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
Labor unions see an upside to AI — under the right conditions
Workers are increasingly anxious about how companies use artificial intelligence -- just look at the actors and writers striking in Hollywood. But the labor movement isn’t actually against the emergi…
00:17:22 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
Rep. Ted Lieu on what he wants to see from Congress AI regulation
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Ca) is one of the few members of Congress with a background in computer science. But lawmakers don’t need tech expertise to regulate AI, he tells Steven Overly.
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00:21:02 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
This tech exec has a plan to rein in AI
Mustafa Suleyman, the chief executive of Inflection AI and a co-founder of Google DeepMind, argues there are 10 steps that governments and companies should take to mitigate the most destructive thre…
00:19:20 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
The Senate's back — here's what's on its tech agenda
There will be a lot of chatter about artificial intelligence in the Senate this fall. But will that lead to any action? On today's episode, POLITICO reporters Rebecca Kern and Brendan Bordelon join S…
00:16:29 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
'I thought somebody had shown me an alien' - Comedy writer Simon Rich warns there’s a secret side of AI
Simon Rich did not believe artificial intelligence could ever take his job as a screenwriter, humorist and novelist. Then, a friend at OpenAI showed him an AI model that stunned him — one that was mo…
00:22:25 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
California on a collision course over autonomous vehicles
California has become the epicenter of a political fight over the future of self-driving cars. Tensions between labor unions and industry groups over the technology are running high in San Francisco …
00:19:30 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Education’s AI future has schools shook
Generative AI programs like ChatGPT have rocked schools across the country and given rise to a new wave of cheating scandals. But as teachers return to the classroom, some see reason to embrace the t…
00:18:16 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
What Google wants from Washington on AI
Google’s Kent Walker was among the tech executives who signed last month’s White House AI safety pledge. On POLITICO Tech, he tells Steven Overly why he wants to see it become a global model, and why…
00:16:39 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
One tech's bold idea: AI is the new atomic energy. Nationalize it.
Charles Jennings ran software companies for decades. The last one developed AI-powered facial recognition technology. But now he argues the most sophisticated artificial intelligence systems are too …
00:18:29 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Meet the anti-hate group agitating Elon Musk and Jim Jordan
The Center for Countering Digital Hate tracks hate speech and harmful content across social media platforms like TikTok and X. And in recent weeks, the tiny organization has drawn heat from Elon Musk…
00:15:49 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Washington asked for hackers’ help. What happens now?
DC went all out for a major hacking convention this week. On today’s POLITICO Tech, Steven Overly and Mohar Chatterjee discuss the unconventional but necessary alliance between the federal government…
00:19:59 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
This Republican fought tech market power and lost. He hasn't given up.
Republican Congressman Ken Buck pushed for legislation to challenge the market dominance of companies like Google and Amazon. Many of those bills fell short. On today's POLITICO Tech, Buck tells Stev…
00:19:36 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Inside Trudeau’s standoff with Big Tech
Canada’s Liberal government picked a fight with two U.S. tech giants by passing legislation forcing Meta and Google to pay news publishers for content. But the battle hasn’t gone quite as expected. S…
00:15:32 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Affirmative action critics come for the tech industry
The Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action has prompted conservatives to target corporate diversity programs. On their list are the biggest companies in tech, an industry that has long str…
00:14:44 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
The hackers backed by the White House
A major gathering of “white hat” hackers will attack popular AI systems this weekend in an attempt to uncover security flaws. The so-called “red-teaming” exercise has attracted the support of the Whi…
00:12:56 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Why 2024 will be the deepfake election
The 2024 campaign cycle is expected to unleash a torrent of AI-generated “deepfake” videos and images capable of deceiving voters. The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to vote today on a peti…
00:19:05 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Meet the Commerce official about to dole out billions on microchips
Biden authorized $52 billion to rebuild the U.S. semiconductor industry one year ago today. Mike Schmidt is the guy charged with doling out the money. As director of the Commerce Department’s CHIPS P…
00:16:34 |
Wed 09 Aug 2023
The EU diplomat wooing and warning Silicon Valley
Gerard de Graaf opened the European Union’s first San Francisco office nearly a year ago, making him the bloc’s de facto ambassador to the U.S. tech industry. His position is part cop, part counselor…
00:18:10 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
Inside the tech 'embassies' of Silicon Valley
First came Denmark. Then the U.K. and, more recently, the EU. A growing list of governments are setting up de facto embassies in Silicon Valley, largely to develop closer relationships with tech comp…
00:17:40 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Justine Bateman says the AI apocalypse is coming for Hollywood
On Friday, writers and studios are slated to hold the first talks they will have had in three months. Steven Overly talks with filmmaker Justine Bateman, who predicts expects artificial intelligence …
00:20:10 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
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