Ryan Lovelace

Washington, D.C.

National Security Reporter at Washington Times

National Security Reporter @WashTimes | Author, Search and Destroy, Regnery | 2017 @NovakFellows | Formerly ALM, @dcexaminer

Articles

Anthropic unveils models for U.S. intelligence and defense agencies

3 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Anthropic said Thursday it made a custom set of models exclusively for the U.S. government, particularly those working with classified information in defense and intelligence agencies. The artificial intelligence company said it expects the government to use its Claude Gov models for intelligence analysis and threat assessment as well as operational support and strategic planning.
Plans for 'AI Fight Club' of defense, tech companies brewing in Washington

3 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Top defense and technology companies are creating new battlefield simulations generated by powerful artificial intelligence models in hopes of stopping war from breaking out around the globe.
U.S. intel agencies warn of Russian hackers targeting Western tech companies, expose tactics

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

The U.S. and allied governments said Wednesday that Russia’s military intelligence targeted technology and logistics companies, particularly those involved in the delivery of aid to Ukraine. The FBI, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were among the co-authoring agencies warning about hacks by Russia’s GRU “unit 26165,” also known as Fancy Bear.
House Republicans push to block states' new AI regulations

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

- The Washington Times - House Republicans are leading an effort to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years, as America rushes to win the race for top tech against global competition. GOP lawmakers are aiming to enact a moratorium on AI regulation as a provision in a tax and spending bill. Republicans view the measure as needed to protect innovation but Democrats fear it will put consumers in harm’s way.
Rep. Nancy Mace wants stronger penalty for voyeur spying crimes

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Rep. Nancy Mace, South Carolina Republican, said Tuesday that spies who videotape their romantic partners and others without consent should face heftier penalties. Ms. Mace said she was a victim of an ex-lover videotaping her without her approval and she showed blurred images from the offending recordings at a congressional hearing.
Congressional panel warns China running AI race better than understood

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

China is performing better in the artificial intelligence arms race than many Americans understand, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s Michael Kuiken. Mr. Kuiken, a commissioner on the congressionally chartered panel, said Monday that Americans should learn from the example of China’s DeepSeek making sudden gains in developing a powerful AI model earlier this year.
Musk plans for billions of humanoid robots, personal R2-D2s and C-3POs

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Tech mogul Elon Musk told an audience in Saudi Arabia that the world is headed for a “Star Wars”-like future, where everyone will want their own personal robot. After demonstrating his Tesla Optimus robots for President Trump and Saudi officials on Tuesday, Mr. Musk told the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum that a radically different world is on the horizon.
Trump administration halts Biden's AI rule, plans replacement policy

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

The Trump administration is undoing its predecessors’ artificial intelligence policies, as governments’ plans to regulate artificial intelligence are on shaky ground across the West. The Commerce Department on Tuesday said it would formally revoke the Biden administration’s AI diffusion rule, a regulatory framework that would have imposed new controls on chips and model weights.
New pope raises concern about AI overhaul of life on earth

1 month ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Concerns about an artificial intelligence revolution have animated the initial days of the first American pope — including how he chose the name Leo XIV. The pope told the College of Cardinals he selected the papal name Leo XIV “mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution.” He said Saturday he sees a similar challenge emerging now from AI.
Microsoft tells Congress it created ‘a new state of matter’

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ryan Lovelace

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