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artificial intelligence

Perdix drone swarm test.

Meet the future weapon of mass destruction, the drone swarm

By Zachary Kallenborn | Disruptive Technologies

A screen shot of the AMY1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant widely used as a model organism in plant biology. (US government photo)

How to protect the world from ultra-targeted biological weapons

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology

Artificial intelligence and disruptive technology

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Examples of composite images designed to be used in disinformation campaigns. Left and Center: This anti-Widodo hashtag was added to the building through the use of a digital image-editing tool. The modification was detected by an algorithm that searches images for inconsistencies in the statistics of their pixels. Right: The CNN International logo has been added to a false news story about Widodo.

An AI early warning system to monitor online disinformation, stop violence, and protect elections

By Michael Yankoski, Tim Weninger, Walter Scheirer | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

Examples of composite images designed to be used in disinformation campaigns. Left and Center: This anti-Widodo hashtag was added to the building through the use of a digital image-editing tool. The modification was detected by an algorithm that searches images for inconsistencies in the statistics of their pixels. Right: The CNN International logo has been added to a false news story about Widodo.

An AI early warning system to monitor online disinformation, stop violence, and protect elections

By Walter Scheirer, Tim Weninger, Michael Yankoski | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Computer code on world map.

Online disinformation and emerging tech: Are democracies at risk?

By Brad Allenby | Disruptive Technologies

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Information overload: The promise and risk of quantum computing

By Lindsay Rand, Berit Goodge | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The Sycamore processor

Quantum supremacy: not a Jason Bourne movie

By | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Ulfbastel via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Digital authoritarianism and the threat to global democracy

By Justin Sherman | Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

The possibility and risks of artificial general intelligence

By Émile P. Torres | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

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

By Heather M. Roff | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Credit: Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Morio CC SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

China is rapidly developing its military AI capabilities

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