Defending Against AI-Powered Threats from Cyberspace
December 17 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST
From mass phishing campaigns to autonomous penetration tools, AI-assisted operations are the next frontier in cyber warfare. With U.S. leadership at the helm, these same AI systems are strengthening U.S. and allied capabilities by improving detection, speeding incident response, and helping defenders counter intrusions at scale. Join ASP for a conversation on how artificial intelligence is reshaping traditional offense-defense distinctions, infrastructure security, and more.
Courtney Manning, Director of AI Imperative 2030 at the American Security Project
Courtney Manning is the Director of AI Imperative 2030 at the American Security Project, where she leads a team of cross-disciplinary stakeholders investigating the critical geostrategic forces driving the global AI race in the 21st century. Formerly, she led ASP’s research portfolios on military recruitment and readiness, strategic competition with China, and emerging technology risks. Before working at ASP, she served as a program coordinator for the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, a geopolitical risk consultant for the Peruvian government, and a special advisor for the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations. Courtney holds an MIA in international security policy and conflict resolution from Columbia University and a BA in international relations from the University of Denver Korbel School.
Edward “Ted” Wittenstein, Director of the Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and National Power at Yale University
Edward (“Ted”) Wittenstein is a Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Director of the Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and National Power, a signature teaching and research initiative of the Jackson School that examines how AI has the potential to alter fundamental building blocks of world order. A former diplomat and intelligence professional, Ted teaches undergraduate, graduate, and law courses on intelligence, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, national security decision-making, and the outer space domain. He also serves as Co-Director of the Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy and the Yale Cyber Leadership Forum, as well as a visiting faculty fellow at Yale Law School’s Center for Global Legal Challenges.
Emelia “Emmy” Probasco, Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
Emelia (“Emmy”) Probasco is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where she works on the military applications of Artificial Intelligence. Prior to joining CSET, she was the Chief Communications Officer and Communications Department Head at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), leading technical and institutional communications to support and drive APL’s strategic vision. Prior to APL, Emmy served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, deploying twice to the Indo-Pacific. She also served in the Pentagon as the speechwriter to the Chief of Naval Operations and at the U.S. Naval Academy as an instructor in political science. She has masters’ degrees in Forced Migration and Economic and Social History from Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a degree in Political Science from the U.S. Naval Academy.
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