Meeting

Virtual Roundtable: Countering Violent Extremism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Speaker
Joshua A. Geltzer

Former Legal Advisor and Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, National Security Council; Partner, WilmerHale

Presider
Farah Pandith

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

from Roundtable Series on Countering Violent Extremism and U.S. Foreign Policy

Farah Pandith and Joshua Geltzer discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) changes the operations of terrorist groups and violent extremists and the challenges and opportunities that AI poses in countering violent extremism.

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