adversary

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If the government wants to know whether a model can meaningfully assist cyberattacks, biological misuse or autonomous weapons development, it shouldn’t publish a checklist every lab can optimize against and every adversary can study.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The hullabaloo over the power of the latest U.S. frontier AI models also reinforces the case for withholding AI building blocks from an adversary.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

"No adversary should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve," General Dan Caine told reporters, amid fears the current US-Iranian ceasefire is unravelling.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

"No adversary should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve," said Caine, who spoke alongside Hegseth.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Since Washington had spent eight years sending American soldiers to their death in battle against Great Britain, one might expect that he harbored even more hostile opinions toward his former adversary.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis