# Emil Michael

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Emil Michael talking, from an interview on The Information's TITV published Oct 16, 2026.

## What Emil Michael said

- [Michael objects to giving AI models authority over commanders](https://realalpha.app/s/michael-objects-to-giving-ai-models-authority-over/)
  The Information's TITV · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 min
  > “if you don't want humans to lose control, you can't give models the control over humans.” — Emil Michael · [59:15](https://realalpha.app/v/1hXxzkU77iI/?t=3555)
- [Michael favors American open-source AI but flags China risks](https://realalpha.app/s/michael-favors-american-open-source-ai-but-flags-china-risks/)
  The Information's TITV · Oct 16, 2026 · 4 min
  > “in general, from a business model standpoint, I'm very in favor of open source, particularly American open source” — Emil Michael · [1:10:32](https://realalpha.app/v/1hXxzkU77iI/?t=4232)
- [Pentagon AI use grew from 80,000 to 1.7 million](https://realalpha.app/s/pentagon-ai-use-grew-from-80-000-to-1-7-million/)
  The Information's TITV · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min
  > “A year ago today, we had 80,000 people out of 3.5 million Department of War employees using AI. And today we're about 1.7 million.” — Emil Michael · [50:25](https://realalpha.app/v/1hXxzkU77iI/?t=3025)
- [Pentagon financing targets supply-chain gaps](https://realalpha.app/s/pentagon-financing-targets-supply-chain-gaps/)
  The Information's TITV · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min
  > “And the warrants sort of give the taxpayer some upside. And so it's, you know, in the high 90s in terms of loans.” — Emil Michael · [1:22:21](https://realalpha.app/v/1hXxzkU77iI/?t=4941)

## The episode

- [The Pentagon’s CTO Explains the Anthropic Rift and Superintelligence Task Force](https://realalpha.app/v/1hXxzkU77iI/) · The Information's TITV · Oct 16, 2026