The world is at a critical inflection point, where a combination of ever more powerful AI systems, accelerating proliferation, and a corresponding norms vacuum is setting up a dangerous set of conditi...

AI technology has proliferated extensively and offers authoritarian leaders three crucial advantages: scale, speed, and efficiency. As a result, it has undoubtedly become a crucial tool of repression....

Hearing NoticePlease join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) for a hearing examining the human rights and humanitarian implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain.

Drone technology, once confined to great powers like the United States and China, has spread to smaller states and non-state actors.

Drone technology, once confined to great powers like the United States and China, has spread to smaller states and non-state actors.

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Thailand is no longer safe for regional activists; neither are Cambodia, Laos, or Vietnam for Thai dissidents who had typically sought refuge in those countries.

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Given the complexity of military AI innovations, many nations will face considerable hurdles in adopting them.

Zambia’s cancellation of the RightsCon summit is an indication not only of China’s influence, but also the country's own democratic erosion.

The Iran war is unique in the scope and scale of asymmetric warfare and AI-enabled conflict. These will test the limits of protecting civilians.

The Iran war is unique in the scope and scale of asymmetric warfare and AI-enabled conflict. These will test the limits of protecting civilians.

In Sudan and elsewhere, regional powers have used the weapons for leverage.

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The One Riot, One Ranger statue features a lawman with a complicated past. The Rangers decided to embrace that.

The generative AI models used in classified environments can answer questions but don't currently learn from the data they see. That could soon change.

A disconnect between Gen Z citizenry and older rulers has fueled massive demonstrations. What are the key issues and how is protest energy translating into electoral change?

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The Pentagon has been spending tens of billions of dollars to adopt new technologies at breakneck speed. Without oversight and safeguards, military applications of artificial intelligence could jeopar...

From a Ukrainian listening post, our reporter heard it happen: Starlink terminals went dark, leaving Russian soldiers along the front unable to coordinate.

The Pentagon's top technology official told CBS News the military has offered compromises to Anthropic, amid a feud over whether its powerful AI technology will be restricted — but Anthropic called th...

Anthropic doesn’t trust this administration with its technology—and it has a point.

The roots of the conflict point to the changing nature of software stacks as top officials push to modernize the military.

The Washington Post is announcing mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing another big blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point.

It will soon have more carriers in the Pacific than America