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Your weekly brief on current events from the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab.

Episodes

  1. 2D AGO

    AI News Roundup: Google/Pentagon deal, U.S. data centers, and Mythos

    This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker discusses three recent AI headlines: the Google/Pentagon agreement for use of Gemini in military contexts, the future of data centers in the U.S., and Anthropic's decision to limit access to its Mythos model.

    19 min

  2. APR 16

    News Roundup: Iran, European Rearmament, and Semiconductors

    This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, we're diving into three separate--yet deeply interconnected--topics: the ongoing Iran war, European pushes for rearmament, and worldwide semiconductor chip shortages.

    23 min

  3. APR 8

    4.7 Updates on Iran

    This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about the Iran war, what could come next, and the impacts of the war on civilians, other Gulf countries, and the rest of the world. This podcast was recorded on Tuesday April 7, 2026 at 1pm.

    23 min

  4. MAR 27

    Super Micro: the alleged chip smuggling scheme that violated export laws

    This week on your BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about Super Micro and the alleged scheme by three employees, including the company’s co-founder, to send NVIDIA microchips to China in violation of U.S. export laws.

    21 min

  5. MAR 20

    Cuba, and How Foreign Policy Strategy is Taking a Turn

    On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about Cuba, the Trump Administration's recent comments about a transition of power, and what this signals about the future of foreign policy.

    20 min

  6. MAR 14

    The AI-DOD Standoff and the Future of Autonomous Weapons at the Pentagon

    On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie joins BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker for a discussion covering the recent standoff between AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI and the U.S. Government, as well as how autonomous weapons are being used in military contexts.

    20 min

  7. MAR 7

    Iran war: What You Should Know

    BRSL Weekly Brief, Friday, March 6th. In this episode of the BRSL Weekly Brief, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about the U.S./Israel war on Iran, and everything you need to know about the conflict thus far.

    20 min
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