burak-oktenli

Burak Oktenli

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Burak Oktenli is an independent researcher based in Washington, DC, focusing on assurance, verification, and the governance of authority in autonomous and AI-enabled systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of South Florida and an MBA, and he is completing a Master of Professional Studies in Applied Intelligence at Georgetown University. His commentary has appeared in the Washington Examiner, RUSI, the Modern War Institute at West Point, RealC

Articles by Burak Oktenli

The AI Kill Switch Act Needs a Containment Layer

August 18, 2026

The OpenAI-Hugging Face incident began inside a structured evaluation and reached third-party production. A shutdown regime must govern what agents can reach before it governs when to stop them.

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