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BRSL Weekly Brief

BRSL Weekly Brief

By: Berkeley Risk and Security Lab
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Your weekly brief on current events from the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab.

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Episodes
  • AI News Roundup: Google/Pentagon deal, U.S. data centers, and Mythos

    AI News Roundup: Google/Pentagon deal, U.S. data centers, and Mythos
    May 5 2026

    This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker discusses three recent AI headlines: the Google/Pentagon agreement for use of Gemini in military contexts, the future of data centers in the U.S., and Anthropic's decision to limit access to its Mythos model.

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    19 mins
  • News Roundup: Iran, European Rearmament, and Semiconductors

    News Roundup: Iran, European Rearmament, and Semiconductors
    Apr 16 2026

    This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, we're diving into three separate--yet deeply interconnected--topics: the ongoing Iran war, European pushes for rearmament, and worldwide semiconductor chip shortages.
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    23 mins
  • 4.7 Updates on Iran

    4.7 Updates on Iran
    Apr 8 2026

    This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about the Iran war, what could come next, and the impacts of the war on civilians, other Gulf countries, and the rest of the world. This podcast was recorded on Tuesday April 7, 2026 at 1pm.

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    23 mins
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