Washington AI Network with Tammy Haddad
Washington AI Network (https://washingtonainetwork.com/) is a dynamic bipartisan forum to highlight the conversations about artificial intelligence taking place in official Washington. We feature diverse stakeholders from industry, government, and civil society to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and responsible development and deployment of AI technologies as they pertain to public policy, venture capital, AI ethics, and funding for AI innovation. Join host Tammy Haddad to hear top AI experts and thought leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by AI. Brought to you by Haddad Media.
Latest episodes
Sep 15, 2023 • 46min
4: Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a guest at the Senate AI CEO Forum
Host Tammy Haddad features an interview with Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, one of 24 guests for the closed-door AI Insight Forum hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Wiley reveals what it was like to be one of only four advocates next to some of the world’s biggest tech CEOs from Musk to Zuck, and the questions senators raised. Wiley sounded alarm bells about the dangers of AI beginning with the models and the humans who create them. While senators differed vastly on what parts of AI to legislate, they told the CEOs their trust issues with private industry since tech blocked their legislation. She comments on Elon Musk grabbing “the headlines and sound bites” with his dire prediction of the end of civilization and ignoring the other ways AI is dangerous and impacting people’s lives.
Sep 6, 2023 • 30min
3: Sen. Schumer's AI CEO Forum Preview with Washington Post tech policy reporter Cat Zakrzewski
Washington has come alive with the return of Congress and the final countdown to the arrival of tech CEO royalty from Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai to name a few. While it won’t be the cage match dangled between Musk and Zuck, many would like to be in the room when they come face-to-face with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and American Federation of Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten. Cat Zakrzewski, tech policy reporter at the Washington Post, takes us behind the scenes of one of the most consequential policy gatherings of the year.
Aug 21, 2023 • 37min
2: The Washington AI Trailblazer: Miriam Vogel, President and CEO of EqualAI and Chair of the National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC)
Miriam Vogel, the President and CEO of EqualAI and Chair of NAIAC, speaking in her personal capacity, highlights the critical crossroads between Congress, federal agencies and the tech industry on AI policy.
Government policymakers, particularly at the FTC and CFPB are already evaluating the effect of artificial intelligence, while agencies like the EEOC are investigating the potential impact on civil rights laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act. Recognizing they’ve missed opportunities in the past, and armed with a greater depth and understanding of AI, Congress is rising to the occasion on a bipartisan basis in terms of exploring regulation.
Aug 4, 2023 • 39min
1: AI Summer Download feat. Victoria Espinel and Kellee Wicker
Washington AI Network launched in July 2023 to gather Washington insiders for the latest on AI policy. Moderated by host Tammy Haddad, this episode features Victoria Espinel, a member of President Biden's National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) and the president and CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance, and Kellee Wicker, director of the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program.
