The U.N. Gets the World to Agree on AI Safety
The United Nations on Thursday adopted a U.S.-led resolution on artificial intelligence, marking what Washington says is a major step toward establishing a global baseline...
Washington Goes All-In on a TikTok Ban
After months of dormancy, the conversation around banning TikTok in the United States has erupted, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle resoundingly endorsing...
The Bridge Builder
Sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Washington’s waterfront Wharf neighborhood in early December, as the music in the background oscillated between smooth jazz...
Everyone Wants a Chip Factory
Several times in the past two years, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has cited a version of the same statistic, almost like a mantra. ...
How China Exploited Taiwan’s Election—and What It Could Do Next
In the weeks leading up to Taiwan’s Jan. 13 presidential election, a 300-page ebook titled “The Secret History of Tsai Ing-wen” began to circulate on...
What AI Will Do to Elections
Ahead of India’s last national election in 2019, internal teams at Twitter came across a rumor spreading on the platform that the indelible ink with...
The Year Policymakers Woke Up to AI
To get a sense of the capabilities, contradictions, and chaos that have defined artificial intelligence in the past year, one only needs to look to...
What America’s Top China Commission Is Worried About
As U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping gear up for their landmark meeting in San Francisco on Wednesday—their first in a year,...
Biden Turns a Few More Screws on China’s Chip Industry
For the second year running, the United States has marked the onset of autumn with a salvo against China’s technology sector. The Biden administration on...
What a Ground Invasion Means for Israeli Hostages
Israel’s war with Hamas is set to enter its next phase, with Israeli forces preparing a possible ground operation in Gaza that could significantly change...