POLITICO Tech
The POLITICO Tech podcast is your download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. New episodes on Thursdays.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 1025
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
What losing TikTok could mean for online culture
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? Rach…
00:14:36 |
Mon 06 May 2024
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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 b…
00:17:17 |
Fri 03 May 2024
One-on-one with Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark
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 stand…
00:20:33 |
Thu 02 May 2024
What TikTok’s Washington nemesis is targeting next
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 ce…
00:20:25 |
Wed 01 May 2024
What worries consumer advocates about state AI bills
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 …
00:14:55 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
The untold story of how computers forever changed election night
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 ho…
00:17:15 |
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Inside the parties AI is crashing during Washington’s big weekend
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 Corres…
00:22:25 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
How many chips does $29 billion buy?
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 governmen…
00:15:11 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Former FCC Chair Ajit Pai on net neutrality’s return — and why he hates it
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 …
00:20:32 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Montana's Attorney General on the state's battle to ban TikTok
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 …
00:17:29 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
One-on-one with the UAE's AI minister
The United Arab Emirates has produced some of the world’s biggest open-source AI models. And that was before Microsoft put big money into one of its AI companies last week — part of the U.S. effort t…
00:24:37 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Inside the Chinese embassy’s quiet lobbying on TikTok
Officials from the Chinese embassy have been making the rounds on Capitol Hill as U.S. lawmakers weigh a forced sale of the video-sharing app TikTok. Reporter Hailey Fuchs joins POLITICO Tech host St…
00:09:34 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
Ciao. Adios. Au revoir. Will AI squash European languages?
Our language is fundamental to our cultural identity. And many European countries worry artificial intelligence will erase those languages and the cultures that come with them. But could those fears …
00:17:30 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
‘Godzilla vs. Kong: AI Edition’: Talking net neutrality with a former FCC chair
The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week to restore regulations that require internet service providers to treat websites equally, otherwise known as net neutrality. Tom Wheeler was …
00:19:00 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
The White House defends contentious foreign surveillance law
The future of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act now lies in the Senate, following a contentious path to reauthorization in the House last week. Behind the scenes, the Biden administration has…
00:17:38 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
This tax day, how AI is changing up the IRS
Today, we’re talking taxes. Stanford law professor Dan Ho has been working with the IRS to figure out how machine learning and artificial intelligence can improve the agency -- including a study he l…
00:17:19 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
The controversy around FISA, a key foreign surveillance law, explained
The House is expected to vote on a key foreign surveillance law set to expire next week. The fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, has pit national security hawks who defend …
00:14:34 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
‘Picture your MAGA auntie's Twitter account’: Why a Chinese disinformation group started imitating Americans
The Chinese disinformation network known as Spamouflage has never gotten much traction on social media. Then, a small number of accounts started pretending to be American. On POLITICO Tech, senior an…
00:17:54 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
A skeptic's guide to the new data privacy bill
There’s a new data privacy bill floating around Capitol Hill this week -- backed by the chairs of two powerful committees. And at first glance, it seems to have a lot of potential. But POLITICO Tech …
00:14:47 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
One critic's case for why artificial intelligence is actually dumb
Gary Marcus is a cognitive scientist and serial entrepreneur who is an AI critic, and not shy about it. He’s one of the tech experts pushing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others in Washing…
00:18:31 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
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