Intelligence, Surveillance, and Privacy

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Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon

New research finds that we can now no longer trust our eyes and ears to reliably distinguish between real and AI-generated images, audio, and video. What does this mean in a world where the weaponization of synthetic media is becoming increasingly prevalent?

Brief by Di Cooke, Abigail Edwards, Alexis Day, Devi Nair, Sophia Barkoff, and Katie Kelly — November 1, 2024

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Senior Vice President; Pritzker Chair; and Director, Strategic Technologies Program
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Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program
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Director, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program
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Suzanne Spaulding

Director, Defending Democratic Institutions, and Senior Adviser, Homeland Security, Defense and Security Department

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The Digital Dispatch

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Privacy and AI

In the third episode of the Digital Dispatch, Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and Jim Lewis analyze the recent activity on Capitol Hill around privacy legislation and AI.

Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and James Andrew Lewis — July 25, 2024

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Audio Briefs

Protecting Data Privacy as a Baseline for Responsible AI

An audio version of “Protecting Data Privacy as a Baseline for Responsible AI,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Caitlin Chin-Rothmann. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann — July 23, 2024

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Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast

The Murky World of Deepfakes

In her aptly named scientific study, “As Good as A Coin Toss,” Horizon Fellow Di Cooke joins Dr. Kathleen McInnis to walk through the murky world of deepfakes and the countermeasures that should be prioritized to mitigate the dangers posed by weaponized synthetic media.

Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and Di Cooke — May 15, 2024

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The AI Policy Podcast

AI 2024 Outlook

On this episode of the AI Policy Podcast, we discuss our outlook for AI in 2024.  

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen and H. Andrew Schwartz — January 23, 2024

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Inside Cyber Diplomacy

2022 in Review

Jim Lewis and Chris Painter review the evolution of cyber in 2022.

Podcast Episode by James Andrew Lewis and Christopher Painter — January 19, 2023

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Pekingology

Surveillance State

Josh Chin and Liza Lin, reporters at the Wall Street Journal, discuss their new book, Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — September 16, 2022

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