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US Grapples With AI Policy As China Threat Looms

Communist China is pushing forward in military AI development as the United States has yet to adopt a whole-of-government policy framework for AI.
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US Grapples With AI Policy As China Threat Looms
University freshmen take part in a military education and drill session at the beginning of the new semester in Yangzhou in China's eastern Jiangsu province on Sept. 4, 2018. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
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Cloistered within the laboratories of a Chinese defense university, soldiers are fighting on virtual battlefields, spurred on by the orders of a first-of-its-kind digital commander.

These are war games intended to assist the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in conducting large-scale training exercises even when high-ranking military officers cannot be pulled away from their duties elsewhere.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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