Dr. David Bray discusses with Brookings why Leaders must take risks and experiment

Issue Brief Mar 21, 2025

To win the AI race, the US needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy

By Joseph Webster

To ensure US AI leadership, the United States must harness all forms of energy, allow a level playing field, and remove red tape constraining the buildout of critical enablers, especially transmission lines and grid enhancing technologies.
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Dr. David Bray discusses with Brookings why Leaders must take risks and experiment

MENASource Feb 26, 2025

How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda

By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

The United States needs to adjust its drone deployment strategy to ensure that MQ-9 Reapers are less vulnerable to the militant group’s attacks. 
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Dr. David Bray discusses with Brookings why Leaders must take risks and experiment

New Atlanticist Feb 18, 2025

What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

By Trey Herr

The AI sector is evolving quickly, fueled by a self-reinforcing cycle of investment, commentary, and ambition. In this race for compute, patience is important to sorting out sustainable innovation from speculative excess.
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The DFRLab’s Democracy & Tech Initiative creates policy practices that align global stakeholders toward tech and governance that reinforces, rather than undermines, open societies. This initiative builds on the DFRLab’s leadership in the OSINT field, empowering global communities to promote transparency and accountability.

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Mar 11, 2020

Dr. David Bray discusses with Brookings why Leaders must take risks and experiment

By Atlantic Council

In discussion with the Brookings Institution, Dr. David Bray, inaugural director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, discussed for public service the legacy idea that "leader's can't take risks or experiment" in government is an idea that needs to be retired for open societies to thrive in the future.

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In the News

Mar 11, 2020

The pursuit of a people-centered Internet through artificial intelligence

By Atlantic Council

Dr. David Bray, the Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, spoke on the Alldus's AI In Action podcast series on the current state of the Internet and how it can be reshaped using AI to create a people-centered ecosystem that benefits everyone.

Civil Society Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 11, 2020

Reaching consensus on the future of data

By Atlantic Council

At the October 2019 AIWorld Government conference, Dr. David Bray, Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, presented a vision for a more equitable and democratic internet environment in the future.

Entrepreneurship Future of Work

Press Release

Mar 11, 2020

Atlantic Council launches GeoTech Center and Commission

The Atlantic Council today launched the GeoTech Center, whose role will be to provide greater understanding of emerging technologies and to develop strategies and policies to ensure the use of “technology for good” among individuals, societies and the international community.

Economy & Business Entrepreneurship

In the News

Mar 11, 2020

A people-centered approach to AI and big data

By Atlantic Council

According to Dr. David Bray, Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, the next decade of digital development promises to bring about even more unfathomable transformation through the wide-scale implementation of AI and Internet of Things devices.

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Mar 10, 2020

#AlertaVenezuela: March 10, 2020

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Nicolás Maduro and his Vice President Delcy Rodríguez promoted the hashtag #LasSancionesSonUnCrimen (“Sanctions are a crime”) on March 6, 2020, when it also reached the trending topics of the country on Twitter. The hashtag was part of a broader campaign launched by the regime that same day to protest U.S. sanctions imposed on Venezuela.

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Report

Mar 4, 2020

A framework for an open, trusted, and resilient 5G global telecommunications network

By John T. Watts

The rollout of 5G will take place over the next decade, and its future is still being written. But, the United States and its allies are behind; they must act now or face irrelevancy. This study lays out a vision for a global 5G network that satisfies the values of the United States and like-minded partners and is in the best interests of the global population.

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#AlertaVenezuela

Mar 3, 2020

#AlertaVenezuela: March 3, 2020

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Fringe outlets that reported on an attack on a Juan Guaidó rally in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, received more engagement on social media than traditional and trustworthy outlets that wrote about the same topic.

Disinformation Venezuela

Insights & Impact

Mar 3, 2020

Peering Around the Corner: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus

By Atlantic Council

On February 11, 2020 the DFRLab hosted "Peering Around the Corner: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus," a timely series of panels on the potential geopolitical and economic consequences of Coronavirus, and how misinformation about the crisis may influence its impact.

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Mar 2, 2020

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By Atlantic Council

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