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The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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Inflection Points

Sep 30, 2026

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on AI and the future of medicine

By Frederick Kempe

Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla joined Frederick Kempe to discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming the healthcare industry.

Artificial Intelligence Economy & Business

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Sep 28, 2026

Technology and the Global South: A US strategy for competitiveness

By Conrad Tucker, Peter Engelke

The United States and China are engaged in a strategic competition for scientific and technological leadership. To prevail, the United States must strengthen its tech-centric engagement with countries across the Global South.

Africa Artificial Intelligence

Fast Thinking

Sep 25, 2026

What did (and didn’t) happen at the Trump-Xi summit

By Atlantic Council

What the latest Trump-Xi summit changed, left unresolved, and what to watch before they meet again.

Artificial Intelligence China

Report

Sep 23, 2026

Building a multilateral cognitive warfare defense network: A collaborative framework for the United States, Japan, and Taiwan

By Yu-Hao “Vinson” Shen

Beijing is pressuring Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines not only with ships and aircraft but also in the cognitive domain—which no multilateral mechanism defends. This report explores what it would take to build a coordinated multilateral defense network to combat this threat across the first island chain.

Artificial Intelligence China

Report

Sep 22, 2026

AI data under the microscope: Accelerating and securing the AI data supply chain for the health and biopharmaceutical sectors 

By Justin Sherman

This report examines how health and biopharmaceutical companies interact with the data components of the AI supply chain, and how a fractured global regulatory landscape shapes their ability to innovate responsibly.

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

GeoTech Cues

Sep 21, 2026

AI is sprinting past human control. Can testing and evaluation catch up? 

By Evi Fuelle, Ryan Pan

Frontier AI is exposing the limits of today's testing systems. The United States needs a national AI assurance ecosystem.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Dispatches

Sep 16, 2026

The White House has an AI oversight plan. But who will do the overseeing?

By Lauren Kim

A third-party AI auditing market could help close federal oversight gaps and complement the new White House's new rules.

Artificial Intelligence North America

Dispatches

Sep 14, 2026

Don’t count on Trump and Xi to slow down AI. Don’t count them out either.

By Kenton Thibaut

Concerns about catastrophic risks to humanity have put artificial intelligence at the top of the agenda for the leaders’ upcoming meeting.

Artificial Intelligence China

Inflection Points

Sep 14, 2026

Trump and Xi should rethink how to run the AI race

By Frederick Kempe

The threat of frontier artificial intelligence must be at the top of the agenda for the upcoming meeting between the leaders.

Artificial Intelligence China

Dispatches

Sep 13, 2026

What the proposed AI slowdown means for the US, China, and humanity at large

By Atlantic Council experts

Atlantic Council experts assess the new commitments from the leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI, and others, along with the state of the tech and the risk to the human race.

Artificial Intelligence Civil Society

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