AI & National Security
AI & National Security: Research and reports on the strategic and tactical implications of AI in defense and conflict.
Boring and Brutal: How Russia's Gamaredon Scaled Its Spear-Phishing Pipeline
Analysis of ESET's 2025 report on the Gamaredon APT group: their downloader development, infrastructure obfuscation, and strategic collaborations.
Escalating AI Warfare: Anthropic Alleges Massive Distillation Attack by Alibaba
Anthropic has accused Alibaba of launching a massive distillation attack against Claude, using 25,000 accounts to scrape agentic behavior and software engineering capabilities.
Lethal Automations: A Controversial Battlefield Trial of Fully Autonomous Drones in Ukraine Marks a New Era of AI Warfare
A reported battlefield trial in Ukraine involving fully autonomous drones targeting Russian troops without a human in the loop raises critical ethical and policy questions, even as AI integration remains mostly partial and focused on navigation and target recognition.
Taiwan Boosts Drone Defense with AeroVironment Partnership
Learn how Taiwan’s Ubiqconn Technology and AeroVironment are partnering to build a unified software-driven controller ecosystem for Taiwan’s indigenous drone fleet. Explore more on AI & National Security.
AeroVironment and Ubiqconn Team Up on Common Drone Control System for Taiwan
U.S. defense technology leader AeroVironment partners with Taiwanese aerospace company Ubiqconn Technology to develop a common UAV controller for Taiwan's indigenous uncrewed systems program, providing Kinesis command-and-control software and hardware integration.
Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers
A Ukrainian drone maker revealed that fully autonomous drones killed Russian soldiers during a battlefield test two years ago—a milestone in military AI with significant implications for international humanitarian law and the future of autonomous warfare.
Donald Trump G7 Summit: Iran Deal Promotions and Shifting Focus to Ukraine
Analysis of Donald Trump's G7 summit appearance highlighting his Iran deal achievements and potential pivot toward Ukraine policy, as discussed in WSJ coverage.
The $1 Trillion Startup Warns: AI Models Nearing Capability to Improve Without Human Oversight
Anthropic raises alarm over frontier AI systems developing self-improvement capabilities, urging global pause and international cooperation on AI governance.
Diffusion Gemma: Exploring the Intersection of Diffusion Models and Google's Gemma Architecture
Explore the convergence of diffusion models and Google's Gemma architecture in this comprehensive guide to multimodal AI systems, including PaliGemma, Stable Diffusion, and emerging hybrid architectures
Anthropic Dispatches Staff to D.C. Amid US Export Control on Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Models
Anthropic suspends Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access after US government issues export control directive. Learn about the Red Team's findings, defense-in-depth strategy, and Washington D.C. negotiation mission.
AH-64 Apache Downed by $35,000 Shahed Drone Near Strait of Hormuz - Asymmetric Warfare Analysis
An Iranian Shahed drone struck a US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, downing the $25 million aircraft. The incident raises critical questions about asymmetric warfare capabilities and whether Iran has acquired Russian-modified drones capable of tracking moving targets.
AI Arms and Influence: Frontier Models Exhibit Sophisticated Reasoning in Simulated Nuclear Crises
A groundbreaking study by Kenneth Payne (arXiv:2602.14740) reveals that leading AI models (GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, Gemini 3 Flash) exhibit sophisticated strategic reasoning in simulated nuclear conflicts, including spontaneous deception and theory of mind — challenging traditional deterrence theories.