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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
By Ali Al Bataineh, Rachel Sickler, W. Travis Morris, and Kristen Pedersen Introduction The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about significant changes across all sectors, including law enforcement (LE). In LE, it is used for facial recognition, crowd monitoring, and to inform crime prevention activities. As the technology’s accuracy and...Read More
The state of civic engagement in the U.S. today by Christina Nemr and Eliza Thompson A worrying trend is emerging in the United States, namely a decline in public trust. Confidence in major institutions fell to a record low in 2022 as Gallup recorded a significant decline in trust for 11 of 16 major U.S....Read More
Attention Authors and Cognitive Security Thought Leaders! For April 2023, IPA welcomes your submission of original content related to Large Language Models (LLM) and Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) technology. How do these technologies affect human cognition? How may these technologies be used in helpful or harmful ways? Cognitive Security is a field concerned with...Read More
Starting in March 2023, IPA will have “Brown Bag” meetings which are available only for IPA members. At each virtual gathering, a guest will present on a topic related to cognitive security, information operations, policy matters, and other topics related to the study, advancement, and application of information-related activities and technologies to achieve specific, predictable...Read More
Phoenix Challenge in London Was a Great Success! The Phoenix Challenge is a series of events ARLIS leads on behalf of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy to elevate the importance of cross-government collaboration in addressing challenges to operations in the information environment. Ultimately, the goal is to accelerate success for Operations...Read More
By Brian Russell and John Bicknell Coin of the realm (noun phrase): The legal money of a country Something valued or used as if it were money in a particular sphere ~Merriam-Webster Introduction Complexity is an enduring feature of the national security landscape, and decision-makers continue to grapple with this phenomenon. Complexity is not the...Read More
