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Nov 11, 2024 | 
techpolicy.press | William Burns
A recent article on Tech Policy Press by Kristina Fort made the case for the European Union to dedicate “more focus to the external dimensions of AI and its role in the international context” in order “to ensure that its values and opinions are reflected in the discussions surrounding AI more broadly.”But what values and opinions will the EU project internationally? Already, unpromising signs are emerging from its vaunted AI Act.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
slguardian.org | William Burns |Richard Moore
Editorial Note: This article, originally published in the Financial Times, features insights from Bill Burns, Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, and Richard Moore, Chief of the UK Secret Intelligence Service. Two years ago, we celebrated 75 years of partnership; 75 years since the CIA was founded in 1947.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
techpolicy.press | William Burns
Governments often talk about restricting access to silicon chips and, in the case of the United States, some have even enacted laws to do so. But very few people, besides industry experts, talk about the details of the chips. Chips are treated in policy circles as if they are black boxes, unfathomable to mortals. The workings of chips are certainly microscopic and outside the view of the naked eye.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
dialnet.unirioja.es | William Burns
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | William Burns
For as long as countries have kept secrets from one another, they have tried to steal them from one another. Espionage has been and will remain an integral part of statecraft, even as its techniques continually evolve. America’s first spies spent the Revolutionary War using ciphers, clandestine courier networks, and invisible ink to correspond with each other and their foreign allies. In World War II, the emerging field of signals intelligence helped uncover Japanese war plans.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
russiamatters.org | Sam Bendett |Mikael Pir-Budagyan |William Burns |Simon Saradzhyan
July 20, 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a significant asset in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Specifically, it has become a key data analysis tool that helps operators and warfighters make sense of the growing volume and amount of information generated by numerous systems, weapons and soldiers in the field.
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Jul 2, 2023 | 
slguardian.org | William Burns
The following essay is based on the 59th Ditchley annual lecture delivered by the author as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William J BurnsI must admit that my memory of the conference itself is hazy, but the effect it had on me was profound. It gave me an enduring appreciation of the power and purpose of the Transatlantic Alliance, and of the particular significance of Anglo-American partnership.
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Jul 1, 2023 | 
russiamatters.org | William Burns |Mikael Pir-Budagyan |Simon Saradzhyan |Ho-Chun Herbert Chang
Good afternoon. And thanks so much for that kind introduction, and for welcoming back to Ditchley. I first came here in 1979, as a young and unformed Marshall Scholar at Oxford, with just enough cash to rent a black tie for the formal conference dinner and buy a bus ticket. I must admit that my memory of the conference itself is hazy, but the effect it had on me was profound.
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May 13, 2023 | 
nhregister.com | William Burns
The current estate tax exemption amount is $12.92 million per person, or $25.84 million per married couple. This means that individuals with estates valued below this amount do not have to pay any federal estate tax. However, estates valued above this amount are subject to a tax rate of up to 40 percent. The increased exemptions are set to remain in place until December 31, 2025. After that the exemption will revert to $5 million plus an adjustment for inflation.
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Apr 30, 2023 | 
healthimpactnews.com | William Burns
Print This Post CIA Director William Burns Met with Jeffrey Epstein According to Epstein’s Private Calendar Comments by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News In one of the most explosive revelations yet about the people who associated with and did business with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that a trove of previously unpublished documents, which allegedly includes Epstein’s private calendar, reveals many people in positions of high...
