EP08 - The Geopolitics of AI: Ecosystems Over Regulations

EP08 - The Geopolitics of AI: Ecosystems Over Regulations

What happens when geopolitical competition shapes where you can build AI teams and which infrastructure you can access? Alessandro Aresu, Geopolitical Analyst and Scientific Advisor at Limes, has spent over a decade analyzing US-China technological competition and advising Italian government institutions, including the Prime Minister's office, on strategic technology issues. From why AI success depends on talent, capital, and companies (not regulations) to why Europe's fragmented approach is fundamentally broken, discover what actually drives competitive advantage in the global AI race.

EP07 - No Model is Safe: How to Validate AI Security at Scale

What happens when defense-grade testing rigor meets the Wild West of commercial AI deployment? Alex Brooker, Founder of Airside Labs and IET Fellow, spent over a decade building software for defense and aviation systems, and he's now testing enterprise AI for compliance with OWASP, NIST, and the EU AI Act. From why built-in guardrails aren't enough to prevent business liability to why every country needs sovereign AI models, discover what it actually takes to validate AI security at scale.

EP06 - Transparency & Compliance: How to Secure AI Supply Chains

What happens when a decade of software supply chain security expertise meets AI's unprecedented challenges? Steve Springett, 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 of the 𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 at 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘄, reveals why traditional AppSec frameworks can't secure AI systems. From pioneering SBOM initiatives to leading Dependency Track and CycloneDX, discover why AI has accelerated beyond imagination and why transparency, not just compliance, separates trustworthy AI from security theater.

EP05 - Craft Over Magic: How to Deploy AI Systems That Work

What happens when strategy consulting meets the trenches of enterprise AI deployment? Dr. Jasper Schwenzow, AI Lead for Defense at deepset, reveals why 70-80% of AI work is unglamorous data cleaning, not magic.  From McKinsey to PhD to defense applications, discover why "speaking about the details" separates functional AI systems from expensive demos that never ship.

EP04 - Europe vs Big Tech: Inside the AI Privacy War

How do you build AI systems when European regulators are actively challenging every move you make? Kleanthi Sardeli, Data Protection Lawyer at noyb, reveals how enterprises are navigating the legal minefield of AI compliance in Europe.  From ChatGPT hallucination lawsuits to training data rights battles, discover what companies actually need to do to survive Europe's AI privacy war.