Ken Hughes

Innovations and Risks – 7 Things to Watch in Cyber-Tech in 2025

SPECIAL REPORT — In 2025, technological advances will continue to reshape industries, transform national security strategies, and fuel global competition. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will expand its [...] More

Dispatch From Normandy: A Pilgrim's Note

Editor's Note: A personal reflection by Cipher Brief Senior Tech Editor Ken Hughes, who traveled to Normandy, France this week for the observances of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day [...] More

The Global Race to Produce AI-Driven War Machines

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The marvels of artificial intelligence caught the imagination again this month when Frank Kendall, the secretary of [...] More

When U.S-China Competition Reaches Outer Space 

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — A race for control of space is underway, and just as on earth, the U.S. and China are the top competitors. [...] More

The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Preventing Drone Nightmares

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - As drones of all types – aerial, land, and maritime – grow in number and sophistication, so do nightmarish [...] More

Can Drones Help Ukraine Turn the Tide of War?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - A weaponized drone sinks a Russian warship on the Black Sea. A series of drone attacks strike oil facilities inside [...] More

Made in Iran: The Drones That are Killing Americans, Israelis and Ukrainians

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - The January 28 strike that killed three U.S. service members at a base in Jordan sparked an escalation that has [...] More

As Government Leans in on AI, Security is Big Concern

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – As U.S. Government Executives are working to implement the Biden Administration’s new Executive Order on Artificial [...] More

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