Institute On National Security
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine to Headline the 2026 Asness Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats
Official Portrait of the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Dan Caine. (DOD Photo by Benjamin Applebaum) The Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security is honored to announce General Dan Caine, the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will headline the Asness Summit on Modern… Read MoreFeb. 3, 2026
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Sam Altman on future AI: ‘Do we shape it or let it shape us?’
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT—and perhaps the most prominent figure shaping the future of artificial intelligence in the U.S.—joined the fourth annual Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats for a wide-ranging virtual conversation on the national security… Read MoreMay. 9, 2025
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‘We must lead’: Diermeier calls AI a defining challenge for American leadership
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier opened the fourth annual Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats with a call for bold, collaborative leadership to meet the unprecedented challenges posed by artificial intelligence. “We are living through a moment of extraordinary promise—and extraordinary peril,” Diermeier said. “That… Read MoreMay. 9, 2025