Artificial Intelligence (AI)

From AI federalism and autonomous cyber operations to intensifying U.S.-China competition, we asked leading experts to identify key trends in the year ahead.

Policymakers and industry must ensure that organizations have access to fit-for-purpose cyber defenses and take steps to manage the proliferation of AI capabilities.

What stories or topics merited more attention in 2025, and which might inform law and policy conversations in 2026?

Facing the challenge from China, U.S. technological leadership in the century ahead requires a focused and disciplined strategy coordinated with allies.

Just Security's collection of articles analyzing the implications of AI for society, democracy, human rights, and warfare.

The conversation about AI and national security must expand beyond semiconductors and model weights to encompass the outputs those technologies enable.

Stakeholders must creatively leverage existing legal and normative tools to ensure AI agents serve humanity — not destabilize it.

A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.

In its Tech Prosperity Deal with the US, the United Kingdom may be trading its sovereignty for dependence on American tech firms.

Generative AI is being integrated across the federal workplace, but efficiency gains risk weakening national security professionals’ critical thinking and judgment.

The Senator joins Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of national security and foreign policy.

The U.S.-China AI rivalry raises urgent questions for global stability, intensifying fragmentation, chip chokepoints and global AI governance.