Examining the Future of AI

Artificial intelligence systems have shown impressive capabilities from generating text, code and images to playing games and folding proteins. This workstream analyzes the impacts that AI systems such as generative AI models may have on the dynamics of cyber offense and defense and on the cyber workforce. It maps the new cybersecurity opportunities and risks that may emerge as AI tools are embedded into many of the core technologies on which we rely.

Projects

Brazil’s electoral deepfake law tested as AI-generated content targeted local elections

08 19 2024

AI in Cyber and Software Security:  What’s Driving Opportunities and Risks?

by Maia Hamin, Jennifer Lin, Trey Herr

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity
Brazil’s electoral deepfake law tested as AI-generated content targeted local elections

02 15 2024

Hacking with AI

by Maia Hamin, Stewart Scott

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

The 5×5—The cybersecurity implications of artificial intelligence

Data rules for machine learning: How Europe can unlock the potential while mitigating the risks

The Cyber Statecraft Initiative, part of the Atlantic Council Tech Programs, works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tue, Nov 26, 2024

Brazil’s electoral deepfake law tested as AI-generated content targeted local elections

For the first time, Brazil held elections under new regulations prohibiting deepfakes, yet dozens of instances proliferated prior to voting

by Beatriz Farrugia

Artificial Intelligence Brazil

Mon, Nov 4, 2024

Sockpuppet network impersonating Americans and Canadians amplifies pro-Israel narratives on X

A network of accounts on X using stolen and possibly AI-generated images coordinated to engage with accounts supportive of Israel

by Ali Chenrose

Artificial Intelligence Canada

Mon, Aug 19, 2024

AI in Cyber and Software Security:  What’s Driving Opportunities and Risks?

This issue brief discusses the drivers of evolving risks and opportunities presented by generative artificial intelligence (GAI), particularly in cybersecurity, while acknowledging the broader implications for policymakers and for national security.

by Maia Hamin, Jennifer Lin, Trey Herr

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Wed, Jul 31, 2024

Lessons learned from South Africa’s 2024 elections

Independent media and civil society worked overtime to mitigate the spread of disinformation, while generative AI played only a limited role

Artificial Intelligence Democracy