News Summary

• The White House has published a new National Security Science and Technology strategy.
• It names 15 critical technology areas the United States intends to lead.
• Artificial intelligence and autonomy is one of them, with 12 subfields listed underneath.
• Open-weight AI is not among them.
• Neither open weights nor open-source software development appears anywhere in the 24-page document.
• The document sets three priorities for battlefield dominance: undersea, space, and AI and autonomy.
• It ties those to deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.