Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative

Iranian people carry a coffin of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Iran spent years building a cyber arsenal. Will it unleash that arsenal now?

Monday, January 6, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai during an event on United States 5G deployment in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC19EF413F60

Going backwards in the ‘race for 5G’

Friday, December 20, 2019

A Huawei surveillance camera is pictured at their booth at Interpol World in Singapore July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC13C8A95410

Highlights: Setting guidelines for facial recognition and law enforcement

Monday, December 9, 2019

A man walks past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC195B4D37A0

Highlights: Addressing fairness in the context of artificial intelligence

Caitlin Chin and Bhaargavi Ashok

Monday, November 18, 2019

Activists from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of non-governmental organisations opposing lethal autonomous weapons or so-called 'killer robots', stage a protest at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March, 21, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse - RC17B0F5E300

Assessing ethical AI principles in defense

Friday, November 15, 2019

Visitors check their phones behind the screen advertising facial recognition software during Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) at the National Convention in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RC1838EC3EA0

For some employment algorithms, disability discrimination by default

Thursday, October 31, 2019

A FireEye information analyst works in front of a screen showing a near real-time map tracking cyber threats at the FireEye office in Milpitas, California, December 29, 2014. FireEye is the security firm hired by Sony to investigate last month's cyberattack against Sony Pictures. Picture taken December 29. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW) - RTR4JTQC

A federal backstop for insuring against cyberattacks?

Aaron Klein and Scott R. Anderson

Friday, September 27, 2019

A promotion video shows an actor wearing LLVision facial recognition smart glasses during a demonstration at the company's office in Beijing, China February 28, 2018. Picture taken February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC14E1C100E0

What are the proper limits on police use of facial recognition?

Nila Bala and Caleb Watney

Thursday, June 20, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan - RC14B9B3C0F0

Deepfakes, social media, and the 2020 election

John Villasenor

Monday, June 3, 2019

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New Brookings report highlights potential sources of bias in algorithms

Thursday, May 30, 2019