Elsa Kania

Jul 22, 2023 | cnas.org | Elsa Kania |David Lague |Yimou Lee |James Pomfret

Today, China has virtually cornered the global commercial drone market, accounting for an estimated 80% of sales, according to some industry estimates. This is a key advantage for the PLA, which can draw on this vast commercial drone industry for technical assistance, equipment suppliers and off-the-shelf models.

Jul 9, 2023 | cnas.org | Paul Scharre |Elsa Kania |Andrea Kendall-Taylor

In collaboration Foreign Policy Magazine, today we bring you a special bonus episode featuring Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies here at CNAS. He joins host Ravi Agrawal and the Foreign Policy Live podcast to discuss his latest book Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, his Foreign Policy cover article, and the global state of AI. We return with a new episode this Friday.

Jul 9, 2023 | cnas.org | Paul Scharre |Elsa Kania |Michael Depp |Markus Anderljung

In this paper, we focus specifically on the regulation of frontier AI models, which we define as highly capable foundation models that could have dangerous capabilities sufficient to pose severe risks to public safety and global security. Examples of such dangerous capabilities include designing new biochemical weapons, producing highly persuasive personalized disinformation, and evading human control.