America’s technology prowess is built on its people, but Washington is terminating many of the researchers and engineers driving U.S. progress in AI, quantum technology, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductors....
Even in its most conservative projections, AI-driven booms in electricity use are poised to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and imperative – to secure our grid against PRC cyber attacks OpenAI...
Due to Iraq’s position in the region, the armed paramilitaries increasingly present a challenge for stability.
While the White House is busy restricting trade with China, it keeps unlocking the back gate. Even as the Department of Commerce expanded export restrictions on March 26 to prevent...
An anonymous Iranian official told Reuters on April 6 that Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has instructed Iranian armed forces to be on high alert. The source also said Tehran has...
Though battlefield deployment may be a distant ambition, China’s military is putting AI into service behind the front lines. The South China Morning Post reported on March 23 that the People’s Liberation...
If Hezbollah continues to clash with the new Syrian government, this could encourage the government to lean on other extremist militias.
Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...
Chinese firms have embraced an indirect approach to competing with Silicon Valley.
The United States confronts an adversary far more technologically savvy than any of those that came before. As with the Cold War, both Washington and Beijing view dominance over science and technology...
The emergence of DeepSeek underlines a lesson to American tech companies and regulators: China has a far greater edge over the US in encouraging efficiency innovation and scalability. To maintain its competitive advantage, Washington must re-evaluate its current approach to one that goes beyond tech denial to include cost-cutting innovation at home and making friends globally.
The United States stands at a pivotal moment in the global technological race, facing an increasingly assertive China that leverages state-backed investments to dominate key industries.
Russia is increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to refine its cyber espionage and enhance attack precision, warned Western officials at the Munich Security Conference this past weekend.
Washington and its allies took a bite out of cybercrime on Tuesday in a series of coordinated steps against ransomware actors and their internet infrastructure.
In late January, FDD identified a YouTube channel, MuskTalk007, filled with AI-generated videos imitating Elon Musk that push pro-China propaganda. Since its creation on December 7, 2024, the channel has amassed almost 2 million views, garnering considerable engagement for videos that denigrate the United States and present China as technologically and economically superior.
Iran, China, and Russia all used Google’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini to accelerate their influence operations (IO), Google warned in a new report published on January 29. At...
Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland
The United States has expanded its efforts to block China’s access to cutting-edge U.S. technology. In a proposed rule introduced on January 13, the Commerce Department unveiled a series of export restrictions...
China is trying to catch up. The U.S. needs proactive development efforts and strong export controls.
Meta’s Threat Disruption Center two weeks ago exposed influence operations backed by Iran and Hezbollah that targeted Israel, taking down several accounts on the company’s Instagram and Facebook platforms....