The New York born journalist Jay Tuck launched his career with the US Department of the Treasury in Washington DC and CBS News in New York. He later moved on to a distinguished career in international news. In Germany, he produced over 500 investigative segments for network television, including NDR-Panorama and WDR-Monitor. He served as combat correspondent on the battlefields of Kuwait, Iraq and Ukraine, as well as on aircraft carrier USS Truman in wartime. He has military clearances in eight countries. Jay Tuck writes for Focus, Le Point, Stern, Welt, Time Magazine and Die Zeit. He was employed for many years as Executive News Director at ARD and has significant expertise in defense, espionage and weapons technology.
He is author of acclaimed books on defense. His investigative book on Russian espionage, High-Tech Espionage (St. Martin’s Press, New York) was published in fourteen countries. His book on artificial intelligence, Evolution Without Us (Plassen Publishing) is a best-seller in Germany, also published in China. The German Ministry of Defense purchased 10,000 copies for distribution to their armed forces. His current work, “AI and Modern Warfare,” (Econ Publishing) examines battlefield experience with AI in the Ukraine War.
Jay Tuck is also an internationally acclaimed speaker on artificial intelligence. He is booked regularly by private banks and financial institutions, media and medical events, law enforcement and armed forces, such as the Officers Academy of the German Army in Hamburg or the World Bank. His TED-Talk on artificial intelligence reached more than five million views in the internet.
In his recreational time, Tuck is a runner. He was the first American ever to complete the Siberian Ice Marathon in Omsk.
Appearances
Aramea Asset Management, BearingPoint, Berliner Sicherheitskonferenz (BDK), Bundesinnenministerium, Clausewitz Gesellschaft Führungsakademie, CMS Hasche Sigle, Datenschutzbeauftragter Thüringen, Deloitte, Digital Mind Change, German Engineers Conference, Xing Digital MindChange, GIZ Stakeholder Tag, Diconium Talks, Goethe Universität Zukunftssymposium, Hamburg-US-Economic Forum, Hamburg@Work, Handelskammer Hamburg, Handelskammer Lübeck, Handelskammer Cologne, Handelskammer Dubai, Insurance.Dialog, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, MEADFA Dubai, N24 TV, n-tv, Patrizia Real Estate Fond, Private Banking Congress, Pro7 TV, ServicePlan, Social Media Week, Sonar Istanbul, Sparkasse Wiesenthal, Springer Messe, Tagesschau 24 TV, TEDx Forum Hamburg, University Leiden NL, Vodafone Enterprise, WAZ Future Forum, World Bank and Xing.
Consultant (1985 - today) Europe / USA
Jay Tuck consults for international companies on media politics, as well as strategies for business in the Middle East.