One point I want to stress from my @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social colleagues' new report today on PLA AI procurement (cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...): Internal security is #1. Read about the AI systems China is buying to surveil its own population and to track its soldiers' activity online.

China’s Military AI Wish List | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

This report examines thousands of Chinese-language open-source requests for proposal (RFPs) published by the People’s Liberation Army between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. The RFPs the autho...

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OK, counterpoint alert: I've just spent a profitable 20 minutes chatting with GPT-4.5 in Catalan, where it has corrected my errors, explained things and gave me a quiz. It's certainly not "PhD-level" but it was *great*. It's the kind of use case these things are really for.

Dario Amodei has an important op-ed in the NYT today about the proposed 10-year moratorium on states regulating AI. The moratorium sounds reasonable at first - avoiding a patchwork of state laws - but it's actually quite dangerous given how fast AI is moving. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o... 1/6

Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook

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Just got this from my mom. My work here is done.

For those looking to use LLMs to summarize scientific (in this case medical) papers: "LLM summaries were twice as likely to contain generalized conclusions compared to the original abstracts, indicating an algorithmic overgeneralization tendency." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research

Artificial intelligence chatbots driven by large language models (LLMs) have the potential to increase public science literacy and support scientific research, as they can quickly summarize complex sc...

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In 1968, U.S. soldiers massacred hundreds of civilians in My Lai, Vietnam. The killing was interrupted by helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr. If pilots are to be replaced by AI, then we should ask, could AI on a drone do the same in a future war?

Wrote a thing on value-based choices when deploying AI. It's based on a military situation (a sci-fi version of the My Lai massacre) but I can't help but think this is a problem lots of leaders will face in more subtle, and less stressful, ways.

CSET@csetgeorgetown.bsky.social · last yr.

As military AI evolves, ethical dilemmas grow. Should drones merely inform soldiers, coach decisions, or enforce rules of war directly? Read the new piece by Minji Jang & CSET's @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, out today in @warontherocks.bsky.social 👇

As military AI evolves, ethical dilemmas grow. Should drones merely inform soldiers, coach decisions, or enforce rules of war directly? Read the new piece by Minji Jang & CSET's @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, out today in @warontherocks.bsky.social 👇

War on the Rocks@warontherocks.bsky.social · last yr.

AI on the battlefield isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about ethics and agency. warontherocks.com/20...

Bradford G. Smith’s case highlights key issues about the prospect that brain implants and AI will one day merge. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/07/1...

This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI

A patient who types with his brain thanks to a Neuralink implant is using AI chatbots to speed things up.

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Great article by the one and only @stephbatalis.bsky.social www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

America’s response to measles is eroding its ability to deter biological attacks

The rising death toll for a preventable disease reveals just how ill-prepared the country is to handle a malicious bioweapon.

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Erwin Chemerinsky and @tribelaw.bsky.social: We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago (Gift Article)

Trump is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.

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I'm super excited to see our #CSET report on **AI-enabled military decision support systems** being released today! Great work by @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, @hlntnr.bsky.social, and Matthew Burtell!

CSET@csetgeorgetown.bsky.social · last yr.

⭐️New Report⭐️ Using AI to make military decisions? CSET’s @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, @hlntnr.bsky.social, Matthew Burtell, and @timrudner.bsky.social analyze the advantages and risks of AI for military decisionmaking. cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

⭐️New Report⭐️ Using AI to make military decisions? CSET’s @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, @hlntnr.bsky.social, Matthew Burtell, and @timrudner.bsky.social analyze the advantages and risks of AI for military decisionmaking. cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

AI for Military Decision-Making | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Artificial intelligence is reshaping military decision-making. This concise overview explores how AI-enabled systems can enhance situational awareness and accelerate critical operational decisions—eve...

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There are plenty of technical & financial hurdles to defense against “ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks” #GoldenDome. But one thing is very different from Reagan’s days: the commercial space industry. A story in @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social charts: 🧵

In this month’s newsletter, CSET's @alexfriedland.bsky.social wrapped up all the latest AI & policy news: 1️⃣ GPT-4.5 & Claude 3.7 Sonnet 2️⃣ Recapping new misalignment research 3️⃣ DOD wants to speed up software acquisition 4️⃣ AI Action Plan recs And much more! cset.georgetown.edu/newsletter/m...

OpenAI and Anthropic try to fend off competition with new models, ideas for the U.S. AI Action Plan, and important new misalignment research | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Plus: DOD looks to accelerate software acquisition, Trump floats CHIPS repeal, White House tries to cut off maintenance of Chinese chip tools, and the confirmation hearing for new OSTP head

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The future of AI leadership requires thoughtful policy. @CSETGeorgetown just submitted our response to @NSF's RFI on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan. Here's what we recommend: 🧵[1/]

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Had fun chatting with Gen. Tim Haugh (US CYBERCOM/NSA about military applications of AI in Austin this Friday. Video ICYMI. www.youtube.com/live/yIMRxOg...

Joint Disruptive Defense (March 7)

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Check out the latest from @sambresnick.bsky.social and @colemcfaul.bsky.social on how “good enough” Chinese tech could come to dominate exquisite US tech in global adoption of AI www.barrons.com/articles/dee...

Chinese AI Is Following a Familiar Playbook. U.S. Firms Should Worry.

DeekSeek is following a trail blazed by Chinese companies such as Huawei, Sam Bresnick and Cole McFaul write in a guest commentary.

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Getting into the nitty gritty of energy and compute constraints for drones using AI in conflict arxiv.org/abs/2502.15737

A Performance Analysis of You Only Look Once Models for Deployment on Constrained Computational Edge Devices in Drone Applications

Advancements in embedded systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have enhanced the capabilities of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) in computer vision. However, the integration of AI techniques o-nb...

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Couldn’t help but go through the list of intelligence failures in this article and ask: would AI have exacerbated or addressed this risk? www.timesofisrael.com/the-intel-on...

The intel on Hamas attack plan was there, but IDF simply refused to believe it, probe finds

Investigation into failures by Military Intelligence Directorate shows IDF received plans detailing possible attack in 2022, but considered it unlikely, viewed Sinwar as pragmatist

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Re-upping CSET's report on the space launch industry in light of the @washingtonpost.com article on government contracts for Tesla and SpaceX. Bottom line: USG funding is critical to the industry, & the market is concentrated (5 of every 6 launches are by SpaceX) cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

Shaping the U.S. Space Launch Market | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

The United States leads the world in space launch by nearly every measure: number of launches, total mass to orbit, satellite count, and more. SpaceX’s emergence has provided regular, reliable, and re...

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Timely webinar today: cset.georgetown.edu/event/how-th...

How the U.S. Government Hires, Uses, and Pays for AI Tools and Talent | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

On February 24, join CSET, the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, and Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy for a discussion on the federal government's procurement and us...

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What is the indirect rate for research grants from the private sector? I saw a few pharma companies are around 25%. I also saw a few big tech companies advertising between 0 and 5%. I get that the infrastructure needs may be different depending on the research but 5% and below seems cheap...

Good explanation of how the ways we discuss AI (i.e. "AGI" and vague goals) impede progress towards creating AI that benefits humanity. Reminded me of what I call AI's Inigo Montoya problem: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" Bravo @borhane.bsky.social

Borhane Blili-Hamelin@borhane.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m thrilled to share new work arguing that the research community should stop treating AGI as a North-Star goal! Debates about AGI miss the forest for the trees. 🧵

‼️”there are only so many times that I can say that these systems are amazing, but get things wrong all the time in ways that matter, and so the best uses cases so far are things where the error rate doesn’t matter or where it’s easy to see.”‼️ www.ben-evans.com/benedictevan...

The Deep Research problem — Benedict Evans

OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.

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Seeing news like this makes me so grateful for @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social and our @usspaceforce.bsky.social fellows, who have been publishing on space topics for the past several year. 1/3 www.airandspaceforces.com/ussf-victus-...

USSF Awards Launch for Tactically Responsive Space Mission

The Space Force announced a $21 million contract with Firefly Aerospace to launch Victus Sol, its latest Tactically Responsive Space mission.

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Book fact: After a revolt at the silver mines in Joachimsthal in 1525, the mine investors agreed to end the truck system, allowed extra shifts, and pay wages in good, full-silver pennies, minted on site. In return, the miners had to stop getting drunk and exposing themselves in town.

Fun, quick reminder of AI’s current limitations chiraaggohel.com/posts/llms-e... h/t @igormt-cset.bsky.social

UK published a government efficiency review and a plan to leverage AI for digital services, including digital drivers licenses. Would be nice to see digital passports too! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Digital driving licence coming this year

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences, alongside reforms to public sector technology to save £45 billion an...

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