BRSL Weekly Brief
Your weekly brief on current events from the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab.
Episodes
9 episodes
Key Takeaways from Anthropic's Year-long Cyber Threat Map
This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief Professor Andrew Reddie breaks down the June 3 2026 report from Anthropic analyzing a year in cyber threats and attacks -- and what we can learn from them.
Mythos, AI, and Behind the Scenes of Cyber Sabotage and fast16
On today's episode, BRSL Senior Research Scholar Dr. Sarah Shoker talks with Gabriel Bernadett-Shapiro, Distinguished AI Research Scientist at SentinalOne about AI, Mythos, and understanding cyber sabotage.
AI News Roundup: Google/Pentagon deal, U.S. data centers, and Mythos
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...
News Roundup: Iran, European Rearmament, and Semiconductors
This week on the BRSL Weekly Brief, BRSL Professor Andrew Reddie dives into three separate--yet deeply interconnected--topics: the ongoing Iran war, European pushes for rearmament, and worldwide semiconductor chip shortages.
4.7 Updates on Iran
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 Tuesd...
Super Micro: the alleged chip smuggling scheme that violated export laws
This week on your BRSL Weekly Brief, Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about Super Micro and the alleged scheme by three employees, including the company’s co-founder, to send NVIDIA microchips to China in violation of U.S. export laws....
Cuba, and How Foreign Policy Strategy is Taking a Turn
On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about Cuba, the Trump Administration's recent comments about a transition of power, and what this signals about the future of foreign policy.
The AI-DOD Standoff and the Future of Autonomous Weapons at the Pentagon
On this week's episode, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie joins BRSL Senior Research Scholar Sarah Shoker for a discussion covering the recent standoff between AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI and the U.S. Government, as well as ho...
Iran war: What You Should Know
BRSL Weekly Brief, Friday, March 6th. In this episode of the BRSL Weekly Brief, BRSL Faculty Director Professor Andrew Reddie answers questions about the U.S./Israel war on Iran, and everything you need to know about the conflict thus far. ...