How are advances in AI and proliferated satellite constellations changing ISR capabilities? New research by Garrett Hinck and Ted Fujimoto assesses the changes and strategic implications for U.S.-China relations and U.S. policy. Read the paper here: councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/08/20/p...

Precarious Transparency: Artificial Intelligence, Space-based ISR Capabilities, and US-China Strategic Stability - The Council on Strategic Risks

While space-based sensing and computer vision for satellite imagery offer novel capabilities relevant to strategic stability, their impacts vary significantly depending on the specific task, the count...

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Join BRSL and @councilonstrategicrisks.org next week for a webinar on @garretthinck.bsky.social and Ted Fujimoto's forthcoming paper on how AI capabilities for intelligence surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) promise to radically augment the detection, tracking, and targeting of military assets.

New research by Barret Schlegelmilch and @elianajjohns.bsky.social examines the impact of AI-enhancements on anti-submarine warfare and how these advances -- and potential vulnerabilities -- in AI tech could affect policy. Read the full report: councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/u...

🚨 Ballistic missile submarines have long been the most survivable leg of the nuclear triad. Is AI changing that baseline? Read the latest from @elianajjohns.bsky.social & Barret Schlegelmilch on how rapid developments in AI and autonomous sensing affect stealth, SSBN survivability, and deterrence:

AI and the Hunt for Ballistic Missile Submarines - The Council on Strategic Risks

With the emergence of low-cost, real-time machine learning and unprecedented investment in AI research, it is worth revisiting the extent to which AI may impact the detectability of what is commonly c...

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📺 Hear from the authors and pose questions at the report launch webinar this Thursday: 📆 Thursday, August 13, 2026 ⌚ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (ET) 💻 Online-only @berkeleyrisk.bsky.social Register below:

AI-Enhancement of ASW Platforms and Risks to SSBN Survivability – UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab

Panel discussion of a new report that evaluates how different categories of AI enhancements could increase anti-submarine warfare platforms' ability to detect ballistic missile submarines…

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Join us for a panel discussion of a new report that evaluates how different categories of AI enhancements could increase anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms' ability to detect ballistic missile sub...

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Join BRSL and @councilonstrategicrisks.org on 8/13 for a panel-style webinar evaluating how AI may change how ballistic missiles are detected, and what that might mean for strategic stability. Sign up: brsl.berkeley.edu/event/ai-enh... #AI #NuclearSecurity #AntiSubmarineWarfare #StrategicStability

Join BRSL and @councilonstrategicrisks.org on 8/13 for a panel-style webinar evaluating how AI may change how ballistic missiles are detected, and what that might mean for strategic stability. Sign up: brsl.berkeley.edu/event/ai-enh... #AI #NuclearSecurity #AntiSubmarineWarfare #StrategicStability

AI-Enhancement of ASW Platforms and Risks to SSBN Survivability – UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab

Panel discussion of a new report that evaluates how different categories of AI enhancements could increase anti-submarine warfare platforms' ability to detect ballistic missile submarines…

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🎙️New podcast episode unpacking the recent White House report on the future of federal funding and a new focus on AI -- and why this move could push funding of early-stage research towards venture capital. Listen here: brsl.berkeley.edu/media/podcas... #AI #FederalFunding #Research

New White House Funding Blueprint: a Focus on AI – UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab

This episode examines a new Trump administration report outlining its vision for federally funded research and development (R&D), with particular attention to AI. BRSL Faculty…

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BRSL is proud to join @microsoft.com's new External Red Team Alliance (EXTRA) to further our work enhancing AI safety through AI red-teaming. Read more about what this will entail here: brsl.berkeley.edu/media/news/p... #AISafety #Cybersecurity #ResponsibleAI

UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab Receives Support Through Microsoft AI Red Team’s External Red Team Alliance – UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab

Berkeley, CA – The Berkeley Risk and Security Lab is proud to announce that it has been selected as part of Microsoft’s new External Red…

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BRSL’s Dr. Lindsay Rand has a newly published piece in the Journal of Global Security Studies proposing a sociotechnical framework for examining how technological innovation impacts nuclear deterrence: addressing academic biases towards technological determinism. Read below.

New BRSL publication 🗒️ BRSL Research Scholar Dr. Lindsay Rand summarizes key takeaways from two executive orders released last Monday, and highlights forthcoming work at the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab (BRSL) on quantum security issues.

New BRSL Podcast! BRSL has launched a new series: Levels of Analysis. On each episode our lab experts will dive deeper into recent BRSL research...

New BRSL Podcast🎙️ Faculty Dir. Prof. Andrew Reddie breaks down last week's Anthropic report analyzing a year's worth of cyberattacks. How is AI changing the landscape of cyber risk and how can we learn from these analyses? Listen to find out: www.buzzsprout.com/2601355/epis...

🚨 New BRSL Publication: "Chokepoints, Competition, and Cooperation: Quantum Computing Export Controls in a New Era of Tech Diplomacy." #quantum #quantumcomputing #exportcontrols #techdiplomacy #security

🎙️ New BRSL podcast episode! This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief we're diving into three separate, yet deeply interconnected, topics: the ongoing Iran war, European pushes for rearmament, and worldwide semiconductor chip shortages.

Read the full discussion: tnsr.org/roundtable/n... #DefensePolicy #PrecisionStrike #StrategicStudies @berkeleyrisk.bsky.social

Technological Surprise and Normalization Through Use: The Tactical and Discursive Effects of New Precision-Strike Weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Texas National Security Review

Expectations of the performance of military technologies are marked by hopes that one’s own systems perform well while those of adversaries perform poorly, and fears of the inverse. These…

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Many thanks to Robin Geiß of @unidir.org for joining BRSL's Professor Andrew Reddie yesterday at the @goldmanschool.bsky.social for an illuminating talk on emerging technology, security, society, and how Dr. Geiß charts UNIDIR's strategic direction.

🚨 Happening tomorrow! Sign up below for the BRSL Webinar: Algorithmic Warfare in Iran and Beyond: What Possibilities Exist for Governance? Tomorrow, April 1, 10am-11am PT on Zoom. berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @goldmanschool.bsky.social

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The U.S. War on Iran has drawn widespread attention to the influence of AI and data science tools on military choices previously left to human judgement. At issue is whether the use of AI in military ...

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🎙️ New BRSL Podcast This week on your BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew W. Reddie answers questions about Super Micro and the alleged scheme by three employees, including the company’s co-founder, to send NVIDIA microchips to China in violation of U.S. export laws.

🚨 New BRSL Brisk Assessment! In this new publication, BRSL Executive Director Leah Walker makes a case for why leading research institutions, like UC Berkeley, are a natural home for national security research, like the Lab's. @goldmanschool.bsky.social

🚨New episode out on YouTube!🚨 Jon is joined by artificial intelligence & defense experts Paul Scharre and @sarahshoker.bsky.social to discuss ⬇️: >> AI + Military = ? >> Anthropic & Open AI >> AI Personalities >> Pizza & Tostadas youtube.com/watch?v=NAWjXmsNiPU&feature=youtu.be

Military AI: Anthropic, Open AI, & the Future of Warfare | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Safely developing AI will require cooperation on a global scale. @sarahshoker.bsky.social offers a hopeful path forward.

ICYMI: 🔊 We've posted another episode of our weekly news podcast, the BRSL Weekly Brief. This week's episode focuses on the battle between AI companies and the Pentagon surrounding autonomous weapons, the risks they pose, and how embedded they are in current operations already.

The AI-DOD Standoff and the Future of Autonomous Weapons at the Pentagon - BRSL Weekly Brief

On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie joins BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker for a discussion covering the recent standoff between AI companies Anthropic and O...

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As OpenAI and Anthropic’s public reputations shift around their level of cooperation with the Pentagon, Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security, and @sarahshoker.bsky.social, Senior Research Scholar at Berkeley, untangle the effects of their respective moves.

Is Congress so out of their depth that they simply can’t handle regulating AI? @sarahshoker.bsky.social thinks there is a lot of room for tech professionals to help educate them and Paul Scharre says hearings would be a good start.

The risks of artificial intelligence run amok seem apparent to many observers, Jon wonders if those risks are being considered by those on the inside of these companies. @sarahshoker.bsky.social

AI models can be trained to have different personalities. What happens when those models are used by the military? Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security, and @sarahshoker.bsky.social, Senior Research Scholar at Berkeley join Jon to discuss. New pod out now!

BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker on the Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, listen below! @goldmanschool.bsky.social

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AI models can be trained to have different personalities. What happens when those models are used by the military? Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security, and @sarahshoker.bsky.social, Senior Research Scholar at Berkeley join Jon to discuss. New pod out now!

🚨Ever wanted to know how hypersonic missiles work? Now you can! Check out our new “Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Simulator,” developed by BRSL Senior Research Scholar Dr. Cameron Tracy in partnership with Justin Ly, Anita Ding, and MIT’s Dr. David Wright: brsl.berkeley.edu/hypersonic-g...

Happening Monday: BRSL Faculty Dir. Prof. Andrew W. Reddie and Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker will be featured in a panel covering the Anthropic-DOW standoff and the future of autonomous weapons at the Pentagon. 🗓️ March 9th, 1-2pm @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social