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OpenAI and Anthropic try to fend off competition with new models, ideas for the U.S. AI Action Plan, and important new misalignment research | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Plus: DOD looks to accelerate software acquisition, Trump floats CHIPS repeal, White House tries to cut off maintenance of Chinese chip tools, and the confirmation hearing for new OSTP head

In this month’s newsletter, CSET's @alexfriedland.bsky.social wrapped up all the latest AI & policy news:

1️⃣ GPT-4.5 & Claude 3.7 Sonnet
2️⃣ Recapping new misalignment research
3️⃣ DOD wants to speed up software acquisition
4️⃣ AI Action Plan recs

And much more! cset.georgetown.edu/newsletter/m...

✨ NEW: How can the U.S. stay ahead in AI?

OSTP called for input on developing an “AI Action Plan.” Our response outlines the steps the U.S. should take to:

1️⃣Secure and advance its AI leadership
2️⃣Navigate competition with China
3️⃣Realize AI’s benefits and avoid its risks

The intel on Hamas attack plan was there, but IDF simply refused to believe it, probe finds Investigation into failures by Military Intelligence Directorate shows IDF received plans detailing possible attack in 2022, but considered it unlikely, viewed Sinwar as pragmatist

Couldn’t help but go through the list of intelligence failures in this article and ask: would AI have exacerbated or addressed this risk? www.timesofisrael.com/the-intel-on...

Will the Paris artificial intelligence summit set a unified approach to AI governance—or just be another conference? AI innovations and governments’ preferences can make international consensus on governance at the Paris Summit challenging.

With the government portion of the AI Action Summit next week, @minanrn.bsky.social, @miahoffmann.bsky.social and I wrote for @thebulletin.org about some key AI governance questions for the year ahead thebulletin.org/2025/02/will...

MWI Podcast: DeepSeek and the US-China AI Race - Modern War Institute On January 20, the Chinese company DeepSeek released a new AI large language model, called DeepSeek-R1. The company was only founded a little over a year earlier, and yet this model's capability was l...

.@csetgeorgetown.bsky.social's Bill Hannas and I joined the Modern War Institute's podcast to discuss what DeepSeek means for the U.S.-China AI competition. We touch on export controls and alternative pathways to advanced AI, among other topics. Check it out here:

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The hopeful part: Increase in visas for highly skilled STEM talent. H1B visas are valid for at least 3 years & have careful restrictions “to fill openings for which American workers with similar abilities cannot be found.”

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What Donald Trump’s Victory Means for AI Policy, Chips, and AI Development | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Donald Trump's first term as president coincided with the beginning of three important trends that continue to shape the AI world: the rise of transformer-based models, surging AI investment, and a mo...

Key AI policy changes ahead as noted by @alexfriedland.bsky.social:
🔹Trump pledges to scrap AI EO on day 1
🔹CHIPS Act funding being rushed ($6.6B to TSMC)
🔹Tech leaders split on the victory — Musk supports but incoming admin signals possible Big Tech scrutiny
cset.georgetown.edu/article/what...

What does Trump's win mean for AI policy, chips, and private AI development?

I tried to cut through some of the murkiness in today's policy.ai. There's still a lot we don't know, but we can get some good hints from his first term.

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Biden updates AI chip export rules to China, and OpenAI, Adobe and Google headline a big month for G... Plus: AI in the Senate — Schumer’s Forums vs. Thune and Klobuchar’s “Light Touch,” and rumors of custom chips could spell trouble for Nvidia

In this week's newsletter, @alexfriedland.bsky.social wrapped up all the latest #AI & policy news:

1️⃣ USG updates rules on AI chip exports to 🇨🇳
2️⃣ Generative AI stays hot
3️⃣ Could OpenAI dump Nvidia for custom chips?

And much more!
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