The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Arati Prabhakar, a former White House science and technology advisor and former head of DARPA, the government agency behind many breakthrough technologies.Prabhakar is a first-generation immigrant and the first woman to earn a PhD in applied physics from Caltech. Over her career, she has helped shape major decisions around semiconductors, early mRNA research, artificial intelligence, and national security. She shares her non-linear career path, what it means to lead responsibly in powerful technologies, and why investing in public research — with strong ethical guardrails for AI — matters for the country's future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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