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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
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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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