Richard L. Hudson

Draft plans include using AI to help enforce AI Act. Also under consideration: AI in pharma, aerospace, telecoms and robotics

NSF awards $67M to groups led by University of Washington and Texas A&M to provide US researchers with information about security risks

Universities must track foreign travel and give security training. The cost and the impact on cross-border research are unclear

Universities, companies cheer new budget plans for AI, scholarships, and research infrastructure – but ultimate cost of joining Horizon Europe not yet clear

US government advisory group JASON says ‘blunt and ineffective’ security controls on fundamental science could harm progress, and urge a case-by-case approach

Commission will begin ‘exploratory’ discussions with Cairo about joining the research programme, despite mounting international concerns about academic freedom

Alongside New Zealand and Canada, Korea would be one of the first countries from outside the European region to join the EU’s research and innovation programme. Association is set to start in 2025

A Science|Business investigation finds five ongoing EU research projects that include China’s ‘Seven Sons of National Defence’ universities, in network security, heat transfer and drones. No comment from Brussels, but experts warn of danger