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AI-Accelerated Terrorist Recruitment, Propaganda, and Financing: A Briefing for Tech and Fintech Leaders

AI-Accelerated Terrorist Recruitment, Propaganda, and Financing: A Briefing for Tech and Fintech Leaders

Generative AI has already closed the capability gap between individual terrorist cells and state-level operations, and because that activity moves through your platforms and payment rails, closing the detection gap is now your responsibility, not just government's.

Generative AI has already closed the capability gap between individual terrorist cells and state-level operations, and because that activity moves through your platforms and payment rails, closing the detection gap is now your responsibility, not just government's.

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Data-Driven Is a Myth. Data-Informed Is a Discipline.

Data-Driven Is a Myth. Data-Informed Is a Discipline.

Dashboards do not make decisions. The discipline lies in finding the right information, judging what to trust, and weighing it against the context that numbers miss.

Dashboards do not make decisions. The discipline lies in finding the right information, judging what to trust, and weighing it against the context that numbers miss.

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Do States Have Personalities? What IR Theory Gets Right About Tech Chokepoints

Do States Have Personalities? What IR Theory Gets Right About Tech Chokepoints

A well-established strand of international relations theory holds that states develop distinct, semi-predictable “personalities” through history, geography, and social interaction.

A well-established strand of international relations theory holds that states develop distinct, semi-predictable “personalities” through history, geography, and social interaction.

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Golden Thread Intel

Andrea Herbin brings military intelligence discipline, Google AI advisory experience, and MIT Sloan systems thinking to organizations that need clearer judgment under pressure.

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