As we highlighted during the G7 Summit in Japan in May 2023, Japan plans to challenge China with rare earth metal extraction from seabed by 2024. Geography and geopolitics matter when it comes to …
“We Have No Moat”: Tracking the Exponential Growth of Open Source LLM Performance (Latency and Throughout)
Like the Unix, Solaris, Irix, AIX Open Source operating systems that became the Linux-led open source operating system and the broader open source software movement (over a 30 to 40 year time period) …
Homeland Security Startup Studio: Converge 2023 – Presenting Companies and Finalists with Keynote Remarks by CISA’s Jen Easterly
The Homeland Security Startup Studio (HSSS) hosted the hybrid Converge event on July 10 from 1-5 p.m. EST. This culminating event of the 2023 cohort showcased the program finalists’ pitches for the …
The Silicon Valley Defense Group “NatSec 100”
The SVDG recently introduced the inaugural version of the NatSec100, a "newly developed, annual ranked list of the top venture-funded defense and dual-use startups. It was developed to offer a …
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Deep Fakes and National Security
"In 2024, one billion people around the world will go to the polls for national elections. From the US presidential election in 2024 to the war in Ukraine, we’re entering the era of deepfake …
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer – One Year In
Margie Palmieri, DoD Deputy CDAO, will be in a fireside chat format with Jim Mitre from the RAND Corporation on the standing up of the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer …
CISO receives Wells Notice From The SEC: What corporate directors should know and do
SolarWinds, the enterprise technology company made famous after suffering a nation state directed cyber attack in 2020, has been served notice by the SEC that further action is coming. Not only …
Real DoD Traction on Rapid Acquisition, Overhauling Procurement and Commercial Tech Innovation – Including $1B for the Defense Innovation Unit
As recently as a couple of weeks ago, we described recent statements by an official in the DoD Chief Information Office (CIO) - about the potential for a “faster, secure pipeline” for commercial SMBs …
Is it Time for an “AI NTSB”? The Artificial Intelligence Incident Database May Already Foot the Bill
The release and success of ChatGPT have thrown policymakers into a frenzy of AI regulatory activity. Meanwhile, as with privacy and crypto regulation, the EU is setting the global standard with the …
The YouBase Case Study: Managing Genetic and Health Data on the Blockchain
Opportunities for advantage will be created by the exponential disruption of the industrial base (including that of defense) coupled with exponential biotechnology innovation to build the bioeconomy …
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