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Chronicles of the Hyperwar – AI: Elon, The Mullahs, and the Satellites

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:47:44 +0000

Starlink and the Iran shutdown I. Starlink vs. Russia, Iran II. The Iranian Strategic Rupture III. On the Future of Starlink and Hyperwarfare Why is this important for French and European companies?

AI at War (5) – Israel, Iran and the New (AI) Way of War

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:26:26 +0000

(Art direction and design; illustration created with AI: Jean-Dominique Lavoix-Carli) Given the extreme density of the strategic situations involved, the main focus of this article is the technological dimension of the “12 days war” between Israel and Iran, and the strategic meaning of those technological advances. A new way of war in the Middle East …

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AI at War (4): The US-China Drone and Robot Race

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:03:39 +0000

(U.S. Army’s MQ-1C Warrior UAV Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army – Public Domain) In December 2024, the Chinese government ordered one million kamikaze drones for the People’s liberation Army (Dylan Malyasov, “China places massive order for kamikaze drones”, The Defence Blog, 22 December 2024). During the same period, OpenAI, the U.S. giant of generative AI …

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How to use AI for Weak Signals – Trump, the International Revolutionary?

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:35:48 +0000

(Art direction and design: Jean-Dominique Lavoix-Carli) Identifying and using weak signals is an important part of the processes of strategic foresight and early warning. It is at the heart of the activity known as scanning or horizon scanning. Weak signals can point towards the possible apparition of a new theme for a topic of concern. …

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DeepSeek vs Stargate – China’s Offensive on U.S. AI Dominance?

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) and Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:13:37 +0000

Is China launching a strategic offensive against the dominance of the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and tech sector? And if this is the case, what is the meaning of this Chinese offensive? The question of a Chinese offensive on the U.S. tech and AI sector has been increasingly relevant over the last months (e.g. Foresight …

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Trump Geopolitics – 1: Trump as the AI Power President

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:46:34 +0000

(Donald Trump with Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr, and Mike JohnsonCredit photo: from Office of Speaker Mike Johnson – Public Domain ) President-elect Donald Trump declared that Canada should become the “51st state” of the United States of America. He also repeats quite often that the U.S. should “buy Greenland” (Alexandra Sharp, “The 51st …

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AI at War (3) – Hyperwar in the Middle east

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:04:01 +0000

(Image: UK MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons ) AI is everywhere in the current Middle East wars. In the Gaza war, triggered by the monstruous massacre inflicted by the Hamas militia on 7 October 2023, the Israel military is using machine learning in order to produce targets in Gaza ( “Octobre 7: How …

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AI at War (2) – Preparing for the US-China War?

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:35:41 +0000

(Art direction and design: Jean-Dominique Lavoix-Carli) Darkening clouds (of drones) On 28 August 2023, on the Island of Guam, Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense, gave a speech at a military and media crowd about the need for the U.S. to mass produce drones in order to outsize the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Deputy Secretary …

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AI at War (1) – Ukraine

Dr Jean-Michel Valantin (PhD Paris) — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:03:14 +0000

(Art direction: Jean-Dominique Lavoix-Carli) Combat robots, AI targeted air strikes, new generation cyber and information warfare, AI generated deep-fakes, unmanned air and sea military vehicles, and smart artillery are being currently massively projected on the theatres of operations of Ukraine, Gaza and the Red Sea. As it happens, those new weapons systems are different iterations …

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Challenge Your Beliefs with the AI Sphinx

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:02:54 +0000

Try Sphinx to challenge your beliefs, assumptions and hypotheses. Sphinx is an AI assistant designed to challenge assumptions, reinforce arguments, and identify blind spots. It uses OpenAI's GPT3.5 model and the Red Team Analysis Society's methodology and knowledge base to provide a devil's advocate perspective. In this article, we also explore the importance of challenging assumptions and showcase what Sphinx can achieve with the example of climate change.