{"podcast":{"title":"The AI Policy Podcast","slug":"the-ai-policy-podcast-6758160","podcast_index_feed_id":6758160,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSIS8973369418","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/95599230-b558-11ee-b177-1b0512fd2559/image/701fb3a802c0fe1fb272911aa040ffc2.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CSIS","episode_count":100,"summary":"Join CSIS’s Aalok Mehta, Director of the Wadhwani AI Center, on a deep dive into the world of AI policy. Every two weeks, tune in for insightful discussions covering AI regulation, economic impacts, national security, geopolitics, and more. CSIS is a bipartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:21:46.180058+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-policy-podcast-6758160"},"episode":{"title":"Unpacking Russian Military AI with Kateryna Bondar","slug":"unpacking-russian-military-ai-with-kateryna-bondar","published_at":"2026-04-14T20:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-policy-podcast-6758160/unpacking-russian-military-ai-with-kateryna-bondar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-policy-podcast-6758160","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4975917959.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4975917959.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we are joined by Wadhwani AI Center fellow Kateryna Bondar to discuss her recent reports on Russia's military AI, \"How Russia Is Building a Sovereign Drone Ecosystem for AI-Driven Autonomy\" and \"How Russia Is Reshaping Command and Control for AI-Enabled Warfare.\" We cover Kateryna's background (1:07) before doing a deep dive into the role technological innovation has played in the conflict in Ukraine (7:49). Kateryna then explains why AI capabilities in warfare \"cannot be built, can only be grown\" (22:24) and unpacks the report's claim that Russia has likely fielded a fully autonomous unmanned system in combat (53:02). Read Kateryna's report on Russia's AI-enabled C2 architecture here. Read her report on Russia's sovereign drone ecosystem here.","meta_description":"In this episode, we are joined by Wadhwani AI Center fellow Kateryna Bondar to discuss her recent reports on Russia's military AI, \"How Russia Is Building…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ai-policy-podcast-6758160/episodes/unpacking-russian-military-ai-with-kateryna-bondar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-policy-podcast-6758160/unpacking-russian-military-ai-with-kateryna-bondar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}