Emerging technology

When the consequences of one corporate decision can compromise the world’s digital infrastructure, industry self-governance is not enough.

The United States is underinvesting in a key piece of public cyber infrastructure that many depend on to stay secure.

AI governance in Africa is reproducing extraction dynamics at a continental scale through the guise of development.

How the UN Security Council governs emerging technologies amid rising terrorist threats, balancing innovation, security, and human rights.

Ensuring algorithms recognize protected emblems is an achievable first step to protect civilians and prevent future AI-enabled tragedies.

The U.S. government should respond to Chinese AI adversarial distillation attacks with a layered set of established legal authorities.

The 9th U.N. Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy should insist that AI-enabled counterterrorism policies and practices demonstrably comply with international law.

The White House's National AI Policy Framework asks Congress to shut down the only governments that are regulating AI, in exchange for a federal regime that would not.

The Iran War and the public rupture between DoD and Anthropic point to a fundamental imbalance in current military AI.

The real test will be whether clearer policy guidance, legal authorities, and institutional structures follow the Trump administration's Cyber Strategy for America.

Stakeholders have a narrowing window to shape what comes next with highly autonomous cyber-capable AI agents—before capabilities increase further and incentives harden.

Like plastic, AI is permeating every corner of life. But there is still time to manage AI better than we did with synthetics.