California Sen. Adam Schiff sits on a bunch of the committees that do tech and AI oversight, so I really wanted to ask him about how we might regulate anything related to the tech industry at this moment in time.
He started our conversation by talking about the self-dealing and corruption present all through our politics now — right against the backdrop of President Trump gathering AI CEOs to the White House to pinky-swear they’ll try to keep AI safe.
Links:
- How tech will self-police AI safety under Trump deal | The Verge
- Supreme Court ruling kneecaps federal regulators | The Verge
- Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone? | Decoder
- Flock, Axon dodge Senate hearing | CNBC
- Trump admin illegally blacklisted Anthropic, court rules | The Verge
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