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一 | "American defense and intelligence contractors like L3Harris want to make money, and there is a market for spyware, domestically and globally," explains retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense. "With the NSO Group sanctioned by the USG for surveillance abuse against Americans and others, buying the Israeli company, its codes, software and tools, and hiring its people directly is a way to get that access (and in theory removing it from the sanction list by incorporating it under a different US company entity).",The controversial negotiations between NSO and L3Harris were jointly reported by the Guardian, the Washington Post and Haaretz on June 14. At the time, The Guardian quoted a senior White House official as saying: "Such a transaction, if it were to take place, raises serious counterintelligence and security concerns for the US government.",The US Commerce Department blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group in November 2021 for providing spyware called Pegasus to foreign governments that "used these tools to maliciously target" journalists, embassy workers and activists. According to the Biden administration, NSO acted "contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.",Israeli Police Chief Orders Creation of Commission to Investigate Pegasus Spyware Scandal7 February, 14:16 GMT,"Pegasus is a 'zero-click' hacking tool that can remotely extract everything from a target’s mobile phone, including messages, contacts, photos and videos without the user having to click on a phishing link to give it remote access," wrote The New York Times, adding that the Israeli wonder-tool could also turn the target's mobile phone "into a tracking and recording device.",Nonetheless, L3Harris kicked off covert talks with NSO, claiming that US intelligence officials quietly supported its plans to purchase the firm's core spyware technology as well as a possible transfer of NSO personnel to the American defense contractor. What’s more, NSO's technology has long been "of intense interest" to the FBI and the CIA, according to NYT.,Thus, in March 2022, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to Congress that the agency had bought NSO's spyware Pegasus, claiming that the agency acquired the tool for evaluation but did not use it.,"The FBI has not and did not use the NSO products operationally in any investigation," Wray told the lawmakers. "I can confirm that we bought a limited license for testing and investigation. We routinely evaluate technologies that are out there: what are the security concerns raised by those products?",Top Polish Politician Admits Country Bought Israeli Pegasus Spyware7 January, 11:30 GMT,The L3Harris-NSO negotiations continued in secret until June 2022, when the US and Israeli mainstream press leaked information about the possible sale, prompting a storm of criticism from the White House. According to The Guardian, Washington denied that the US intelligence community had ever been "supportive" of the deal. However, this possibility cannot be ruled out, according to Kwiatkowski.,"The outcry of US citizenry and media about illegal and harmful surveillance by the NSO group drove the Biden sanctions; Intel community bureaucrats and their contractors have very different interests, they want to use the most capable (and cost effective) software surveillance and tracking tools out there," she explains.,Kwiatkowski has no doubts that if NSO hacking technology were acquired, it would have been used on American citizens. Furthermore, she does not rule out that "it is already being used, much as before sanctions, and the purchase is in part designed to ensure its use can continue and be expanded.",According to Kwiatkowski, "if left only to lawyers and politicians, this purchase in some form… would proceed and happen, and ultimately serve as a relief from existing sanctions for several aspects of NSO Group's products and services.",Apparently, the "hypocritical and self-serving" deal was slowed down and stopped due to the fact that it was widely publicized, according to the former Pentagon analyst.,Report: US Intel Operatives Backed Plans to Buy Infamous NSO Group Before Negotiations Were Axed11 July, 01:26 GMT,Meanwhile, NSO Group is said to be involved in a broad campaign in the United States to get off Washington's blacklist, according to ProPublica nonprofit newsroom and Shomrim, an Israel-based nonpartisan news organization.,"NSO has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past year in payments to lobbyists, public relations companies and law firms in the US, in the hope of reversing the Biden administration’s November decision, according to public records filed under the Foreign Agent Registration Act and conversations with people familiar with the effort," ProPublica and Shomrim reported on 12 July.,Moreover, NSO is currently trying to get the matter raised during a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, according to the news organizations.,"So far, the lobbying campaign has generated little response," the report said. "NSO has not been told what it needs to do to remove itself from the list, according to the people familiar with the campaign."。中新社北京8月21日电 (记者孙自法)中国科学院院士、北京大学数学科学学院讲席教授鄂维南21日指出，科学智能(AI for Science，简称AI4S)已进入“下半场”，面向未来，需要推动科研平权化。

二 | 　　当天，聚焦人工智能(AI)赋能科学研究，以“人工智能变革科研范式”为主题的2026科学智能大会在北京中关村开幕。鄂维南在大会全体会议上以“开启AI for Science的下半场——人工智能时代的科研体系探索”为题作学术报告。 8月21日，2026科学智能大会全体会议上，鄂维南院士作学术报告。中新社记者孙自法摄　　他说，科学智能已进入“下半场”，重心正从人工智能方法探索，转向人工智能时代科研体系的系统性变革。　　当前科研体系以论文发表为核心衡量标准，客观上稀释了“自由探索”与“科学发现”的初心；而人工智能正在重塑知识获取、理论计算和实验工具，通过平台化科研与“干湿闭环”大幅提升探索效率。　　鄂维南表示，面向未来，需要推动科研平权化，以产业视角打通“人才、创新、市场、资金”等环节，建立低成本、高效率的科研工具与成果转化体系，让有能力的个人和团队都能参与科技创新，同时切实保护自由探索这一颠覆性创新的核心要素。　　2026科学智能大会为期两天，两场全体会议、14场平行会议推出百余场高水平学术报告，大会紧扣“基础设施—范式创新—产业应用”三层逻辑，围绕基础研究、科技创新与产业创新融合、国际科技合作三大专题展开交流，并集中亮相一批科学智能领域重要成果。