Dennis Murphy

Technology and International Security

[🚀Henry is leading AI Safety Research Programs @sleight_henry]

❗️Only two days left to apply to the Astra Fellowship!
Apps close EOD SUNDAY May 3rd, AoE. Astra's 5 months, fully funded, @ConstellOrg Berkeley

80%+ of our first cohort now work full-time in AI safety

Mentors include Redwood, AI Futures, TruthfulAI, CoG, IAPS, RAND & more ⏬

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare https://t.co/fpCAL8cZ7f

#IranWar‌ #Infrastructure #AI #DataCenter #Amazon

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

I haven't posted here in years. I guess I should change that?

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

This was a ton of fun to work on! Yong and the team have done valuable work looking into Kimi K2.5

[Yong Zheng-Xin @yong_zhengxin]

🚨New paper!

How safe and aligned is Kimi K2.5?

We found concerning dual-use capabilities, sabotage and self-replication tendencies, political censorship on Chinese-language queries, and potential agentic misuse risks. (1/N)

[Yong Zheng-Xin @yong_zhengxin]

🚨New paper!

How safe and aligned is Kimi K2.5?

We found concerning dual-use capabilities, sabotage and self-replication tendencies, political censorship on Chinese-language queries, and potential agentic misuse risks. (1/N)

[🚀Henry is leading AI Safety Research Programs @sleight_henry]

🚀 Applications are now open: Constellation's Astra Fellowship 🚀

Fully funded, 5-month fellowship at our Berkeley research institute. Pair with mentors across empirical AI safety research, strategy, and governance at @ConstellOrg!

📅 Apply by May 3rd (begins Sep 2026)
🔗 https://t.co/pxtOduDBFh

[Neil Thomas 牛犇 @neilthomas123]

Who has Xi purged from the CCP Central Committee?

Attendance at next week's Fourth Plenum will reveal the extent of his recent "purge surge"

If all rumors are true, only 168/205 members (82%) and 159/171 alternates (93%) will be there

And only 17/44 of PLA members (39%)!

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[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

Will We Ask Who Lost Ukraine? https://t.co/nNwZosxdC2

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

This took a while to get to the finish line, but it is finally out there!

Why the Decline of Local Media Could Be a Security Risk https://t.co/nPC8AJn8ra via @RANDCorporation

[Jacquelyn Schneider @JackieGSchneid]

I always say that wargames are half design and half party planning. See below for the party planning part of Schelling and Ferguson's 1961 Berlin Crisis Game.

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

@ElenaWicker @JonathonPSine

[Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay]

It's getting real...
(Just in time to explain the next deterrence failure in January 2024...)

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

@salisbot Congrats!

[EarlyMedievalChina @medieval_china]

A translation and analysis of Wushi waiguo zhuan (Account of Foreign Countries in the Wu Period) and Nanzhou yiwu zhi (Record of Unusual Things from Southern Lands) by Andrew Chittick.

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

If you're curious about China's approach to modern warfare and are thinking through AI issues, I had the chance to talk with some really incredible people at the The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

You can give it a listen here:
https://t.co/5luWhNcuFi

[S.L. Kanthan @Kanthan2030]

The green color in the map above is deceptive, since the western part is full of deserts, dry plateaus and mountains, not conducive for living.

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

@JonathonPSine 清华大学 is #1

[UC Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation @UCIGCC]

Applications are now open for the 2023 PPNT Boot Camp! Applications are due May 5, but don’t wait. The Boot Camp is open to graduate-level students, postdocs, and professionals, and features #nuclear policy lectures, discussions, debates, and simulations. https://t.co/86yqOMFL4D

[Jonathon P Sine @JonathonPSine]

H/t @ChuBailiang on sources
Welcome thoughts and other sources! @Scholars_Stage @jordanschneider @StrategicDennis @ChorzempaMartin @JonKBateman @howardgwang @BuddyYakov @ChinaRegulation @AaronFriedberg @stevehouf @mikeygow @realKunalAShah @taylorwloeb @JosephTorigian @yifanz0303

[Dennis Murphy @StrategicDennis]

@JonathonPSine Who wrote this?