[Link] ‘Nine Eyes’? Bill Would Look at Adding Four Countries to Intel-Sharing Pact

Read: 4/11/2021 www.defenseone.com

The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One.  Arizona Democrat Rep.

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[Link] ‘Yeah, we’re spooked’: AI starting to have big real-world impact, says expert

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A scientist who wrote a leading textbook on artificial intelligence has said experts are “spooked” by their own success in the field, comparing the advance of AI to the development of the atom bomb.

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[Link] British defence chief reveals new AUKUS security pact could expand to include other allies

Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The UK's departing Chief of the Defence Staff has signalled the new trilateral AUKUS security pact with the United States and Australia could be expanded to include other allies such as Japan.

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