Former IC Budget Chief Warns America's AI Strategy Is Fighting the Last War Against China

Former IC Chief Financial Officer Jon Rosenwasser and Stanford HAI Fellow Alvin Graylin argue in The Cipher Brief that U.S. AI strategy is oriented toward past threats rather than emerging Chinese capabilities. Rosenwasser, who served as budget and policy director to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, contends current national security AI frameworks misalign defensive posture with the pace of Beijing's AI advancement in military applications, intelligence analysis, and autonomous systems.