AI carries profound implications for national, infrastructure, and personal security, with today’s geopolitical tensions adding further complexity. AI poses new challenges not only to governments and society, but also to telecom regulators, vendors, service providers, and the broader ecosystem. In this episode, I speak with Chris Jefferson from Advai, where he works to make AI safe and reliable, and to identify and mitigate potential biases and misuse. We discuss what it means to build sovereign AI and its impact on national and infrastructure security. We explore how to balance sovereignty with the need for cross-border collaboration and standardization, how to mitigate risks and threats from malicious actors without stifling innovation, and how what responsibility operators and hyperscalers have to deploy AI safely and ethically to reduce societal risks. More on Senza Fili at https://senzafili.com Sign up for the mailing list at https://senzafili.com/senza-fili-mailing-list/ to receive invitations to Sparring Partners events and updates on what we do.