NSCAI staff Paul Leka and Christie Lawrence talk about forming an international emerging technology coalition to strengthen and coordinate the use of emerging technology for democratic ends.

NSCAI staff Mike Garris and Mike Jackson spoke about what needs to be done to lay the foundations for an AI-infused national security going forward.

NSCAI staff Aristotle Vainikos and Parker Wild spoke about the commission’s recommendations for establishing public-private innovation hubs around the country that can encourage and tap the entrepreneurial potential between the coasts and expand the participation of private enterprise in national security.

NSCAI staff Mike Jackson and Darren Wright talk about the commission’s recommendations for bringing the intelligence community up to speed with AI. They spoke about the organizational changes needed and the culture shift required to ensure that the intelligence community is integrating AI in its work.

NSCAI staff David Kumashiro and Courtney Barno talked about the commission’s recommendations on democratizing AI for the warfighter and enabling bottom-up AI innovation.

NSCAI staff Kevin McGuinness and Raina Davis talked about the commission’s recommendations for increasing public visibility about the government’s AI needs and lowering the barrier to entry for companies that want to help meet those needs.

NSCAI staff Chris Rice and Courtney Barno talk about what the US has to do to get up to speed on its AI military capabilities by 2025 in order to outpace our competitors, particularly China.

NSCAI staff Justin Lynch, Lance Lantier and Shaantam Chawla, talked about educating the warfighter for the AI era. They spoke about what kind of training warfighters need to effectively integrate AI, from commanders to infantry men and women and how that integration will change the nature of warfare and the military’s perception of itself in the years ahead.

Ylli Bajraktari, executive director of the National Security Commission on AI, talked about what he considers the most important recommendations in the commission’s final report and about the need for Congress and the White House to act swiftly to counter China’s concerted efforts to beat the US in deploying this critical technology around the world.

This week, I talk to Cade Metz, the New York Times' lead reporter on artificial intelligence, about his new book, “Genius Makers, the Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google Facebook  and the World."  The book focuses on some of the personalities and companies responsible for the current wave of AI innovation and touches on some of the controversies swirling around the new technology today.