This is a hybrid event. Online attendance is open to the public while in-person attendance is by invitation only.

About the event: The Future of Decision-Making Project at Stanford University will host a workshop on the future of AI-enabled decision-making systems on June 3, 2026, bringing together leading voices from journalism, the military, and academia to examine one of the most consequential transformations underway in national security. The workshop will feature a keynote address by Katrina Manson, author of the highly anticipated book "Project Maven," recounting the Pentagon's race to integrate AI into warfare. Manson will join Lieutenant General (Ret.) Jack Shanahan—the founding director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and the Pentagon's first senior leader for military AI—for a moderated panel discussion. The workshop will also showcase briefs of original research sponsored by the project from scholars at Stanford University.

The workshop is hosted by the Future of Decision-Making Project, a multi-year, international research initiative based within the Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. As AI moves rapidly from the periphery to the cognitive core of military and governmental institutions, the project is producing the rigorous, policy-relevant research needed to preserve meaningful human control. Funded by the government of Estonia and in partnership with the University of Exeter, Princeton University, and other leading institutions, the project unites scholars, practitioners, and government partners across the NATO alliance and beyond to address the organizational, ethical, and accountability questions defining this pivotal moment. Learn more at fodm.stanford.edu.

 All CISAC events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone.

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