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The Senate spent months consulting dozens of experts when crafting its
new AI “policy roadmap.” One of them, computer science professor and
former White House adviser Suresh Venkatasubramanian, is now blasting
the final plan for being too favorable to the tech industry and failing
to address risks like bias and deception. Venkatasubramanian joins
POLITICO Tech host Steven Overly to explain where he thinks the roadmap
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The roll out this week of the Senate’s artificial intelligence policy
roadmap was about as close to bipartisanship as Washington gets these
days. But can it last? Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), one of the roadmap’s
four co-authors, joins host Steven Overly to discuss what’s next as
lawmakers look to pass actual legislation, and political divisions begin
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Colorado and Connecticut attempted to become the first states to
regulate artificial intelligence but faced significant pushback from the
tech industry. In Connecticut, the governor then threatened to veto the
legislation. And in Colorado, the governor is under pressure to do the
same. Mallory Culhane, author of POLITICO's Morning Tech newsletter,
joins host Steven Overly to discuss the fate of Colorado's AI
legislation and whether other states will follow similar approaches to
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s AI policy roadmap is out this
morning. The bipartisan report, co-authored with Sens. Martin Heinrich,
Todd Young and Mike Rounds, calls for big bucks for AI research, and
legislation in areas like workforce training. It’s expected to kick off
a flurry of legislative action in the Senate, even as the election
rapidly approaches. Reggie Babin, an attorney and lobbyist at Akin,
worked as Schumer’s chief counsel until 2022. He joins POLITICO Tech
host Steven Overly to break down the impact of the new AI roadmap. -
When President Joe Biden talks about artificial intelligence, he’ll
often refer to the technology’s “promise and peril.” Yet much of his AI
agenda to date has focused on the latter. Now, the White House is
shifting focus to the “aspirational” uses of AI -- a change in tone that
could be complicated by the perils that remain. On POLITICO Tech, Office
of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar tells Steven
Overly about Biden’s plan to “start shaping the next chapter” of AI
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President Biden’s signature CHIPS and Science Act promised the National
Science Foundation a budget boost of $81 billion over five years. But so
far, Congress hasn’t come through with the money. That has Sethuraman
Panchanathan, the director of the NSF, persuading lawmakers to loosen
the national purse strings, while in the meantime, cobbling together
money from the NSF’s shrinking budget and the private sector to fund AI
research projects. Steven Overly talked with "Panch" for today's episode
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The relationship between Washington and the tech industry has gone
through no shortage of ups and downs over the years, but things were all
smiles earlier this week at an AI expo hosted by the Special Competitive
Studies Project. The CEO of that group, Ylli Bajraktari, talked to host
Steven Overly about the Washington-Silicon Valley divide and why
collaboration between industry and government is the only way he sees
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CNN contributor and Dream Machine founder Van Jones met NobleReach
Foundation CEO Arun Gupta at a tech festival. It turned out they’re both
AI optimists, and think all the doom and gloom about the technology
belies its larger benefits. On a live taping of POLITICO Tech, they join
host Steven Overly to make the case for more communities to embrace —
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TikTok has long faced criticism for suspected ties to the Chinese
government. But since the start of the war, U.S. officials have also
accused the app of amplifying posts that are sympathetic to Hamas and
damaging to Israel. But data from the app tells a more complex story.
POLITICO reporter Mark Scott worked with Northeastern University
researcher Laura Edelson to analyze some 350,000 TikTok posts about the
war, and on today’s show, Mark explains their findings to host Steven
Overly — and what the analysis reveals about TikTok’s response to a
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Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda says AI is transforming education -- both
how it’s delivered and what people are studying. On today's Politico
Tech, Jeff’s case to host Steven Overly for why higher education needs
an AI overhaul, and how he uses AI to help decide Coursera’s business
strategy.
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There’s a legal battle brewing between TikTok and the federal
government. But how anxious are US companies about losing one of the
newest and frankly most exciting social media outlets in years? Rachel
Karten had that question, too. She’s a social media consultant for
brands like Cava and West Elm, and author of a Substack called Link in
Bio, a newsletter about the business of social media. She spoke with
host Steven Overly to talk about what she's hearing from brands and what
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Right now, there’s probably a political candidate in your inbox asking
for donations. Online fundraising has taken off in recent election
cycles, and it’s now how many Washington hopefuls raise big bucks. On
POLITICO Tech, reporter Jessica Piper joins host Steven Overly to talk
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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says building a safe AI model — named
Claude — will differentiate the company from its competitors. And he’s
in Washington pushing for safety testing and product standards. Will
that ultimately help established companies like his? He joined host
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Jacob Helberg was influential in pushing for the law that forces the
sale of TikTok. Now, he wants Congress to prepare for a future conflict
with China, one that has artificial intelligence at the center. Helberg,
who is a senior policy adviser at Palantir Technologies and sits on the
congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, joins
host Steven Overly to talk about the next frontier in U.S. tech
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States are considering a slew of bills to regulate artificial
intelligence, including whether companies must disclose that they’re
using the technology to make decisions in areas like employment and
housing. Consumer Reports policy analyst Grace Gedye joins POLITICO Tech
to discuss loopholes that the advocacy group argues state lawmakers must
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In 1952, TV news producers needed an edge on election night. And they
found it in new "fearsome contraptions" called computers. On POLITICO
Tech, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Chinoy joins host Steven
Overly to talk about his new book, “Predicting the Winner: The Untold
Story of Election Night 1952 and the Dawn of Computer Forecasting.” They
go inside that pivotal election night, and what it tells us about
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Washington’s fascination with AI has permeated its social life — from
salon dinners to embassy receptions to networking nights. That includes
festivities surrounding this weekend’s White House Correspondents’
Dinner. On POLITICO Tech, media maven Tammy Haddad joins host Steven
Overly to talk about her Washington AI Network and how AI is shaping
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Micron Technology is getting $6.14 billion from the Biden administration
to build microchip facilities in the U.S., becoming the fourth and final
maker of leading-edge semiconductors to get government subsidies. On
POLITICO Tech, Michael Schmidt, the director of the Commerce
Department’s CHIPS Program Office, breaks down the deals and explains
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The Federal Communications Commission will vote tomorrow to re-impose
net neutrality, controversial regulations that require internet service
providers to treat all websites equally. Ajit Pai is the former
Republican FCC chair who took them away back in 2017. And he joins
POLITICO Tech host Steven Overly to challenge Democrats’ reasons for
bringing the rules back -- even as he says most Americans have moved
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All eyes are on the Senate this week, where lawmakers are taking up a
bill that forces TikTok to find a new owner. Now, Congress can be an
unpredictable place. But things have never looked worse for the popular
app. So, what happens next? It seems clear that TikTok would take the
U.S. government to court, likely arguing that forcing a sale, and
potentially imposing a ban, violates the constitutional rights of
TikTok’s investors and users. Right now, TikTok is locked in a lawsuit
with the state of Montana over a ban passed last year. On today's
Politico Tech, Steven Overly talks with Montana Attorney General Austin
Knudsen, the man at the center of the state's proposed ban, about what
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