Round three: The fight over AI preemption.

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Ben and Ethan Cook discuss the Trump administration's national AI framework and the FCC's import ban on foreign-made routers.

This week, Ben sits down with N2K's Lead Analyst, Ethan Cook, to discuss the Trump administration's new national AI framework. The framework covers a variety of key areas such as minor protections, IP rights, and federal preemption. Additionally, the two discuss the FCC's recent import ban of any new foreign made routers due to security concerns. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney. Links to today's stories: Trump releases new national AI framework. FCC bans the import of new foreign-made routers. Get the weekly Caveat Briefing delivered to your inbox. Like what you heard? Be sure to check out and subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caveat Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a weekly newsletter available exclusively to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ members on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K CyberWire's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website. N2K Pro members receive our Thursday wrap-up covering the latest in privacy, policy, and research news, including incidents, techniques, compliance, trends, and more. This week's Caveat Briefing…

People in this episode

Host: Ben

Guest: Ethan Cook

Topics covered

• AI preemption
• national AI framework
• FCC regulations
• security concerns
• legal topics
• technology policy

Keywords

• AI framework
• FCC
• import ban
• security
• legal advice
• HPE
• Juniper Networks
• lawsuit
• technology policy

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Organizations: Trump administration, FCC, N2K Networks, HPE, Juniper Networks, N2K CyberWire

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