Gregory C. Allen

Gregory C. Allen is the director of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Project and a senior fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, he was the director of strategy and policy at the Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, where he oversaw development and implementation of the DOD’s AI Strategy, drove policy and human capital reforms to accelerate the DOD’s adoption of AI, developed mechanisms for AI governance and ethics, and led frequent diplomatic engagements with governments and militaries in Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions, including China. Mr. Allen’s expertise and professional experience spans AI, robotics, semiconductors, space technology, and national security. Prior to working at the DOD, he was the head of market analysis and competitive strategy at Blue Origin, a space technology manufacturer and space launch services provider. Mr. Allen’s writing and commentary has appeared in in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Economist, Nature, CNN, Fox News, Foreign Policy, and WIRED. He holds a joint MPP/MBA degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School.
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What Is The Pentagon’s Updated Policy On Killer Robots?
Gregory C. Allen in Forbes — January 31, 2023
DoD Clarifies ‘Confusion’ Around Autonomous Weapons
Gregory C. Allen in Politico — January 30, 2023
China’s Top Nuclear-Weapons Lab Used American Computer Chips Decades After Ban
Gregory C. Allen in The Wall Street Journal — January 29, 2023
U.S. vs. China: The Race to Develop the Most Advanced Chips
Gregory C. Allen in The Wall Street Journal — January 11, 2023
CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies
Gregory C. Allen in CNN — January 4, 2023
Chip war between Washington and Beijing: The US is freezing the state of AI in the year 2022 for China
Gregory C. Allen in Neue Bücher Zeitung — January 4, 2023
An Interview with Gregory C. Allen About the Past, Present, and Future of the China Chip Ban
Gregory C. Allen in Stratechery — December 15, 2022
Japan and the Netherlands just picked sides in the U.S.-China cold war over chips. Here’s what they chose
Gregory C. Allen in Fortune — December 12, 2022
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Improving Export Controls Enforcement Using Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Event by Gregory C. Allen , William Alan Reinsch , and Alan F. Estevez — December 6, 2022

Improved Export Controls Enforcement Technology Needed for U.S. National Security
Report by Gregory C. Allen , Emily Benson , and William Alan Reinsch — November 30, 2022

Choking Off China’s Access to the Future of AI
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Gregory C. Allen — November 7, 2022

Choking off China’s Access to the Future of AI
Report by Gregory C. Allen — October 11, 2022

A Space Innovation Deep Dive with Maxar Technologies
Podcast Episode by James Andrew Lewis and Gregory C. Allen — October 3, 2022

The European Approach to Regulating Artificial Intelligence with MEP Dragos Tudorache, Co-Rapporteur of the EU AI Act
Event by Gregory C. Allen and Dragos Tudorache — September 19, 2022

Report Launch: Software-Defined Warfare
Event by Gregory C. Allen , Nand Mulchandani , and Lt. General (Ret.) John N.T. “Jack” Shanahan — September 7, 2022

DOD Is Updating Its Decade-Old Autonomous Weapons Policy, but Confusion Remains Widespread
Commentary by Gregory C. Allen — June 6, 2022

Russia Probably Has Not Used AI-Enabled Weapons in Ukraine, but That Could Change
Commentary by Gregory C. Allen — May 26, 2022

One Key Challenge for Diplomacy on AI: China’s Military Does Not Want to Talk
Commentary by Gregory C. Allen — May 20, 2022
