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Oct 24, 2024 | 
rand.org | Douglas Yeung
SpaceX's impressive launch capabilities—demonstrated most recently by its Falcon 9 rocket, Europa Clipper, and recovery of the Starship rocket booster—have become integral to supporting key objectives of the U.S. military.
The Pentagon hopes that Starshield satellites launched by SpaceX could drastically improve connectivity in remote environments. Networked satellites from Starlink—a SpaceX subsidiary—could help the military spot targets anywhere in the world.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
msn.com | Douglas Yeung
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
oklahoman.com | Douglas Yeung
SpaceX has taken unpredictable actions that could impact geopolitical events, raising national security concerns that a key defense contractor could be manipulated by Musk's impulses. Show Caption Hide Caption See SpaceX's historic Super Heavy booster catchThe SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test was a success, and included a historic landing for the Super Heavy booster.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
rand.org | Douglas Yeung |Lu Dong
The most recent hate against Haitian Americans feels depressingly familiar: rumors and lies, amplified online and by prominent leaders, invoke racist tropes and incite violence. Already, bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio, have forced schools and city buildings to close. An entire community fears that its most vulnerable members—immigrants and children—will fall victim. As researchers who study the effects of anti-Asian hate, we've seen this all before.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Douglas Yeung |Lu Dong
The most recent hate against Haitian Americans feels depressingly familiar: rumors and lies, amplified online and by prominent leaders, invoke racist tropes and incite violence. Already, bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio, have forced schools and city buildings to close. An entire community fears that its most vulnerable members ‒ immigrants and children ‒ will fall victim. As researchers who study the effects of anti-Asian hate, we’ve seen this all before.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
rand.org | Benjamin Adam Boudreaux |Douglas Yeung
The explosive growth of AI tools exposes a new frontier of threats and opportunities for the United States. In this Policy Lab, RAND's Douglas Yeung and Benjamin Boudreaux will discuss how the Department of Homeland Security uses AI, public perceptions about these applications, and how AI impacts the homeland security enterprise more broadly. Please register online to attend. Contact [email protected] with questions about the event.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
rand.org | Douglas Yeung
It could save us or it could kill us. That's what many of the top technologists in the world believe about the future of artificial intelligence. This is why companies like OpenAI emphasize their dedication to seemingly conflicting goals: accelerating technological progress as rapidly—but also as safely—as possible. It's a laudable intention, but not one of these many companies seems to be succeeding. Take OpenAI, for example.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
rand.org | Douglas Yeung
This commentary originally appeared on San Francisco Chronicle on April 23, 2024. Imagine trying to convince someone that you are, in fact, you. Do you offer to compare your face to your driver's license photo? Or, tell them something only you would know, like the name of your first crush?
Handing over identifying information to get something of value is a trade most of us have made throughout our lives.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
rand.org | Douglas Yeung |Benjamin Adam Boudreaux
Americans have been concerned about tech-enabled government surveillance for as long as they have known about it. Now in the age of artificial intelligence, and with the announcement by the Department of Homeland Security this week that it is embracing the technology, that concern isn't going away anytime soon.
But federal agencies could mitigate some of that fear. How? By engaging the public.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
rand.org | Douglas Yeung
Like many, I've recently been using social media to follow the war in the Middle East. As a habit, following news like this makes a certain amount of sense—social media has often been one of the better sources for breaking information on emerging crises. Many aspects of this war are unique, but what is increasingly common is that my social media feeds, along with those of many others, are populated with extremely graphic images, many of which, having seen them, I fervently wished I could unsee.
