Beyond Visual Range — AI, Defense, and Policy

Sending H200s to China: Why the Case Is Clear as Mud

Last week, while the halls of the Pentagon championed GenAI.mil, I walked halls of Congress and saw them fretting over Nvidia selling chips to China.

Dec 15 • Ben Van Roo

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GenAI.mil Is Live. Now Comes the Hard Part: Building the Digital NCO Corps.

GenAI.mil goes live today. It is a watershed moment for the Department of War, and it's just the beginning.

Dec 9 • Ben Van Roo

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November 2025

The Cyber Clone Wars Are Here

Factory.ai gave a detailed report on what went down. It's not comforting.

Nov 21 • Ben Van Roo and Nick Weir

The Ghost in the Code

Anthropic’s GTG-1002 report documents the first major espionage campaign run by AI, not just with it. The firewall has been breached.

Nov 19 • Ben Van Roo and Nick Weir

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October 2025

Cross-Post: AI in Defense Weekly (10/30/25)

Highlighting The Forum's Weekly AI & Defense articles that shouldn't be missed

Oct 30 • Ben Van Roo

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AI in Defense: Weekly Round-up 10/17

Cross-post from Legion Intel's AI & Defense Round-up newsletter.

Oct 17 • Ben Van Roo

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Swarms are For Agents, Not Just Drones

Note: I wrote this for War On The Rocks on September 25, 2025.

Oct 3 • Ben Van Roo

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September 2025

What Does Your A.I. Say About You?

There was a time when a person’s bookshelf or record collection betrayed their soul. Today, it is their sidebar of A.I. tabs—be it ChatGPT, Claude, or…

Sep 12 • Ben Van Roo

August 2025

95% Failure or 95% Untapped Potential?

The MIT study that freaked everyone out, and misguided the market and AI's progress

Aug 27 • Ben Van Roo

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GPT‑5: The big step towards a smaller future

Routing and orchestration of the fleet (or Legion) of models and agents. What It Means for the DOD, enterprise, and the future of AI.

Aug 13 • Ben Van Roo

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Open, Closed & Everything in Between: The Great AI Re‑Shuffle of ’25

The week the model world turned upside‑down... or right side up. America is back.

Aug 6 • Ben Van Roo

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July 2025

The 28 Pages That Could Save American Tech

And for those that hate reading, a summary of the article and the AI Action Plan provided by a Roman Legionary on the subway.

Jul 29 • Ben Van Roo

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