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Q Chaghtai
Communications

Q Chaghtai

Digital Director

Former Head of Marketing & Public Affairs at Legislogiq; Former Senior Marketing Manager at Accountable Tech; Former Senior Digital Manager at Groundwork Collaborative

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Research & Publications

RESEARCH • 2026

The Invisible Backbone

AI has increasingly become an underlying infrastructure for the United States, yet the AI sector lacks formal recognition as critical infrastructure, leaving it without public-private coordination mechanisms, information sharing, asset mapping, and protection standards commensurate with AI’s increasing role in critical operations.

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Preventing the Next Hugging Face Hack: Funding the Science of Reliable AI

Not only can assurance science help analyze and prevent such crises, but it could also contribute to critical long-form analysis of model behaviors, pinpointing when and why AI models take unwanted actions, allowing for targeting additional safeguards.

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Your Grid Has a New Neighbor

Across the country, data centers are quietly reshaping electric grids, with the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab projecting that data center electricity consumption will rise from 4.4 to 6.7–12 percen...

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Introducing a Non-Personified Chatbot Default Setting as a Safety Guardrail for Minors

Recent accounts of teenagers forming intense and unhealthy relationships with chatbots have opened Congress’s eyes to the need to regulate this transformative technology. As policymakers weigh o...

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Minutes to Seconds to Machines Running the Whole Show

A naval intelligence officer aboard a destroyer in the South China Sea watches her console populate. The fused AI targeting system has correlated satellite imagery, signals intelligence, and pattern-o...

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

The New Iron Triangle

For decades, defense acquisition has operated under a simple constraint known as the iron triangle. Any program can optimize for at most two of three variables: speed, cost, and capability. Choosing a...

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