Melissa K. Griffith

The @bindinghook.bsky.social Live agenda is out! I’m honored to join a truly impressive group of people “where digital tech and global affairs meet” later this month in London. I’ll be presenting my research on AI compute, and why chips aren’t enough. See you there! bindinghooklive.com/agenda/

🗓️ #BindingHookLive agenda is out now! Check it out & request your invite: bindinghooklive.com/agenda/

Hats off to Olga Belogolova, Danielle Khan, the SAIS Emerging Technologies Initiative, and the entire team at Johns Hopkins SAIS for putting together this fantastic program two years running and for bringing together another excellent cohort of fellows this summer. 3/3

The US, Japan, and South Korea continue to sit at the heart of technology, innovation, and geopolitics. Closer ties and collaboration here could not be more important, and programs like this one continue to pave the way. 2/3

Over the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of supporting the SAIS Trilateral Technogy Training Program here in DC and the Bay Area with programming dedicated to #semiconductors, #compute infrastructure, and #AI. 1/3

PLAITS 2025 – Privacy and Liberty in the Age of AI and Immersive Technologies Join us for PLAITS 2025, a micro-think tank conference exploring the intersection of privacy, liberty, and emerging technologies.

Looking forward to speaking at #PLAITS2025 today on national security, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors.

Hope to see many of you there: futurerealities.org/PLAITS2025/i...

Kicking off a week focused on #AI and #semiconductors with the Special Competitive Studies Project’s #SCSPAIExpo25 here in DC. If you are in town, drop me a line.

What’s next for AI: Overcoming the barriers to sustained AI growth Policy and AI leaders outline the current state and potential trajectory of AI capabilities in the U.S. and what can help keep the country at the forefront of AI innovation.

Last month, I had the pleasure of organizing and moderating a panel delving into the different technologies that fuel artificial intelligence innovation and that underpin the AI triad, including but not limited to energy, data centers, models, and semiconductors.  Post-event writeup here ⬇️

As the inaugural @iaseai.bsky.social conference wraps this evening in Paris, I am hustling back to my hotel room to (virtually) teach Johns Hopkins SAIS students about AI and national security. Looking forward to reflecting on several IASEAI discussions in my classroom with policy students.

Academic, industry, and policy silos can impair our ability to balance risk and opportunities across security, economics, and sustainability as well as the safety concerns that arise. Hats off to @iaseai.bsky.social for deliberately building a diverse community tackling challenging AI questions. 2/2

The Challenges of Policy in an Era of Fulcrum Technologies - War on the Rocks Last month, Alliant Energy announced it will delay converting its Wisconsin coal plant by three years. This delay underscores an important tension: While

At #IASEAI25 today, @katecrawford.bsky.social’s tour de force talk on sustainability further drove home, for me, the importance of framing #AI as a Fulcrum Technology. For those who want to learn more about what Fulcrum Technologies are (and are not), an introduction can be found below. 1/2

Livestream of the IASEAI 2025 Conference Livestream of The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI inaugural conference (IASEAI ‘25) on Feb 6-7, 2025.

And if you could not attend in person, consider catching a few of the talks virtually. Details below. www.iaseai.org/conference/l... 2/2

As Paris welcomes the world for the AI Summit, I am thrilled to be here and participating in #IASEAI25 over the next two days. Drop me a line if you are also in town and would like to connect on all things #AI #natsec and #semiconductors / #compute. 1/2

AI Semiconductors Security Podcast Episode · The Looking Glass · 12/11/2024 · 30m

A podcast I recorded a few days after the election on #semiconductors, #AI, and #natsec just dropped. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts, including ⬇️

It is also well worth checking out their recent episodes with Gavin Wilde (foreign influence ops) and Greg Falco (space & cyber).

Are you a mid-career government official from the US, Japan, or South Korea interested in #AI, #cybersecurity, #biotech, #space, #semiconductors, #greentech? Join @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social for the 2025 Trilateral Technology Leaders Training Program. Additional details below ⬇️

Your cousin just asked about tariffs at Thanksgiving dinner and everyone got quiet. Let's break down how they actually work using what's on your dinner table - and why they usually end up costing families like yours more money. 1/

New export controls focused on advanced #computing and #semiconductors were announced today.

Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security announcement: lnkd.in/enzhMTgD

New Entity List & Validated End-User rules: lnkd.in/e6jisHdw

New Foreign Direct Product & other export controls: lnkd.in/eWB4RUEe

Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.

This is a story a lot of reporters have been chasing:

Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists.

Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

One reason I'm cautiously excited that we reached critical mass here is that Bluesky finally has the same intersection of people I cared about on Twitter - natsec, infosec, academia, and journos.

Congratulations to the entire @virtualroutes.bsky.social team!

On a personal note, it was moving to see Finland and Sweden’s flags flying high as the newest members of the alliance. 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 2/2

Students Learn from Key Leaders in NATO Site Visit On November 1, 2024, a group of 29 Johns Hopkins SAIS students and two faculty members traveled to Norfolk, Virginia for a site visit to the NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquarters.

One of the many pleasures of teaching at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is the caliber of our students. Shout out to Stavros Piperidis for spearheading this important site visit to NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT). Read and learn more ⬇️ 1/2

Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...

Featuring the substance of our pre-lunchtime talk from Steven Adair @cyberwarcon.bsky.social

Another excellent JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute skills course on the books. If you haven’t had a chance to take this workshop with @jags.bsky.social, I highly recommend it. Additional details ⬇️

Another excellent #CYBERWARCON in the books! World class lineup of speakers and, as always, great to see everyone. No better way to spend the day.

And if you are keen to see how this triad of imperatives plays out in practice, read my latest piece for the American-German Institute on the importance of ensuring access to high performance computing for American AI ambitions ⬇️ 3/3

The Challenges of Policy in an Era of Fulcrum Technologies - War on the Rocks Last month, Alliant Energy announced it will delay converting its Wisconsin coal plant by three years. This delay underscores an important tension: While

If you are interested in learning more about "Fulcrum Technologies", read my recent War on the Rock's piece with Nina Kelsey ⬇️ 2/3

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting my research on critical technologies and technology policy - from AI to semiconductors - at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Center for Global Security Research.
A special thanks to Mike Albertson and Katie Thomas for inviting me. 1/3

I am very much looking forward to speaking at American University School of International Service’s conference on Ally-Shoring and South Korea’s High-Tech Industry on Nov. 15.

From semiconductors to cybersecurity, South Korea is a critical partner and global player.

Registration and agenda ⬇️