Sources and preparation details
Sources and preparation details
7 October 2026 revision. Preserves the source trail; dates within individual sources remain important. Speaking cues are in notes.md. Public presentation references and image credits.
01. Who is in control?
- https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/
- https://www.techpolicy.press/the-ugliest-thing-san-francisco-ever-built-lessons-for-ai-infrastructure/
Visual: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images · Stargate announcement, 21 January 2025
02. Three labs. Real-world intrusions.
- https://www.anthropic.com/research/alignment-assessment-cybersecurity-incidents
- https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/
- https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-19/gemini-google-ai-hacks-three-companies/107172128
03. Can competitors protect us together?
- https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dario_Amodei_in_2023.jpg
Visual: Simon Walker / No. 10 · 2023 · CC BY 2.0 · cropped
04. Voluntary today. Required tomorrow?
- https://institute.deepmind.com/essays/a-framework-for-frontier-ai-and-the-dawning-of-a-new-age/
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demis_Hassabis_at_the_2024_Nobel_Lectures_2.jpg
Visual: Jay Dixit · Nobel Lectures, 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
05. White House Accord on Super Intelligence
- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-accord-super-intelligence
Visual: White House accord, 29 September 2026 · document image via American Presidency Project
06. Who can say “not yet”?
07. EU AI ACT
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0206
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240308IPR19015/akt-o-umetni-inteligenci-poslanci-sprejeli-prelomno-zakonodajo
- https://www.plattform-lernende-systeme.de/ki-und-demokratie.html
Visual: Jean-François Badias / AP / picture alliance · European Parliament, March 2024
08. A law is a start. Has it worked?
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/ai-omnibus-enters-force
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202601744
09. Judgment Day? How close are we?
- https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026
- https://giphy.com/gifs/lionsgatehomeent-film-terminator-2-3o72FhJwcj35U5nLVu
Visual: Terminator 2: Judgment Day · film excerpt via GIPHY
10. Misalignment
- https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/
- https://barackobama.medium.com/my-conversation-at-colgate-university-6d4e21b312d3
- https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026
11. Who can afford to slow down?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0EmPWhXCuQ
- https://barackobama.medium.com/my-conversation-at-colgate-university-6d4e21b312d3
- https://www.colgate.edu/about/offices-centers-institutes/university-events/global-leaders-series
Visual: Colgate University · Obama and Brian Casey, 18 September 2026 · event photograph
12. Who decides? What counts as evidence?
13. Christos Hadjinikolis
Visual: Christos presenting at Big Data London, 2018 · personal website
14. From promises to requirements.
15. The decision is automated. The consequences are human.
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
16. “The AI said so” is not an explanation.
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-12
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-13
17. Duties. Methods. Proof.
- https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards_en
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
18. The EU sets the duties. Who does what?
- https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/institutions-and-bodies/types-institutions-and-bodies_en
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-office
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-decision-establishing-european-ai-office
Visual: Institutional identifiers: European Union; European Commission. No endorsement implied.
19. The law needs methods. Experts develop them.
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/about-cen/
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/about-cenelec/
- https://www.etsi.org/about/
- https://www.etsi.org/about/history/
- https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards_en
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/news-events/news/2023/brief-news/2023-05-09-europe-day/
Visual: Original logos: European Commission, CEN-CENELEC and ETSI. Identification only.
20. CEN + CENELEC create the joint committees.
- https://boss.cen.eu/technicalstructures/pages/jointcenclctcs/
- https://boss.cenelec.eu/homegrowndeliverables/propnewwork/pages/
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/areas-of-work/cen-cenelec-topics/artificial-intelligence/
Visual: Original CEN-CENELEC logo; committee labels are explanatory badges, not certification marks.
21. National voices. Shared European decisions.
- https://boss.cen.eu/technicalstructures/pages/jointcenclctcs/
- https://boss.cen.eu/technicalstructures/pages/tcwg/
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/areas-of-work/cen-cenelec-topics/artificial-intelligence/
- https://www.iso.org/member/1640.html
- https://www.cys.org.cy/en/o-organismos/poioi-eimaste/
- https://jtc21.eu/your-first-steps-in-standardisation/
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/european-standardization/european-standards/
- https://boss.cen.eu/reference-material/guidancedoc/pages/fvvoting/
- https://boss.cen.eu/reference-material/guidancedoc/pages/tcnewwi/
22. Five groups. One assurance problem.
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/areas-of-work/cen-cenelec-topics/artificial-intelligence/
23. WG3: what can engineers specify and test?
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/areas-of-work/cen-cenelec-topics/artificial-intelligence/
24. Standards agree a method. Harmonised standards link it to law.
- https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards_en
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-40
25. The EU lists the method. You gain a legal starting point.
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/1060/oj/eng
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-40
- https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards_en
- https://www.coca-cola.com/gb/en/sustainability/this-is-happening/tethered
Visual: Product photo: Coca-Cola; illustrative packaging, not a certification claim.
26. Back to the loan: could anyone check the decision?
- https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards_en
27. The Brussels effect: rules travel with products.
- https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/eu-common-charger-rules-power-all-your-devices-single-charger-2024-12-28_en
- https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/apple-debuts-iphone-15-and-iphone-15-plus/
- https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/plastics/single-use-plastics_en
- https://www.coca-cola.com/gb/en/sustainability/this-is-happening/tethered
Visual: Original European Union identifier. Concept: Anu Bradford.
28. A cap stays put. AI keeps changing.
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/navigating-ai-act
- https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards_en
29. From a proposal to rules and real standards.
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/understanding-standardisation-ai-act
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/news-events/news/2026/en-in-the-spotlight/2026-07-30-ai-quality-management/
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/ai-omnibus-enters-force
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-board
30. The next standards are being shaped now.
- https://ch.linkedin.com/company/scrai-swiss-centre-for-responsible-ai
- https://www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/ueber-uns/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/event-news/networking-event-trust-by-design-standards-for-aligned-ai-governance
- https://jtc21.eu/working-groups/
- https://jtc21.eu/significant-milestone-for-european-ai-standardization/
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-board
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.49727&mlon=8.72935#map=11/47.43/8.65
31. Risk determines what companies must do.
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/navigating-ai-act
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-3
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-25
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-51
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-5
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-6
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-50
32. Is a home robot “high-risk”?
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/navigating-ai-act
- https://www.iso.org/standard/53820.html
33. Before release: show the evidence
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-16
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-43
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-47
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-48
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-49
34. Who checks the check?
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-43
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-72
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/article-74
35. A legal category is not a risk assessment
36. Would you let it into your home?
37. Start with the chores.
- https://www.1x.tech/neo
Visual: 1X · NEO marketing image · scenario fictional; no childcare capability or endorsement implied
38. Now add a baby.
39. “99.9% successful.” Would that convince you?
40. Two more facts. Do you still approve?
41. Turn concern into an approval record.
42. A human in the loop. Or a human on the poster?
- https://giphy.com/gifs/terminator-2-john-connor-QswHqxRk7svjq
Visual: Terminator 2: Judgment Day · film excerpt via GIPHY
43. The world does not follow the prompt.
44. Embodied AI: sensing and acting.
- https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/v-jepa-2-self-supervised-video-models-enable-understanding-prediction-and-planning/
45. LeCun’s challenge: predict consequences
- https://awards.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/press-releases/2019/march/turing-award-2018.pdf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yann-lecun_as-many-of-you-have-heard-through-rumors-activity-7397020300451749888-2lhA
- https://amilabs.xyz/
- https://yann.lecun.com/
- https://ai.meta.com/blog/yann-lecun-advances-in-ai-research/
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yann_LeCun_-2025(cropped).jpg
Visual: Jeremy Barande / École polytechnique · 2025 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
46. Can we simulate our way to safety?
- https://www.waymo.com/research/collision-avoidance-testing-of-the-waymo-automated/
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-driving-vehicle-pilot-scheme-information-for-applicants/self-driving-vehicle-pilot-scheme-information-for-applicants
- https://giphy.com/gifs/matrix-kung-fu-neo-NKEDTz3QE427LERAcD
Visual: The Matrix (1999) · training scene via GIPHY
47. Practise the dangerous moment before it happens.
- https://www.waymo.com/research/collision-avoidance-testing-of-the-waymo-automated/
- https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simulation/
- https://waymo.com/blog/2023/03/a-blueprint-for-av-safety-waymos/
- https://waymo.com/blog/2025/10/hello-london-your-waymo-ride-is-arriving/
Visual: Waymo · London announcement image, October 2025 · promotional image, not evidence of approval
48. Real roads. Encouraging evidence.
- https://blog.waymo.com/blog/shorts/safetydata-june26/
- https://waymo.com/safety/impact/
49. Waiting has a cost. So does moving too fast.
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32022R1426
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-driving-vehicle-pilot-scheme-information-for-applicants
- https://waymo.com/blog/2026/09/visionforlondon/
Visual: Waymo · Vision for London, 24 September 2026 · company image
50. No body. Still able to act.
- https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/
- https://research.meta.ai/blog/security-and-safety-for-ai-agents-our-approach-with-muse
- https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-dgx-spark-arrives-for-worlds-ai-developers
- https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-debuts-m5-pro-and-m5-max-to-supercharge-the-most-demanding-pro-workflows/
Visual: Meta · Muse launch artwork, September 2026 · supplier illustration
51. A million sensible agents. One unstable market?
- https://www.bis.org/speeches/20251008-artificial-intelligence-and-central-banks-monetary-and-financial-stability-implications
- https://finance-faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wdou/2023/05/19/ai-powered-trading-algorithmic-collusion-and-price-efficiency/
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08948
52. Who can stop the feedback loop?
- https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-issues-supervisory-briefing-algorithmic-trading
- https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-and-data/interactive-single-rulebook/mifid-ii/article-17-algorithmic-trading
- https://www.bis.org/speeches/20251008-artificial-intelligence-and-central-banks-monetary-and-financial-stability-implications
53. Who is in control? Show us.
- https://giphy.com/gifs/thumbs-up-terminator-gFwZfXIqD0eNW
Visual: Terminator 2: Judgment Day · film excerpt via GIPHY
54. Another arms race?
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/
- https://fiia.fi/julkaisu/nuclear-arms-control-policies-and-safety-in-artificial-intelligence
55. Can Europe afford to regulate?
- https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report
56. Trustworthy enough to use.
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/ai-continent-action-plan
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
57. Good score. Wrong outcome.
- https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026
58. Danger now. Uncertainty ahead.
- https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026