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National Machine Intelligence Strategy for the United States Report: Keynotes

A report, National Machine Intelligence Strategy for the United States, released in March 2018 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and underwritten by Booz Allen Hamilton makes the case for a comprehensive U.S. framework for maintaining leadership while ensuring responsible development of machine intelligence. We analysed it and prepared a brief summary of the most interesting thoughts and insights.

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The U.S Military’s Greatest Fear: China’s Progress on AI

China’s rise as an artificial intelligence superpower can potentially destroy the U.S military by 2030, according to the report ‘Battlefield Singularity: Artificial Revolution, and China’s Future Military Power’, published by the Washington-based Center for a New American Security. It looks disturbing, taking into account China’s military thinking and progress on AI. The country’s pursuing advances in disruptive AI military applications and transforming itself from today’s informatised warfare to intelligentised warfare. The result will be the start of a major shift of China’s strategic approach and the goal is to become the world’s AI superpower by 2030.

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Foreign Investors Will Face Tougher Security Reviews

In the beginning of November House, Republican lawmakers introduced legislation that will affect foreign investors, seeking to buy U.S. companies. They will face higher hurdles for winning regulatory approval under new legislation and will be obliged to follow additional criteria to weigh the security threats of deals. Experts suggest that this is due to toughening of national security and warnings of a mass spree of Chinese deals in the U.S. economy. China has been a tricky partner for the United States, offering both large opportunities for collaboration and partnership and a minefield of security risks.

The bill urged for closer vetting by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, “strengthens and modernizes The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to give the government the necessary tools to better track and evaluate Chinese investment, according to the Republican Representative Robert Pittenger of North Carolina. Increased level of Chinese investment is targeting critical U.S. infrastructure and disrupt defense supply chain requirements, lawmakers believe. Continue reading “Foreign Investors Will Face Tougher Security Reviews”