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Military AI: World needs to step back from militarisation of AI and big economies need to lead the way on this The Financial Express © Provided by The Financial Express One of the biggest examples of this the Cold War pursuit of nuclear weapons and how this has led to even nations like North Korea acquiring nuclear capability. In an article in Nature, Denise Garcia, a professor at the Northeaster University in Massachusetts, the US, calls for the worlds attention to focus on ...

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Washington’s tech industry hasn’t been immune to the pandemic. Companies such as the IT giant DXC and the event-organizing platform Cvent cut jobs amid the slowdown. But some, including the hot cloud-computing company Appian, committed to hundreds of new hires. Indeed, plenty of other good business news came from Washingtonian’s Tech Titans during the past year. Our 2021 winners—who were selected through both reporting and an informal process of nominations from their peers—managed to...

Having joined the WTO, many Western countries expected China to soon liberalise and become an open market economy. This second in a series of three columns describes how China has been able to shrug off pressures to change its economic structure and trading strategy, particularly regarding how its state-owned enterprises operate within the multilateral system.

A closer read of embedded clues in China’s political communications reveals caution and insecurity.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Source: Getty Summary:  Russia has long struggled to overcome its inability to retain talent for homegrown innovation and R&D. As a result, Russia’s global activism leans heavily on tried-and-true tactics. Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! Summary How will the Kremlin’s tool kit evolve as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deepfake forgeries become more wi...

Washington’s role and responsibility in Chad Swearing-in ceremony of President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad in August 2016. (Flickr/Paul Kagame) The surprise death last week in Chad of long-time strongman Idriss Déby casts the country and the wider region into a period of deep uncertainty. While perhaps of little thought to most Americans, Chad, three times the size of the state of California, sits at the crossroads of most major conflicts in Africa where the United States currently has a secur...

POLITICO Get the Global Translations newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. IS IT BIRD? IS IT A PLANE CRASH? NO, IT’S SUPER LEAGUE The spectacular collapse of the two-day-old Super League isn’t a story about Eu...

Strengthening the process of choosing the police chief Updated: Updated: April 22, 2021 07:46 IST A balance needs to be struck between the government’s legitimate role and the police chief’s operational autonomy Share Article AAA A balance needs to be struck between the government’s legitimate role and the police chief’s operational autonomy Recent developments in the Mumbai Police which resulted in the removal of Param Bir Singh from the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s post focus the ...

Tech giant Eric Schmidt warns China is catching up to U.S. in AI April 21, 2021 / 6:00 AM / CBS News In this episode of "Intelligence Matters," National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Chair and Former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt joins Michael Morell to discuss the importance of investing in artificial intelligence as a national security priority. Schmidt believes China is likely to catch up to the U.S. in a few years in its artificial intelligence capabilities. He outlines ...