The Washington Post’s The Futurist: The Age of AI Summit is live Thursday, June 13 – a powerful program featuring compelling conversations about the evolution and future of artificial intelligence, a massive technology shift that could transform the way we work, live and interact with the world around us. Post journalists will moderate interviews with influential policymakers and technology pioneers, including:
- LinkedIn & Inflection AI Co-Founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman on AI’s inflection point, in conversation with Artificial Intelligence Columnist Josh Tyrangiel
- Gen. Mark A. Milley (U.S. Army, Ret.), Former Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff on AI, the military and the future of war, in conversation with Columnist David Ignatius
- Maria Ressa, Co-Founder & CEO, Rappler and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate on the future of the press and democracy, in conversation with Technology Policy Reporter Cat Zakrzewski
- Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on AI guardrails and cybersecurity, in conversation with Columnist David Ignatius
- Renee Wegrzyn, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and Regina Barzilay, Distinguished Professor of AI & Health, School of Engineering, MIT on the future of medicine, in conversation with Columnist Bina Venkataraman
- Kai-Fu Lee, Chair, Sinovation Ventures, on China’s AI investments, in conversation with Technology Editor for Corporate & Personal Tech Yun-Hee Kim
Washington Post Chief Technology Officer Vineet Khosla will join the summit to highlight new AI tools developed by The Post for readers and offer a special inside look at tools developed for Post reporters.
IBM and Nasdaq are the presenting sponsors of Washington Post Live’s “The Futurist: The Age of AI.”
The summit is the latest in a series of more than a dozen programs on AI and technology. It comes a week following The Post’s “Securing Cyberspace” event which made news with the State Department’s top cyber diplomat Nathaniel C. Fick and former NSA director Paul Nakasone on the global cyberthreat landscape and the impact of emerging technologies.
