracking Changes on Earth’s Surface: AI Tracks Land Change from Satellite Imagery

Computer vision systems are scanning satellite photos to track construction on the Earth’s surface — an exercise in behavior recognition on a global scale.

July 6, 20223 min read
Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots
Military

Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots

An experimental AI system is helping train the next generation of fighter pilots. The U.S. Air Force is using deep learning to evaluate the progress of around 50 pilots in one of its training squadrons, Popular Science reported.

April 27, 20222 min read
Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots
Military

Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots

An experimental AI system is helping train the next generation of fighter pilots. The U.S. Air Force is using deep learning to evaluate the progress of around 50 pilots in one of its training squadrons, Popular Science reported.

April 27, 20222 min read
Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War
Military

Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War

Face recognition is identifying people who have been killed, displaced, or recorded perpetrating alleged war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Clearview AI made its face recognition system freely available to the Ukrainian government.

April 13, 20222 min read
Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War
Military

Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War

Face recognition is identifying people who have been killed, displaced, or recorded perpetrating alleged war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Clearview AI made its face recognition system freely available to the Ukrainian government.

April 13, 20222 min read
Predicting Regime Change: CoupCast uses AI to predict unrest.
Military

Predicting Regime Change: CoupCast uses AI to predict unrest.

Researchers at the University of Central Florida are working with a system called CoupCast to estimate the likelihood that an individual country will undergo a coup d’état.

January 12, 20222 min read
Predicting Regime Change: CoupCast uses AI to predict unrest.
Military

Predicting Regime Change: CoupCast uses AI to predict unrest.

Researchers at the University of Central Florida are working with a system called CoupCast to estimate the likelihood that an individual country will undergo a coup d’état.

January 12, 20222 min read
Ethics for an Automated Army: Department of Defense issues AI ethics.
Military

Ethics for an Automated Army: Department of Defense issues AI ethics.

The U.S. Department of Defense issued new ethical guidelines for contractors who develop its AI systems. The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, which issues contracts for AI and other high-tech systems, issued guidelines that contractors must follow.

January 5, 20222 min read

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