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Yesterday, in a clear "escalation of U.S. efforts," a high-profile Harvard prof was arrested for failing to disclose his affiliation with China’s Thousand Talents program. Likely more to come. If you want to go deeper, here’s what I recommend. [*thread*] on.wsj.com/2U6T4Vx

Stay clear of Coronavirus. Drink Dos Equis. - Dad 🤔

In line with the agency’s request and the recommendation in our PPML paper, National Institute of Standards and Technology received an add’l $8m for AI research in the final FY20 approps. Details: aip.org/fyi/2020/final… PPML Paper: dayoneproject.org/protectingpriv…

In school I often missed a good explanation WHY to study a particular subject or discipline. How would you do a prep talk for your or any field? Why is X relevant to our current world and lives? What cool things do people DO or have done with X? #subjectpreptalk

#AIES2020 keynote Prof Gina Neff : “Society fears the AI of the future, but is not ready for the AI of today.”

The U.S. has a number of strengths in AI, but they are not a given. Andrew Imbrie, Elsa B. Kania & Lorand Laskai provide recommendations for securing and enhancing these strengths in CSET’s latest report. Don’t miss it: bit.ly/2NSpIX0

Where are U.S. companies conducting AI R&D around the world? 🌎 My report, written in my former capacity at CSET, maps this out.

Many factors influence where U.S. tech multinational corporations decide to conduct their global #AI #research and #development. Roxanne Heston and Remco Zwetsloot explain where these companies conduct AI R&D, and why they select particular locations: cset.georgetown.edu/research/mappi…

When the #NSCAI was established in 2018, CSET was still more than a year away from publishing its first report. When National Security Commission on AI published its final report this week, it cited ***21*** different CSET publications. nscai.gov/2021-final-rep…

Thanks for the shoutout, Ryan Fedasiuk ! Needless to say, Ryan is a prolific AI policy expert himself.

I tried half a dozen voice to text software products and Wispr Flow crushes the competition. The name is right; it actually works when whispering wisprflow.ai/waitlist?ROXAN… (Not a paid promo. Just a fan.)