Emil Michael
11 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 5 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 13, 2026 by Emil Michael · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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2026 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
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Mar 13, 2026 neutral
Mar 13, 2026 bullish
Mar 13, 2026 negative
Michael: Commercial AI constitutions cannot dictate US military command and control
“It can't, the software, the soul, someone's soul of their model, their constitution, which is not the U S constitution. Can't be dictating our command and control environment and telling generals and war fighters what to do and not do.”
Mar 13, 2026 negative
Michael: AI vendor questioned software use in Maduro raid
“And then second, after the Maduro raid, one of the primary vendor for this had raised the question, senior exec about whether their software was used during the Maduro raid, which is one of the most successful op military, military operations of our lifetime. …”
Mar 13, 2026
Michael: DOD reduced tech priorities to six, making AI top priority
“We got them down to six and there were the places where I thought we had the greatest opportunity for change and for growth and impact on our combat power and for our industrial base. And that was a starting point. An applied AI was number one”
Mar 13, 2026 bearish
Mar 13, 2026 positive
Mar 13, 2026 bullish
Mar 13, 2026 negative
Michael: Inherited Pentagon AI contracts created dangerous vendor lock-in
“Well, they came up now because as I started to look at the contracts that had been written during the last administration for the use of AI. I had a whole, holy cow moment because there were things not well beyond what you've been hearing in the press in the l…”
Mar 13, 2026 negative
Michael: DOD diversifying AI vendor base following software terms dispute
“So that set off a series of events of, whoa, are we single-threaded on a vendor who's concerned about how we're using their software after the most successful military raid and the terms of service do not comport with the future world? We've got to get other p…”