Host Tammy Haddad interviews Anne Bouverot, France’s Special Envoy for Artificial Intelligence at STATION F in Paris. With the AI Action Summit approaching in February, Bouverot shares her vision for uniting 95 heads of state, tech leaders, researchers, and civil society to address AI’s transformative impact. She discusses AI’s role in combating climate change, reshaping the workforce, and advancing inclusivity—emphasizing that “there is no AI without women.” Bouverot also highlights the...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Christopher Kirchhoff, a former director of strategic planning at the National Security Council and a founder of the Pentagon’s first-of-its-kind Silicon Valley Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Kirchhoff, co-author of the highly-acclaimed book “Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Future of War,” calls the current state of national defense an emergency, urges officials to experiment with new weapons platforms to stay competitive, and...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Srikar Varadaraj, founder and CEO of Eternis, which is working to create trustworthy, secure, and authenticated digital identities as AI labs race towards AGI. Varadaraj, who previously co-founded Spectral for developing a fair credit-scoring mechanism, calls for a future where every human has a top-level AI agent to perform arbitrary tasks – all while protecting personal agency.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Rev Lebaredian, vice president of Omniverse and Simulation Technology at NVIDIA, Lebaredian discusses NVIDIA’s role in building robot brains, how new AI technologies help robots understand what they are seeing, and the power of AI factories.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews David Marchick, dean of American University’s Kogod School of Business, highlights how they have become a global leader on artificial intelligence in business. Marchick, an attorney and former Carlyle Group executive, explores how AI is reshaping business – from legacy enterprises to startups. As higher education’s approach to AI continues to evolve, Marchick highlights how Kogod is embedding AI instruction into every part of the school’s core curriculum to drive...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Prabhakar, the former head of DARPA and former NIST director under Clinton, discusses the importance of prioritizing American AI R&D, the need for transparency in AI used for public purposes, and why she’s disinterested in Sam Altman’s and others’ benchmarking of AI model capabilities to human intelligence. Having spent much of her career investing in world-class engineers...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews legendary tech leaders Ted Leonsis, Revolution Growth partner, Zephyr AI investor, and Monumental Sports owner, and Grant Verstandig, co-founder and executive chairman of Zephyr AI and Red Cell Partners, in this thought-provoking episode on the future of healthcare in the age of AI. Leonsis and Verstandig dive deep into the power of AI to analyze multiple datasets, find breakthrough drugs, and personalize treatment plans to enhance patient outcomes. Join us as we...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Hemant Taneja, CEO and Managing Director of General Catalyst, and Teresa Carlson, Inaugural President of General Catalyst Institute (GCI), about the launch of GCI, and how the global investment firm is going beyond venture capital. The new General Catalyst Institute is involved in shaping AI policy guidance around the world, as well as connecting their diverse portfolio to governments to promote global resilience. The two shared how General Catalyst and GCI will...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Jeremy Kahn, Fortune’s AI editor and author of the new book, “Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future.” With his unique expertise and deep relationships with scientists, companies, and the nation’s AI leaders, he calls for properly trained AI to not replace but complement the brain power and agency in all of us. He also reports on the expansion of warfare using AI systems. Stay tuned for the lightning round to hear Kahn’s answers on where Google,...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews FBI chief of staff Jonathan Lenzner and Cyber Division assistant director Bryan Vorndran at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on the FBI’s approach to AI. From combating threats from domestic and foreign actors to protecting children, senior citizens, and families against the harms of AI, Lenzner and Vorndran highlight how the nation’s top investigators are working with industry to protect American innovation with the rise of AI in this new digital age.

Guest host Pamela Brown interviews Sen. Brian Schatz, Center for AI Safety (CAIS) executive director Dan Hendrycks, and CAIS board member and Skype Founder Jann Tallinn at the CAIS Washington DC Launch reception. Rep. French Hill makes opening remarks. The discussion centers on government’s role in AI oversight and safety, the competitive pressures facing the AI industry, and national and global security risks.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Elizabeth Kelly, the first director of the U.S. AI Safety Institute, before a live theater audience at the new Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Kelly co-authored and is now implementing President Biden’s AI Executive Order at the U.S. AI Safety Institute at NIST. Kelly highlights the Institute’s new draft guidance on AI model misuse, including combatting image-based sexual abuse content generated by AI, and lays out how safety drives...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Rob Silvers, Under Secretary for Policy at DHS, on how the agency is deploying AI in the new digital age. Silvers, an attorney and former adjunct law professor, shares how DHS is protecting Americans from domestic threats, leveraging AI to curb fentanyl at the border, holding tech companies accountable, and the importance of winning the AI race against China.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Anne Bouverot, President Macron’s Special Envoy in charge of organizing the next global AI summit in Paris. Bouverot, a PhD in AI Research, calls it the AI Action Summit. Bouverot, who is an internationally respected engineer, business leader, and educator, shares France’s plans and calls for action beyond “commitments” for the next global AI Summit in Paris.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Vice Chair of the House AI Caucus, David Zapolsky, Amazon’s SVP of Global Public Policy & General Counsel, Dr. Seth Center, the State Department's Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, and Rebecca Finlay, CEO of the Partnership on AI, on the one year anniversary of the White House’s Voluntary AI Commitments and the road ahead.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Ben Brake, Director General at the German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport, on how Germany and the EU are approaching AI policy. Brake discusses AI competition with China, regulating disinformation, and how his country is implementing the Digital Services Act.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Mary Ellen Callahan, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office. Callahan discusses using new AI guidelines and frameworks to safeguard the United States against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. In a new, first-of-its-kind report, Callahan outlines how DHS will prevent AI from further lowering the barriers to deploying weapons of mass destruction and help find...

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Madhumita Murgia, the Financial Times’ first AI editor and author of the new book, Code Dependent, Living in the Shadow of AI. In this interview, Murgia reports the impact of technology on society and shows the real-world effects of AI through a global lens far from Silicon Valley.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Ben Buchanan, the White House Special Advisor on AI. The wide-ranging discussion touches on the U.S. government's progress on AI innovation, safety, and regulation over the past year; competition with China; U.S. companies’ voluntary commitments on AI, including White House conversations with Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, the Pope and Elon Musk; Apple’s integration of AI; and how the White House is “watching carefully how AI factors into elections.”

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Elham Tabassi, NIST’s chief AI advisor. In this keynote interview, Elham Tabassi brings us up to date on the U.S. Government's AI efforts and answers audience questions.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews legendary Washington Post columnist and bestselling novelist, David Ignatius. In this wide-ranging interview, David Ignatius shares his insights on AI, national security, space warfare, the Middle East, and his new book, Phantom Orbit: A Thriller.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday, May 8 in Washington, DC, during the SCSP’s inaugural AI Expo for National Competitiveness. In this wide-ranging interview, Sen. Schumer reveals his proposed framework for AI legislation and his concerns about the upcoming election, competition with China, the global race for AI dominance, and the opportunities and challenges AI presents to all Americans.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Joelle Pineau, vice president of AI research at Meta, one of the world’s leading AI researchers, at the inaugural TGAIFriday lunch on Friday, April 26th to kick off the 2024 White House Correspondents weekend. The Washington AI Network took over the House at 1229 to showcase Meta's latest AI technologies, including the Quest 3, mixed reality VR headset, Spotty, the AI-powered robot dog, and the Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses.

Host Tammy Haddad interviews two of the nation’s leading forces for safety and security in elections and how they are safeguarding against the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) in the 2024 election. Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are joined by UVA’s Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, for this special collaboration celebrating 25 years of the the...