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06/26/2026

This week on the President's Tech Brief 🇺🇸
Hosts Ylli Bajraktari and Martijn Rasser break down five big stories at the intersection of national security and tech: US-Iran sanctions, new polling on AI and data centers, the Pax Silica Summit, a new quantum executive order, and the ASML chip-smuggling mystery.

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06/21/2026

Ylli Bajraktari sat down with S. Krishnan, Secretary of India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, on the margins of the India-US Forum in New Delhi.

In this clip, Secretary Krishnan shares India’s thinking on frontier AI model regulation — how they should be evaluated, released, and who should have access to them.

Full episode on our YouTube Channel. 🔗 Link in bio

06/17/2026

Live on President’s Tech Brief - we are back with a focused briefing on three of the biggest stories at the intersection of national security and technology — the new US-Iran ceasefire, US export controls on the world's most advanced AI model, and the 2026 G7 Summit.

06/05/2026

Welcome to this week's President's Tech Brief!Welcome to this week's President's Tech Brief! Hosts Ylli Bajraktari and Joe Wang break down the biggest stories at the intersection of national security and tech — from Iran's hardening posture and a new White House AI executive order to a rare Five Eyes warning on Chinese espionage, the Atlantic Council's new AI leadership roadmap, this week's jobs data, and two of the largest tech IPOs in history with SpaceX and Anthropic. Join us live every Friday at 11 AM ET — like, subscribe, and share with your network!

06/01/2026

On the latest President’s Tech Brief, Ylli Bajraktari and Joe Wang discuss how a two-decade shift in perspective has solidified a critical strategic partnership. From technology to defense, the collaboration across all domains has reached an unprecedented baseline of stability.

Tune into the President’s Tech Brief every Friday at 11 AM EST.

05/21/2026

NVIDIA co-founder Chris Malachowsky breaks down why losing a task doesn’t mean losing your job — and how AI is actually creating more work, not less. ̇di̇a

05/20/2026

Former Israeli intelligence officer Amos Lahav gives a rare, candid breakdown of the October 7th intelligence failure. The problem wasn't a lack of information — it was what wasn't done with it. A sobering look at how assumptions and conception failures can be just as deadly as gaps in collection.

05/20/2026

How Israel uses AI for Intelligence & Why It's Not Enough with Amos Lahav

In this episode of "Intel at the Edge", host Chip Usher is joined b...

05/09/2026

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The Walter E. Washington Convention Center has turned into an interactive, all-ages destination featuring:

🤖 Robots
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Bring your family and friends and come experience the future of AI with us. See you there!

05/08/2026

A message from our favorite humanoid. Come join us for Expo Day 2 ☺️