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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Security Without a Blank Check
The controversial U.S. spy program–FISA Section 702–expired over two months ago. Without a deadline pressuring a clean reauthorization, Congress has a moment to address the loopholes that allow warrantless surveillance of Americans.
Read Full Analysis →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.
Read Full Analysis →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...
Read Full Analysis →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...
Read Full Analysis →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...
Read Full Analysis →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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