Publications: David Kertai

Instead of taking blunt approaches that ban or disincentivize the use of personalized recommendation algorithms, policymakers should promote targeted interventions that empower users to shape their content experience, encourage responsible innovation, and support appropriate transparency and independent research into potential risks.

Major agreements, new participants, and key diplomatic and industrial milestones in the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative, which aims to secure global supply chains that underpin AI and other advanced technologies.

NIST should modernize the NVD by expanding automation, improving coordination with CISA, and adopting more reliable product‑identification and data‑ingestion systems that support machine‑speed defense.

As AI systems gain greater autonomy, policymakers should prioritize research and safeguards that make dangerous behavior harder to initiate, easier to detect, and faster to contain. Emergency shutdown capabilities can be one useful tool in that effort, but a government‑mandated kill switch is neither universally feasible nor sufficient to address the broader challenges posed by autonomous AI.

Enlisting private companies in offensive cyber operations could strengthen U.S. efforts against transnational cybercrime, but the program needs rigorous guardrails and congressional oversight to limit collateral damage and escalation.

Debate over AI’s workforce impact focuses too narrowly on whether it creates or eliminates jobs. Rather than impose new reporting requirements on businesses, policymakers should commission studies and expand existing surveys to capture how AI transforms work, not just changes in headcount.

As employers increasingly seek workers who can apply AI alongside domain expertise, universities should integrate AI across disciplines—not just standalone AI or computer science programs—to prepare graduates for the modern workforce.

Rather than creating a new funding program for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Congress should incorporate its funding into the reauthorization of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. This approach would preserve critical cybersecurity services while improving coordination between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Center for Internet Security.

Cities that are successfully scaling AI are investing in workforce upskilling alongside governance and technology deployment. Case studies from Washington, DC, San Jose, Seattle, and Cleveland show that employee training and AI literacy are critical to turning pilot projects into lasting improvements in public service delivery.

The National Vulnerability Database is struggling with growing backlogs, outdated processes, and overlapping responsibilities that threaten its effectiveness. NIST should improve coordination with CISA, modernize vulnerability management systems, and strengthen stakeholder engagement to restore trust and efficiency.