What Selling Nvidia's Blackwell Chips to China Would Mean for the AI Race
In this episode, Georgia Adamson and Saif Khan from the Institute for Progress join Greg to unpack their October 25 paper, "Should the US Sell Blackwell Chips to China?" They discuss the geopolitical ...
5 Nov 20251h 4min
How to Build a Career in AI Policy
One of the most common questions we get from listeners is how to build a successful career in AI policy—so we dedicated an entire episode to answering it. We cover the most formative experiences from ...
30 Okt 20251h 52min
Sora 2 and the Deepfake Boom
In this episode, we cover OpenAI’s latest video-generation model Sora 2 (1:02), concrete harms and potential risks from deepfakes (5:18), the underlying technology and its history (27:03), and how pol...
23 Okt 20251h 1min
Congressman Jay Obernolte on the Future of U.S. AI Regulation
In this episode, we are joined by Rep. Jay Obernolte, one of Congress’s leading voices on AI policy. We discuss his path from developing video games to serving in Congress (00:49), the work of the bip...
21 Okt 202558min
The Impact of AI on Labor with Harry Holzer
In this episode, we are joined by economist Harry Holzer to discuss how AI is set to transform labor. Holzer was Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Clinton administration and i...
17 Okt 20251h 7min
What California's SB 53 Means for AI Safety
In this episode, we dive into California's new AI transparency law, SB 53. We explore the bill's history (00:30), contrast it with the more controversial SB 1047 (6:43), break down the specific disclo...
9 Okt 202537min
The Energy Cost of AI with Joseph Majkut
In this episode, we're joined by Joseph Majkut, Director of CSIS' Energy Security and Climate Change Program, to take an in-depth look at energy's role in AI. We explore the current state of the U.S. ...
2 Okt 20251h 25min
Is China Done with Nvidia’s AI Chips?
In this episode, we discuss how today’s massive AI infrastructure investments compare to the Manhattan Project (00:33), China’s reported ban on Nvidia chips and its implications for export control pol...
24 Sep 202557min
