Ben Buchanan

legacy power systems and server mainframes and the like that could be two decades old that haven't been turned off. So that I think is where I feel the risk most acutely. I think for all of the risks that come with the monoculture of most people's personal tech platforms these days, one of the upsides is they do push security updates pretty regularly.

legacy power systems and server mainframes and the like that could be two decades old that haven't been turned off. So that I think is where I feel the risk most acutely. I think for all of the risks that come with the monoculture of most people's personal tech platforms these days, one of the upsides is they do push security updates pretty regularly.

They push them with new emojis that get people to download the updates. And on balance, I think people are probably better at patching their personal software now than they were 15 years ago.

They push them with new emojis that get people to download the updates. And on balance, I think people are probably better at patching their personal software now than they were 15 years ago.

I've worked in this gift the last four years, a secure room where you can't bring your phone and all that. That is annoying. There's no doubt about it.

I've worked in this gift the last four years, a secure room where you can't bring your phone and all that. That is annoying. There's no doubt about it.

Of AI labs. Yeah. I worry about it. I think it's a hacking risk here. I also, you know, if you hang out in the right San Francisco house party, they're not sharing the model, but they are talking to some degree about the techniques they use and the like, which have tremendous value. I do think it is the case to come back to this kind of intellectual through line of this is...

Of AI labs. Yeah. I worry about it. I think it's a hacking risk here. I also, you know, if you hang out in the right San Francisco house party, they're not sharing the model, but they are talking to some degree about the techniques they use and the like, which have tremendous value. I do think it is the case to come back to this kind of intellectual through line of this is...

national security-relevant technology, maybe world-changing technology that's not coming from the auspices of the government and doesn't have the kind of government imprimatur of security requirements. That shows up in this way as well. We, in the National Security Memorandum, the president's side, tried to signal this to the labs and tried to say to them, we are, as the U.S.

national security-relevant technology, maybe world-changing technology that's not coming from the auspices of the government and doesn't have the kind of government imprimatur of security requirements. That shows up in this way as well. We, in the National Security Memorandum, the president's side, tried to signal this to the labs and tried to say to them, we are, as the U.S.

government, want to help you in this mission. This was signed in October of 2024, so there wasn't a ton of time for us to build on that. But I think it's a priority for the Trump administration. And I can't imagine anything that is more nonpartisan than protecting American companies that are inventing the future.

government, want to help you in this mission. This was signed in October of 2024, so there wasn't a ton of time for us to build on that. But I think it's a priority for the Trump administration. And I can't imagine anything that is more nonpartisan than protecting American companies that are inventing the future.

Yeah, I think we were pretty public about this. And the president signed a national security memorandum, which is basically the national security equivalent of an executive order that says this is a fundamental area of importance for the United States. I don't even know the amount of satellite images that the United States collects every single day, but it's a huge amount.

Yeah, I think we were pretty public about this. And the president signed a national security memorandum, which is basically the national security equivalent of an executive order that says this is a fundamental area of importance for the United States. I don't even know the amount of satellite images that the United States collects every single day, but it's a huge amount.

And we have been public about the fact that we simply do not have enough humans to go through all of this satellite imagery, and it would be a terrible job if we did. And there is a role for AI in going through these images of hotspots around the world, of shipping lines and all that, and analyzing them in an automated way and surfacing the most interesting and important ones for human review.

And we have been public about the fact that we simply do not have enough humans to go through all of this satellite imagery, and it would be a terrible job if we did. And there is a role for AI in going through these images of hotspots around the world, of shipping lines and all that, and analyzing them in an automated way and surfacing the most interesting and important ones for human review.

And I think at one level, you can look at this and say, well, doesn't software just do that? And I think that at some level, of course, is true. At another level, you could say the more capable that software, the more capable the automation of that analysis, the more intelligent advantage you extract from that data. And that ultimately leads to a better position for the United States.

And I think at one level, you can look at this and say, well, doesn't software just do that? And I think that at some level, of course, is true. At another level, you could say the more capable that software, the more capable the automation of that analysis, the more intelligent advantage you extract from that data. And that ultimately leads to a better position for the United States.

I think that's basically true. I think you need to have it. I firmly believe you need to have rights and protections that hopefully are pushing back and saying, no, there's key kinds of data here, including data on your own citizens. And in some cases, citizens of allied nations that you should not collect, even if there's an incentive to collect it.

I think that's basically true. I think you need to have it. I firmly believe you need to have rights and protections that hopefully are pushing back and saying, no, there's key kinds of data here, including data on your own citizens. And in some cases, citizens of allied nations that you should not collect, even if there's an incentive to collect it.