Virtual Event | Global Compute and National Security: Strengthening American AI Leadership Through Proactive Partnerships

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Compute has become the engine of AI progress. Advanced chips in massive data centers are enabling breakthroughs in AI capabilities and large-scale deployment. If current trends continue, nations with robust compute ecosystems will enjoy a significant and self-reinforcing advantage in training and deploying AI models. While the United States occupies a dominant position across the entire AI stack, its compute ecosystem is one of its most durable competitive advantages.

Over the last few years, Washington’s efforts to protect America’s AI leadership have relied heavily on controlling the export of advanced AI. But in the last few months, President Trump’s rescission of the Biden administration’s AI Diffusion Framework, and the announcement of major AI deals with Gulf states mark a shift in strategy towards actively promoting U.S. AI technology overseas. Now, the AI Action Plan codifies the ambition of ensuring allies and partners are building on and using U.S. technology.

How can the U.S. government balance the “protect” and “promote” elements of America’s AI Action Plan? What should the Trump Administration propose in a new AI Diffusion Framework? And what more is needed to strengthen American AI Leadership?

On Tuesday, July 29, CNAS hosted a discussion about how to promote America’s AI leadership by leveraging its compute advantage while protecting national security.

This event marks the release of a major new CNAS report, Global Compute and National Security: Strengthening American AI Leadership through Proactive Partnerships, by CNAS Technology and Security Program Senior Fellow Janet Egan.

Opening Remarks by:

Vivek Chilukuri
Senior Fellow and Program Director, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Featuring:

Mark Beall
President of Government Affairs
AI Policy Network

Sam Winter-Levy
Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Sam Hammond
Chief Economist
Foundation for American Innovation

Janet Egan
Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program
Center for a New American Security

For registration questions, contact Jasmine Butler at [email protected]. For media inquiries, contact Charles Horn at [email protected].