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US to unveil AI national security memo to avoid China’s ‘strategic surprise’ and cut risks


American official says other countries are modernising military and intelligence through AI, pushing the US to ‘maintain our competitive edge’.

It bans the use of AI to unlawfully suppress free speech or legal counsel, and in important decisions about nuclear weapons and military action. The document also calls for steps to improve the security and diversity of chip supply chains as the US develops the next generation of government supercomputers and other advanced technologies. During a background briefing on Wednesday, a senior official stressed that if national security agencies did not adopt AI technologies in “ways that align with our values”, the US would be at “risk of a strategic surprise by our rivals, such as China”.

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