Divyansh Kaushik

@dkaushik
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Science & Tech Policy Fellow at Federation of American Scientists and PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon doing ML & emerging tech+natsec policy. Good at puns. He/him.
Twitter@dkaushik96
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I asked ChatGPT how to build a dirty bomb, and it gave me step-by-step instructions.

As AI chatbots mature, could they be tricked into doing harm? And how can we prevent this?

See my piece in @[email protected], with illuminating insights from @[email protected] 👇
https://outrider.org/nuclear-weapons/articles/could-chatbot-teach-you-how-build-dirty-bomb

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mattkorda/status/1620143199301042178

Could a Chatbot Teach You How to Build a Dirty Bomb?

New artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT raise troubling questions about nuclear security. And chatbots can be fooled.

Outrider
Huge props to the @[email protected]/@CommerceGov staff that worked on getting this done. Great step towards using ML in agriculture, healthcare, electric grid, and more to better serve all people.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/white-house-european-commission-launch-first-of-its-kind-ai-agreement-2023-01-27/
U.S. and EU to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement

The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid.

Reuters
Britain calls for AUKUS expansion

Britain has called for an overseeing body similar to NATO to ensure security in the Indo-Pacific. The chair of the UK's defence select committee has suggested the AUKUS agreement, a trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the US that would expand to include India and Japan.

skynews

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What's new: snazzy new Visa Limbo site tracking wait times from @[email protected] 👉http://www.visalimbo.org

What's old: Colombians, Peruvians, Indians, Nigerians & many others waiting more than a year just to get a US consulate appointment.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/toddjmoss/status/1619058956441358336

Visa Limbo

Wait times have exploded, disrupting lives, hurting the economy, and threatening US foreign policy.

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We’re launching a brand new fellowship program – New Voices on Nuclear Weapons – to bring in the next generation of nonproliferation believers, dreamers, and achievers.

Learn more + apply ➡️ https://fas.org/issues/national-security/nvnw-fellowship/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FAScientists/status/1618659805534785537

New Voices on Nuclear Weapons Fellowship

We're launching the NEW VOICES ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS FELLOWSHIP to empower young, creative innovators to jumpstart their careers and make their mark in nuclear deterrence.

Federation Of American Scientists

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Democratizing access to the cyberinfrastructure that fuels #AI research & development will enable America’s diverse AI researchers to participate in exploring innovative ideas for advancing AI, including in traditionally underserved communities & regions. http://bit.ly/NSF-led-NAIRR https://twitter.com/WHOSTP/status/1617967875838410752

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NSFDrPanch/status/1617984951248650241

NSF-led National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force Releases Final Report

Today, the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force released its final report, a roadmap for standing up a national research…

NSF - National Science Foundation

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Only 1% of US exports to China are export controlled. Only 1-2% of PRC scholars are impacted by increased visa scrutiny. Yet, arguments that “US is engaged in decoupling” still deserve tweet threads, apparently. https://twitter.com/paul_scharre/status/1617576132777328673

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Landonheid/status/1617705330045222912

Paul Scharre on Twitter

“The United States has been on a steady path towards selectively decoupling U.S.-China tech ties. That's a mistake. Decoupling alone will not secure U.S. interests. [THREAD]”

Twitter
Why in 2023 am I still reviewing papers that start their introduction with how recent advances in deep learning have revolutionized ML and NLP…?

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Listen to FAS's @[email protected] interview Rep
@[email protected] in this episode of #ChinaTalk podcast for insightful conversation on industrial policy, the Select Committee on CCP chaired by @[email protected] , reforming STEM immigration, regional innovation & more: https://spoti.fi/3ZL4Owt.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FAScientists/status/1616523401195302912

Rep. Ro Khanna on AI, the China Committee, and Industrial Policy

Listen to this episode from ChinaTalk on Spotify. In 2023, ChinaTalk is going to Congress! First up in our series is Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat who represents Silicon Valley. We get into: What he hopes the China Committee can accomplish Why ChatGPT let him down What an effective industrial policy looks like Also, I'm hosting a ChinaTalk meetup in DC next week! RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/Zni1rBY3PFhy6WYFm2VK? Outtro music: Bruce Springsteen, My Hometown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp8WoRg Cover Art: I gave midjourney a Miro and told it "US capitol supply chain" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spotify

Earlier this week, I wrote in @[email protected] about the new Select Committee and how @[email protected] could lead it to succeed in a bipartisan manner!

Glad to see Rep. @[email protected] also point to some of the same issues in this podcast.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/divyanshkaushik/2023/01/17/congress-recognizes-the-important-role-for-strategic-competition-with-the-chinese-communist-party/?sh=67bc15dc1983

Congress Recognizes The Importance Of Strategic Competition With The Chinese Communist Party

The newly established House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party holds crucial responsibility in addressing the challenges posed by the CCP. Here's how Chair Mike Gallagher can lead the committee to success.

Forbes