Disruptive Technologies

Richard Lugar with Barack Obama in 2005 at a Russian base where mobile launch missiles were being destroyed by the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. At the time, Lugar was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Obama was a member of the committee.

Farewell to American statesman Richard Lugar

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The Kingsbury was one of the Sri Lankan hotels and churches targeted by suicide bombers on April 21. Credit: AKS.9955 via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped.

Sri Lanka blocked Facebook after the Easter bombings, but was social media really a problem?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Dealing realistically with the artificial intelligence revolution

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

The frame problem: The AI “arms race” isn’t one

By Heather M. Roff | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

China: Determined to dominate cyberspace and AI

By Chris C. Demchak | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

The possibility and risks of artificial general intelligence

By Phil Torres | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Facial recognition and the future of privacy: I always feel like … somebody’s watching me

By Brenda Leong | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Will splashy philanthropy cause the biosecurity field to focus on the wrong risks?

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity, Columnists

Malware. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Is cyberwarfare war? Insurers balk at paying for some cyberattacks

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

Why did Defense end its contract with the legendary Jason group?

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Credit: www.kremlin.ru. via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0. Cropped.

Authoritarianism? There’s an app for that

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by RodCastler. CC BY-SA 3.0

Hackers keep North Korea’s weapons program running

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading