MARINA DEL REY, California, Feb. 11 -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * AI for Soldiers, Movies, and Children: USC Engineer Elected to National Academy Professor Shrikanth Narayanan recognized by the NAE for pioneering contributions to human-centered AI and speech technologies with wide-ranging societal impact By Magali Gruet From teaching machines to understand human emot  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Feb. 11, 2026, by Zi Yang, research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, in its China Brief: * * * Elite Fragmentation and Anxiety in the PLA Executive Summary: * Self-inflicted wounds to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) high command from frequent purges have undermined the PLA leadership's decision-making capacity by substituting the   more