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News Roundup: Iran, European Rearmament, and Semiconductors - BRSL Weekly Brief This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, we're diving into three separate--yet deeply interconnected--topics: the ongoing Iran war, European pushes for rearmament, and worldwide semiconductor chip shortage...

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🎙️ New BRSL podcast episode! This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief we're diving into three separate, yet deeply interconnected, topics: the ongoing Iran war, European pushes for rearmament, and worldwide semiconductor chip shortages.

Technological Surprise and Normalization Through Use: The Tactical and Discursive Effects of New Precision-Strike Weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Texas National Security Review Expectations of the performance of military technologies are marked by hopes that one’s own systems perform well while those of adversaries perform poorly, and fears of the inverse. These…

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The lecture was part of Professor Reddie's course “Progress? An Introduction to Technology and Public Policy,” examining the intersection of politics, security, and technology in the U.S. and across the globe.

Professor Andrew Reddie and Dr. Robin Geiss speaking in front of a classroom full of students.

Many thanks to Robin Geiß of @unidir.org for joining BRSL's Professor Andrew Reddie yesterday at the @goldmanschool.bsky.social for an illuminating talk on emerging technology, security, society, and how Dr. Geiß charts UNIDIR's strategic direction.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Algorithmic Warfare in Iran and Beyond: What Possibilities Exist for Governance?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the... The U.S. War on Iran has drawn widespread attention to the influence of AI and data science tools on military choices previously left to human judgement. At issue is whether the use of AI in military ...

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Tomorrow, April 1, 10am-11am PT on Zoom.
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Super Micro: the alleged chip smuggling scheme that violated export laws - BRSL Weekly Brief This week on your BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about Super Micro and the alleged scheme by three employees, including the company’s co-founder, to send NVIDIA microchip...

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🎙️ New BRSL Podcast

This week on your BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew W. Reddie answers questions about Super Micro and the alleged scheme by three employees, including the company’s co-founder, to send NVIDIA microchips to China in violation of U.S. export laws.

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Because of the built-in culture of academic excellence and technological innovation, such institutions pose a great opportunity for research and allow researchers the space to forge ground-breaking solutions to complex geopolitical and national security-related issues.

🚨 New BRSL Brisk Assessment!

In this new publication, BRSL Executive Director Leah Walker makes a case for why leading research institutions, like UC Berkeley, are a natural home for national security research, like the Lab's.

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Military AI: Anthropic, Open AI, & the Future of Warfare | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

🚨New episode out on YouTube!🚨

Jon is joined by artificial intelligence & defense experts Paul Scharre and @sarahshoker.bsky.social to discuss ⬇️:

>> AI + Military = ?
>> Anthropic & Open AI
>> AI Personalities
>> Pizza & Tostadas
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Safely developing AI will require cooperation on a global scale. @sarahshoker.bsky.social offers a hopeful path forward.

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The AI-DOD Standoff and the Future of Autonomous Weapons at the Pentagon - BRSL Weekly Brief On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie joins BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker for a discussion covering the recent standoff between AI companies Anthropic and O...

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The AI-DOD Standoff and the Future of Autonomous Weapons at the Pentagon - BRSL Weekly Brief On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie joins BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker for a discussion covering the recent standoff between AI companies Anthropic and O...

ICYMI: 🔊 We've posted another episode of our weekly news podcast, the BRSL Weekly Brief. This week's episode focuses on the battle between AI companies and the Pentagon surrounding autonomous weapons, the risks they pose, and how embedded they are in current operations already.

As OpenAI and Anthropic’s public reputations shift around their level of cooperation with the Pentagon, Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security, and @sarahshoker.bsky.social, Senior Research Scholar at Berkeley, untangle the effects of their respective moves.

Is Congress so out of their depth that they simply can’t handle regulating AI? @sarahshoker.bsky.social thinks there is a lot of room for tech professionals to help educate them and Paul Scharre says hearings would be a good start.

The risks of artificial intelligence run amok seem apparent to many observers, Jon wonders if those risks are being considered by those on the inside of these companies. @sarahshoker.bsky.social

AI models can be trained to have different personalities. What happens when those models are used by the military? Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security, and @sarahshoker.bsky.social, Senior Research Scholar at Berkeley join Jon to discuss. New pod out now!

BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker on the Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, listen below!

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…and check out our latest Brisk Assessment detailing how it all works:
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This web application enables rapid and accessible modeling of hypersonic missile flight, showing how physics governs the performance of these weapons in specific, militarily relevant missions. Learn more by reading the co-authors’ user manual here: brsl.berkeley.edu/2026/03/10/q...

🚨Ever wanted to know how hypersonic missiles work? Now you can! Check out our new “Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Simulator,” developed by BRSL Senior Research Scholar Dr. Cameron Tracy in partnership with Justin Ly, Anita Ding, and MIT’s Dr. David Wright:
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Happening Monday:

BRSL Faculty Dir. Prof. Andrew W. Reddie and Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker will be featured in a panel covering the Anthropic-DOW standoff and the future of autonomous weapons at the Pentagon.

🗓️ March 9th, 1-2pm @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

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BRSL has launched a new current events podcast -- the BRSL Weekly Brief. This week, BRSL Faculty Dir. Prof. Andrew Reddie answers questions about the U.S./Israel/Iran war. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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🔈 BRSL Faculty Dir. Andrew Reddie on @kcbsradio.bsky.social yesterday, discussing Iran: www.audacy.com/podcast/kcbs...

🗓️ BRSL has a new lineup of research seminars this spring semester! Find the full list and sign up on our website, here:
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