AI Prepares for a Political Pivot

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential political shifts in Silicon Valley as AI companies align with Republicans while facing a possible Democratic resurgence.

The tech bros could be in for a rude awakening come November. We’ve seen the big names in AI increasingly cozy up with Republicans, but they may have forgotten that there is another party is poised to get back into power. How is Silicon Valley going to respond to a future Democratic administration? Are tech bros hoping to tip the scales to the point where it doesn’t matter who wins? GWU Professor and Tech Policy Press contributor Dave Karpf joins David Rothkopf to consider all this and more. This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Rothkopf

Guest: Dave Karpf

Topics covered

• AI
• politics
• Silicon Valley
• Democratic administration
• Republicans
• tech policy

Keywords

• AI
• politics
• Silicon Valley
• tech policy
• Democrats
• Republicans
• Dave Karpf
• David Rothkopf

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TRG Advisory Services, LLC, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Department of Justice

Places: United States, Washington, DC

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