The AI Policy Podcast

The AI Policy Podcast launched in 2024 as part of CSIS's Wadhwani AI Center, which was established in April 2023 with a $5 million founding commitment from CSIS trustee Dr. Romesh Wadhwani. The podcast was founded and initially hosted by Gregory C. Allen, then a senior adviser at the Wadhwani AI Center who previously served as director of strategy and policy at the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and holds joint degrees from Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. Released on roughly a biweekly schedule, the podcast features in-depth conversations with policymakers, technologists, government officials, and international experts. Topics span AI governance and regulation, semiconductor export controls, U.S.-China technology competition, AI and national security, military AI applications, and international AI governance frameworks such as the G7 AI process and the AI Safety Summit series. In an April 2026 "Next Chapter" episode, Allen announced his departure from CSIS and introduced Wadhwani AI Center director Aalok Mehta as the new host of the series. The Wadhwani AI Center that produces the podcast has a small resident team and a network of non-resident fellows and senior associates. The center conducts original policy research, provides briefings to Congress and executive branch officials, and engages with international allies and partners. The podcast serves as the center's public-facing vehicle for translating its research into accessible expert dialogue for policymakers and the broader AI policy community.

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