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July 2023
By Paul Lieber and Janis Butkevics During Phoenix Challenge 23-2 (hosted by the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta GA), a prominent and common theme amongst its panels, keynote speeches and six working groups was the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to cognitive security. Universally, everyone present recognized the very real impact of both AI-generated...
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By John Fuisz Recently, Bud Light’s marketing partnership with transgender personality Dylan Mulvaney sparked controversy. In the immediate aftermath, some believed the post and the news cycle surrounding it would expand the consumer base of the brand. Others believed it a fatal error in judgment. The results are in: Anheuser-Busch’s in-store sales plummeted more than...
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  This is a rare opportunity.  This study was commissioned more than three years ago, yet here we are with a publication just issued by DoD in May 2023.  How did the Defense Science Board (DSB) do in projecting the future state of the world?  DSB Studies and the many studies produced both inside and...
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The June 2023 Phoenix Challenge in Atlanta at the Georgia Technology Research Institute (GTRI) was a great Success! The Phoenix Challenge is a series of events the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) leads on behalf of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy to elevate the importance of cross-government collaboration...
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Brandt, J., Schafer, B., Aghekyan, E., Wirtschafter, V., & Danditya, A. (2022). Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19. Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/winning-the-web-how-beijing-exploits-search-results-to-shape-views-of-xinjiang-and-covid-19/
Mankoff, J. (2020). With Friends Like These: Assessing Russian Influence in Germany. Center for Strategic & International Studies. https://www.csis.org/analysis/friends-these-assessing-russian-influence-germany
Babbage, R. (2019). Winning Without Fighting: Chinese and Russian Political Warfare Campaigns and How the West Can Prevail. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. https://csbaonline.org/research/publications/winning-without-fighting-chinese-and-russian-political-warfare-campaigns-and-how-the-west-can-prevail/publication/1
Singer, P. W. (n.d.). Winning the War of Words: Information Warfare in Afghanistan. Brookings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.brookings.edu/articles/winning-the-war-of-words-information-warfare-in-afghanistan/
Koerner, B. I. (2016, March). Why ISIS Is Winning the Social Media War—And How to Fight Back. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2016/03/isis-winning-social-media-war-heres-beat/