Ylli Bajraktari, CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project, on AI innovation, regulation, and U.S. national security

Episode 14,   Mar 22, 09:59 PM

Host Tammy Haddad interviews Ylli Bajraktari, president & CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), on how to strengthen America’s national security and competitive edge around AI. Prior to launching SCSP with Eric Schmidt at the request of the late Dr. Henry Kissinger, Ylli served as the executive director of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) and held senior posts at the White House and DoD. In this episode, Ylli warns against the potential harms of AI in the hands of bad actors, highlights why he is calling for the Pentagon to be AI combat ready by 2025, and doubles down on the importance of America leading on AI around the globe. Plus, he gives us a behind-the-scenes preview of the first-ever SCSP AI Expo for National Competitiveness on May 7-8 in Washington, D.C., to put AI and emerging tech at the center of competition.

With the seemingly limitless capabilities of artificial intelligence, national security experts, technologists, and academicians are sounding the alarm on the potential havoc AI could wreak in the hands of bad actors. In the midst of this new technological arms race with China, organizations like the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) are calling for the U.S. to maintain its innovation and information dominance to protect American citizens. In this episode, host Tammy Haddad interviews Ylli Bajraktari, president & CEO of the SCSP and former executive director of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) on putting AI and emerging tech at the center of the United States’ national competitiveness. 
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