What does the global race for AI look like? How has the US Department of Defense been adopting AI by engaging the private sector? And how should we expect AI policy to shift under the new administration?  

In this episode – the last in our series on the future of AI – guest host Joel Meyer, President of Public Sector at Domino, sits down with General Jack Shanahan (Ret.) former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center at the U.S. Department of Defense, and Lauren Bedula, Managing Director at Beacon Global Strategies.

Join us as we explore:

• How the U.S. Department of Defense is accelerating AI adoption
• The global AI race: U.S., China, and allies
• AI policy shifts under the new U.S. administration
• Predictions for AI in the Public Sector for 2025 and beyond

Also, hear more of Lauren’s thoughts on national security and tech innovation on the Building the Base podcast.

• The pressure to shift from experimentation to production
• Breaking down the data, infrastructure and organizational silos
• Best practices for tackling governance, security and cost challenges
• Examples of AI efficiency gains in healthcare, pharma, and beyond

• The "silent revolution" of AI in finance
• Unlocking the potential of unstructured data
• AI governance for innovation and regulatory compliance
• Strategies for driving AI adoption
• Top predictions for AI in 2025 in FSI

• How AI will drive the majority of new drug discoveries
• The role of AI in clinical trials
• The growing need for pharma companies to adopt a tech company mindset
• The impact of AI-driven automation on regulatory compliance and reporting

• The evolution of AI governance and why it has become a top priority for AI teams
• Frameworks and practices for identifying and managing AI risk 
• The growing importance of automation for effective governance
• Fairness, business, and other metrics for AI governance
• How to govern an Agentic AI future 

• The differences between AI ethics and AI governance
• How the AI governance challenges have changed (and where they haven’t)
• The people, process and technology solutions for genAI governance (and how they are all intertwined)
• Predictions about AI maturity, slip ups and regulation

• How leadership and experimentation drove the success of the Defense Innovation Unit
• The importance of developing new frameworks for procurement for AI adoption
• Insights from modern warfare: drone technology and the shift to consumer-driven innovation
• Best practices for scaling technological transformation across any large organization

• The core requirements of the act and how they impact your use cases
• Gray areas to look out for in the act
• Compliance with existing regulations such as DORA and GDPR
• Core governance capabilities that enable compliance for the EU AI act and future regulation