POLITICO Tech

Google, Nvidia and the battle to tame Big Tech’s market power

Google recently lost an antitrust lawsuit against its online search business. Nvidia’s latest acquisition of an artificial intelligence company is under review. The scrutiny of Big Tech’s market domi…

00:11:52 | Wed 07 Aug 2024

'Digitally invisible' in the AI age

The term “digital divide” has been around for decades. It’s been used to describe the gap between people who have access to modern technology and people who don’t — but Nicol Turner Lee wants to ref…

00:18:41 | Tue 06 Aug 2024

Silicon Valley’s political rifts are going viral

Silicon Valley appears to be pulling apart at the seams over the 2024 presidential race. Tech executives and investors are breaking into camps for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — and fighting over t…

00:17:31 | Mon 05 Aug 2024

Energy hog or climate savior? Nvidia aims to shape the sustainable AI debate

The artificial intelligence explosion has brought big profits to Nvidia — and greater scrutiny over the technology’s energy consumption. As AI's environmental impact becomes increasingly political, N…

00:16:46 | Fri 02 Aug 2024

How Kamala Harris talks about AI, from a civil rights leader in the room

Kamala Harris and her record are under the microscope now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee. And as vice president, Harris took some of her cues on artificial intelligence from civil righ…

00:21:19 | Thu 01 Aug 2024

The Senate votes to regulate social media but the fight isn’t over

The Senate has taken its biggest swing yet at regulating social media and how it’s used by children. On Tuesday, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act. But…

00:12:37 | Wed 31 Jul 2024

‘Cautious yet optimistic’: Commerce Dept. weighs in on open AI models

There’s an ongoing debate over powerful AI models: open v. closed. The Biden administration has been grappling for months with where it stands on this issue and, in a report released on Tuesday, came…

00:13:39 | Tue 30 Jul 2024

Coconut trees and ‘brat’ behavior: A TikTok influencer’s take on Kamala Harris’s social media surge

It all started with a coconut tree. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has become a sudden social media phenomenon, generating a flurry of funny videos and sassy tweets. But can Harris meme her …

00:18:47 | Mon 29 Jul 2024

It’s a big deadline day for Biden’s AI executive order

It’s been 270 days since President Joe Biden signed an executive order on artificial intelligence. That makes today a key deadline for the administration to release recommendations for how to make AI…

00:16:32 | Fri 26 Jul 2024

Looking back at the AI speech that left Brits upset with Kamala Harris

Last November, Vice President Kamala Harris outlined the Biden administration’s vision for artificial intelligence regulation in a speech at the U.S. embassy in London. But the policy address, delive…

00:13:58 | Thu 25 Jul 2024

How France is preparing for its global AI moment

The French are planning a major global gathering — and we’re not talking about the Olympics. The AI Action Summit may still be months out, but planning is already well underway. And it’s an opportuni…

00:20:24 | Wed 24 Jul 2024

Would Kamala Harris offer Silicon Valley a do-over with Democrats?

Vice President Kamala Harris has raised a lot of money from Silicon Valley over the years. From her campaigns for California Attorney General and U.S. Senator, to her first run at the White House, sh…

00:20:25 | Tue 23 Jul 2024

What’s next for EU tech policy? Less regulation, more competition.

Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected as president of the European Commission late last week. But another five years with her at the helm doesn’t necessarily mean more of the same tech policy. On POLIT…

00:15:12 | Mon 22 Jul 2024

Conspiracies followed Trump’s assassination attempt. Russia took note.

After the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, social media platforms lit up with conspiracies. Speculation about whether it was all a political ploy. Or an inside job. But it wa…

00:15:25 | Fri 19 Jul 2024

Your field report from a lite-on-tech RNC

The Republican National Convention wraps up tonight and, it turns out, tech wasn’t high up on the GOP’s agenda in Milwaukee. But POLITICO reporter Brendan Bordelon nevertheless tracked down the chatt…

00:15:10 | Thu 18 Jul 2024

The tech billionaire fueling JD Vance’s political rise

In just over a decade, Republican J.D. Vance has risen from law school graduate to best-selling author to U.S. senator to vice presidential nominee. And fueling the ascent has been tech billionaire P…

00:17:36 | Wed 17 Jul 2024

How Trump’s rally shooting played out on social media

Almost immediately after a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally over the weekend, leaving the former president with minor injuries, partisan misinformation and conspiracies flooded social media feeds.…

00:16:03 | Tue 16 Jul 2024

‘I do think that is helping’: Oklahoma governor on Biden’s clean tech perks

The 2024 Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee, and we're sure to hear about ways that the GOP plans to dismantle President Joe Biden's legacy on the tech front. On today's POLITICO…

00:18:10 | Mon 15 Jul 2024

Dude, is THAT my flying car? (Part Two)

From the Jetsons to Blade Runner, flying cars have long been part of our vision for the future. They’re also closer than ever to becoming a reality. On this two-part episode of POLITICO Tech, host St…

00:26:36 | Fri 12 Jul 2024

Dude, where’s my flying car? (Part One)