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The episode discusses President Trump's executive order aimed at banning state AI laws and its implications.
President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social this week that he will sign an executive order aimed at banning state AI laws. The move will almost certainly appease Silicon Valley executives and anger some of his fellow Republicans — not to mention ignite a legal battle with state governments concerned about federal overreach. On POLITICO Tech, host Steven Overly breaks down the latest developments surrounding the closely watched and intensely debated AI moratorium with the help of POLITICO technology reporters Gabby Miller and Brendan Bordelon. Steven Overly is the host of POLITICO Tech and covers the intersection of politics and technology. Nirmal Mulaikal is the co-host and producer of POLITICO Energy and producer of POLITICO Tech. This episode has been updated to correct a mischaracterization of Andreessen Horowitz's policy position. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Steven Overly
Guests: Gabby Miller, Brendan Bordelon
Topics covered
- AI laws
- federal overreach
- Silicon Valley
- executive order
- legal battle
- politics and technology
Keywords
- Trump
- AI
- executive order
- Silicon Valley
- state laws
- federal overreach
- legal battle
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Organizations: Truth Social, Silicon Valley, POLITICO
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