Professor @Penn @perryworldhouse. Former DASD for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities. Defense, #AI, and innovation. Always Boston. Views my own.
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Ukrainian innovation on the battlefield has reversed recent Russian gains and presented new avenues for its success, argue senior research analyst Lauren Kahn and CFR experts @mchorowitz and Erin D. Dumbacher.
"Now, compared to the start of the war, Ukrainian drones are able to strike at longer ranges, including 30 to 100 kilometers behind the front lines, expanding the kill zone and forcing Russia to divert resources to protect its supply lines and infrastructure," they write.
"By fielding precise mass systems faster than Russia can develop effective countermeasures, Ukrainian forces are once again making small territorial gains in spite of Russia's vast arsenal."
Read their analysis: cfr.org/articles/how-ukraine…
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Russia had momentum throughout 2025 & many wondered if Ukraine could keep fighting. Now Ukraine is back on the offensive retaking 78 sq miles in 5 days @mchorowitz Erin D. & I look at how longer-range drones & AI/autonomy reversed the trend for @CFR_org cfr.org/articles/how-ukraine…
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President Trump signed a memorandum on June 5 directing U.S. national security agencies to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption and revoking certain restrictions imposed by the Biden administration.
CFR experts Vinh Nguyen and @mchorowitz assess Trump’s new national security AI directive, including what the memo does well, where it falls short, and what Congress should do next.
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Yep, general purpose technologies do that!
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Some people argue that, after the singularity, the human labour share will still be high. Anything that can be produced by AI will become extremely cheap, and so we'll spend our money on the "human touch".
But @pawtrammell points out that a Mongolian economist in 1400 might have made the same prediction about today's world: industrialisation will automate the production of yurts and yogurt, so we'll just spend all our money on singers.
What the argument misses is that automation doesn't just make existing goods cheaper - it creates whole new categories of goods that we can't easily predict.
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🎧New podcast 🎧
PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz was recently a guest on the What A Day @CrookedMedia podcast to discuss the use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7DA…
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New podcast! Joined What a Day with @CrookedMedia to talk about whether the "killer robots" are inevitable (no), whether military adoption of artificial intelligence is inevitable (yes), and about how to thread the needle between under and over-regulation open.spotify.com/episode/7DA…
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Michael C. Horowitz retweeted
"To build a larger and more capable fleet by 2030, the Navy should double down on investing in, fielding, and sustaining smaller attritable autonomous systems," writes PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz in @WarOnTheRocks. Read more: warontherocks.com/the-navy-n…
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Is the US adopting military AI too fast? Michael Horowitz (@mchorowitz) argues the Pentagon is actually moving too slowly. He contends it is time to "hit the accelerator" on scaling proven AI.
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West Point cadets are less likely to make automation bias errors w military AI adoption than the general public! Shows opportunities from AI that training matters! Thx @DefenseOne & @DefTechPat for covering my research w @Lauren_A_Kahn & Laura Samotin defenseone.com/technology/20…
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Super excited about this podcast on the AI/nuclear nexus - what to be worried about v what's overhyped!
In our latest podcast episode, @mchorowitz argues that early AI integration in nuclear command and control could be destabilizing, but calibration over time may improve stability.
@Penn | @perryworldhouse
ALT "Challenges and Opportunities for AI in Military Systems" with Michael C. Horowitz
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CFR Experts Jessica Brandt, @mchorowitz, and @ChrisRMcGuire assess the new DeepSeek model and consider what it could mean for the U.S.-Chinese AI race: on.cfr.org/3QOC7yC
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PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz is quoted in this @NBCNews piece on the Pentagon's new deal with Google, explaining "to use Google’s AI models for classified purposes illustrates the growing importance of AI for U.S. national security." Read more: nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/p…
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Check out ⬇️ my thoughts on the newest DeepSeek release and what it means for AI adoption beyond the frontier. Short answer is that it's an adoption competition!
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NEW from me and @CFR_org: Why DeepSeek v4 shows the US lead in AI is holding--and how to expand it given DeepSeek remains extremely reliant on U.S. tech. Published together with other pieces from my amazing CFR colleagues @mchorowitz and @jessbrandt.
cfr.org/articles/deepseek-v4…
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“This category of lower-cost precision strike just didn't exist at the time that most American air defenses were developed,” explains @mchorowitz to the @nytimes in a piece about the drone technology being used in Iran. Read here: nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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“This is the time where danger lights should be flashing for a great power like the United States, if we take history as a guide," PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz explains in a @nytimes piece by @dwallacewells. Read here: nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opini…
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Not all drones are created equal. In a new piece for @ConversationUS, @LaurenAKahn and I explain one part of the era of precise mass, the one-way attack drone category used as artillery for short-ranges and as missiles for longer-ranges, including by Iran theconversation.com/one-way-…
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Great @NYT discussion featuring @mchorowitz @akcronin @paul_scharre @JackieGSchneid more on what Iran means for the future of warfare nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opini…
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Michael C. Horowitz retweeted
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Does AI make the battlefield safer or more unpredictable?
@mchorowitz of @perryworldhouse argues that AI systems offer more reliability when properly tested and validated.
@techladylaura of @ICRC points to a critical concern: under the law, weapons must have predictable effects. If AI behaves in ways that can’t be anticipated, it's more difficult to protect civilians and plan responsibly.
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Michael C. Horowitz retweeted
In a video for @NewsHour, PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz shares insight on the LUCAS drones being used in Iran. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=AMvy7db2…
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