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Alexa Griffith (Red Hat AI) and Taylor Dolezal (Dosu).

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The Incident Part II, the Off Switch, and Follow the Data

Claude reaches real companies from inside a cyber eval, a librarian's class on turning AI off packs the room, and we follow the defense tech money from PayPal to the Pentagon.

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Defense Tech, From the Stack Down
A visual, interactive story for engineers: trace the defense technology stack, compare the companies and their moats, then follow the network into politics and patriotism.
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Defense Tech — Web of Connections
Interactive network map of the defense tech ecosystem — companies, funds, people, and government contracts.
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Cold Open
5:00
The Incident Part II: Claude in a Cyber Eval
15:00
AI for Everyone: Zuckerberg's WSJ Op-Ed
25:00
Software Factory Funnel: Lights-Off Retrospective
35:00
The Off Switch: Library Workshops on Avoiding AI
45:00
Follow the Data: Defense Tech Stack
55:00
The Packet: Sense → Resolve → Model → Decide → Act
1:05:00
The Network: PayPal to the Pentagon
1:15:00
People, Philosophy, and Patriotism
1:25:00
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