The AI Policy Podcast
Join CSIS’s Aalok Mehta, Director of the Wadhwani AI Center, on a deep dive into the world of AI policy. Every two weeks, tune in for insightful discussions covering AI regulation, economic impacts, national security, geopolitics, and more. CSIS is a bipartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.
The AI Policy Podcast is produced by Cera Baker and Nicole Errera.
Podcast Series by Aalok Mehta
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METR Investigates OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident and California Legislature Advances IVO Framework
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta and Nicole Errera — September 3, 2026
Responding to AI Agent Containment Failures with CSET's Helen Toner, LawAI's Mackenzie Arnold & CSIS's Matt Pearl
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta and Matt Pearl — August 27, 2026
OpenAI Pauses RL Training and Anthropic Adds Watermarks to AI-Generated Text
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta and Nicole Errera — August 20, 2026
Planning for the AI-Powered Economy with Windfall's Adrian Brown
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta — August 13, 2026
Three More AI Hacking Incidents, and a Push to 'Pace the Frontier'
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta and Nicole Errera — August 6, 2026
A Deep Dive Into IVOs with Fathom's Bri Treece
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta — August 4, 2026
Japan's Take on AI Sovereignty with Hiroki Habuka
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta — July 30, 2026
OpenAI Models Hack Hugging Face, Kimi K3's "DeepSeek Moment," and New York's Data Center Moratorium
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta and Matt Mande — July 23, 2026
Canada's Approach to AI Sovereignty with Sean Mullin
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta — July 16, 2026
Illinois Mandates Third-Party Audits of Frontier Labs and Trump Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Fable
Podcast Episode by Aalok Mehta and Nicole Errera — July 9, 2026