Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time

Today, I’m talking with Senator Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Sen. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it’s all there. I really wanted to ask him about how we might regulate anything related to the tech industry at this moment in time.

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But as you’ll hear, he started our conversation by talking about the self-dealing and corruption present all through our politics. That of course fell against the backdrop of President Trump gathering AI CEOs to the White House to sign a non-binding pact in which they agree to, you know, do a good job keeping AI safe.

I asked Sen. Schiff if he thinks that’s enough, how he thinks a more formal regulatory framework would look, and what …