Gregory C. Allen

Director, Wadhwani AI Center
Gregory C. Allen

Gregory C. Allen is the director of the Wadhwani AI Center 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, and developed mechanisms for AI governance and ethics. 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 and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Mr. Allen’s writing and commentary has appeared 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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The AI Policy Podcast

AI and Advanced Technologies in the Fight: Combatant Command and Service Collaboration

Wadhwani AI Center director Gregory C. Allen is joined by Schuyler Moore, the first-ever Chief Technology Officer of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Justin Fanelli, the Chief Technology Officer of the Department of the Navy, and Dr. Alex Miller, the Chief Technology Officer for the Chief of Staff of the Army for a discussion on the warfighter's adoption of emerging technologies.

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen — October 2, 2024

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The AI Policy Podcast

The European Perspective on AI Governance with Dragoș Tudorache

In this episode, we are joined by former MEP Dragoș Tudorache, co-rapporteur of the EU AI Act and Chair of the Special Committee on AI in the Digital Age. We discuss where we are in the EU AI Act roadmap, how to balance innovation and regulation, the future of the EU AI Office, and the increasing energy infrastructure demands of AI.

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen and Dragoș Tudorache — September 16, 2024

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The AI Policy Podcast

The Past, Present, and Future of Technology Forecasting with Jeff Alstott

In this episode, we are joined by Jeff Alstott, expert at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and director of the Center for Technology and Security Policy at RAND, to discuss past technology forecasting across the national security community and a new NSF initiative called Assessing and Predicting Technology Outcomes (APTO). 

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen — August 30, 2024

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Why Is the U.S. Defense Industrial Base So Isolated from the U.S. Economy?

An audio version of “Why Is the U.S. Defense Industrial Base So Isolated from the U.S. Economy?,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Gregory C. Allen with Doug Berenson. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen and Doug Berenson — August 26, 2024

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The AI Policy Podcast

New Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Report, AI Chip Smuggling, California's SB 1047, and an EU AI Act Update

In this episode, we discuss the CSIS Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies latest report on the DOD's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, what recent news about AI chip smuggling means for U.S. export controls, how California's SB 1047 might affect AI regulation, and our biggest takeaways from the EU AI Act going into force.

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen and Brielle Hill — August 19, 2024

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The AI Policy Podcast

Understanding What Intellectual Property Regulation Means For AI with Andrei Iancu

In this episode, we are joined by Andrei Iancu, former Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and former Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), to discuss whether AI-generated works can be copyrighted, what the latest USPTO guidance means for the patent subject matter eligibility of AI systems, who can claim inventorship for AI-facilitated inventions and the use of AI by patent and trademark applicants and the USPTO.

Podcast Episode by Gregory C. Allen and Andrei Iancu — August 5, 2024

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