Washington AI Network 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.
31: Hemant Taneja, CEO and Managing Director of General Catalyst, and Teresa Carlson, Inaugural President of the new General Catalyst Institute (GCI), on going beyond venture and shaping the global ecosystem through public policy, government, and business
Sep 26, 2024
Show notesHemant Taneja, CEO and Managing Director of General Catalyst and Teresa Carlson, Inaugural President of General Catalyst Institute (GCI), discuss the launch of GCI, and how they are shaping AI policy guidance around the world, as well as connecting their diverse portfolio to governments to promote global resilience.
30: Jeremy Kahn, Fortune’s AI editor and author of the new book, “Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future,” on the race for AI supremacy
Sep 07, 2024
Show notesJeremy Kahn, Fortune’s AI editorand author of the new book, “Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future” tells host Tammy Haddad that AI “could really be the last fully man-made, human-invented invention” and calls for technologists and governments alike to create methods to properly train AI. 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, OpenAI, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, and Elon Musk stand in the race to AGI and possibly ASI.
29: FBI’s Jonathan Lenzner and Bryan Vorndran on the bureau’s approach to AI
Aug 30, 2024
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FBI Chief of Staff Jonathan Lenzner and Cyber Division assistant director Bryan Vorndran join host Tammy Haddad for a live interview at FBI headquarters to discuss the FBI’s approach to all things AI. From combating threats from domestic and foreign nefarious 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.
28: Sen. Brian Schatz, Rep. French Hill, Center for AI Safety (CAIS) executive director Dan Hendrycks, and CAIS board member and Skype founder Jann Tallinn discuss the government’s role in AI oversight and safety
Aug 24, 2024
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At the Center for AI Safety (CAIS)’s Washington, DC launch reception, Sen. Brian Schatz, CAIS executive director Dan Hendrycks, and CAIS board member and Skype founder Jann Tallinn discuss the government’s role in AI oversight and safety and the pressures facing the AI industry. Guest host and CNN anchor Pamela Brown leads the conversation. Rep. French Hill makes opening remarks.
27: Elizabeth Kelly, director of the U.S. AI Safety Institute, on AI policy, guidance on misuse, combating harms, international cooperation, and model testing
Aug 14, 2024
Show notesElizabeth Kelly, director of the U.S. AI Safety Institute, joins host Tammy Haddad for a live interview at the new Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., before a live theater audience. Kelly, who co-authored President Biden’s AI Executive Order, highlights her efforts standing up the U.S. AI Safety Institute at NIST, 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 innovation and their plans for international cooperation and model testing. Kelly also introduces the Institute’s new head of policy, Conrad Stosz.
26: Rob Silvers, DHS Under Secretary for Policy, on domestic threats, the AI race with China, and holding tech companies accountable
Aug 03, 2024
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Rob Silvers, DHS Under Secretary for Policy, joins host Tammy Haddad for an interview on how DHS is deploying AI in the new digital age. Silvers, an attorney and former adjunct law professor, is the foremost senior official on cybersecurity policy in the federal government. In this episode, Silvers highlights 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.
25: Anne Bouverot, President Macron’s Special Envoy for AI, calls for action beyond “commitments” for the next global AI summit in Paris
Jul 25, 2024
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Less than one year since the UK hosted the first AI Safety Summit, all eyes turn to France for the next global AI summit. President Macron chose AI leader Anne Bouverot as Special Envoy to organize the AI Action Summit. In this episode, Bouverot, who holds a PhD in AI Research, shares her team’s plans including – for the first time – the official dates and goals of the AI Action Summit.
24: Rep. Don Beyer, David Zapolsky, Dr. Seth Center, and Rebecca Finlay on the One Year Anniversary of the White House’s Voluntary AI Commitments
Jul 20, 2024
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In this episode, 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, join host Tammy Haddad for a fireside chat and panel discussion on the one year anniversary of the White House’s Voluntary AI Commitments and the road ahead.
23: Germany’s Ben Brake on the EU’s approach to AI policy globally
Jul 13, 2024
Show notesBen Brake, Director General at the German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport, joins host Tammy Haddad for a breakfast to discuss how Germany and the EU are approaching AI policy, as well as competing against China, regulating disinformation, and implementing the Digital Services Act.
22: DHS Asst. Secretary Mary Ellen Callahan on safeguarding the U.S. against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats in the age of AI
Jul 03, 2024
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Mary Ellen Callahan, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office, tells host Tammy Haddad AI has not yet made creating a chemical or biological threat easier but following the new DHS report, but it is time to put in the governance, structure and baseline standards (including the the Department of Commerce’s AI Safety Institute) so model developers can apply the right standards to keep as much of the novel chemical and biological threats off of AI as possible.
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