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Defense Against the AI Dark Arts: Threat Assessment and Coalition Defense
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Defense Against the AI Dark Arts: Threat Assessment and Coalition Defense

The United States must now start working very hard with allies to secure democratic advantage in the domain of frontier AI

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By Philip Zelikow, Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Eric Schmidt, Jason Matheny
Published on Dec 4, 2024
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Philip Zelikow

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar

Distinguished Fellow

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was previously the tenth president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former justice of the Supreme Court of California, he has served three U.S. presidential administrations at the White House and in federal agencies, and was the Stanley Morrison Professor at Stanford University, where he held appointments in law, political science, and international affairs and led the university’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt is the chairman of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. Previously, he served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011.

Jason Matheny

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Philip Zelikow
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Distinguished Fellow
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt is the chairman of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. Previously, he served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011.

Eric Schmidt
Jason Matheny
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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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