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Watch CNBC's full interview with Pentagon's Emil Michael
According to CNBC's description, Emil Michael, the Department of Defense's Under Secretary for Research and Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, joined Squawk on the Street for an interview of about nine minutes. Listed topics are Anduril winning a US Navy contract worth up to $2.9 billion, working with Super Intelligence Force, and AI safety concerns.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
For lawmakers
A senior Pentagon official addresses AI safety concerns on air alongside a large Navy contract; the description does not state the Department's position.
The record
- Questions
- How is AI used in attacks, defence and war? · Are AI companies putting stronger safeguards into practice?
- People
- Emil Michael (Speaks, Under Secretary for Research and Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Department of Defense)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 12, 2026, via
yt-cnbc-television(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- CNBC Television, “Watch CNBC's full interview with Pentagon's Emil Michael”, October 6, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/cnbc-2026-10-06-pentagon-emil-michael-interview
Our notesLight lane: written from the triage title, channel and description only; the video was not watched, fetched or transcribed. The contract figure and the Anduril win are CNBC's description, not verified here. The description writes Super Intelligence Force in quotation marks and does not say what it is (an organisation, programme or something else); check. Nothing is known about what Michael said on AI safety.