MIT Technology Review Events

A panel discussion from MIT Technology Review's EmTech AI conference explored how enterprises and governments are building proprietary AI systems by controlling their own data and infrastructure. The conversation, featuring HPE's Chris Davidson and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Arjun Shankar, focused on AI factories as a model for achieving scale, sustainability, and governance while maintaining data sovereignty. The core tension examined is balancing organizational control over data and AI capabilities with the need for safe, high-quality data flows that enable reliable insights and trustworthy systems.

MIT Technology Review's EmTech AI conference featured a session on cybersecurity challenges in the AI era, with speaker Tarique Mustafa, CEO of GC Cybersecurity, discussing how AI expands attack surfaces and adds complexity that legacy security approaches cannot adequately address. The core argument is that security must be architected with AI as a foundational component rather than bolted on after deployment. Mustafa brings over 20 years of experience building AI-powered data protection and exfiltration prevention systems, positioning the discussion around autonomous approaches to data leak prevention and compliance.