My latest is a POLITICO Magazine story about AI chatbots based on living experts — and it only gets weirder from there.
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Congress warns science agency over AI grant to tech-linked think tank ow.ly/O2PR1056TMW

A remarkable thread of this story is how deeply effective altruists have penetrated the decades-old Cold War powerhouse RAND Corporation.
Via Brendan Bordelon

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NEW: The RAND Corporation, a 75-year-old think tank with increasing ties to effective altruism and top AI companies, played a critical role in drafting new reporting requirements at the center of Biden's AI executive order.

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NEW: Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and other AI firms are channeling money through a science nonprofit to help fund AI policy staff in key Senate offices.

The new Hill-focused fellowship was conceived and organized by a top advisor to Microsoft and OpenAI.

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Scoop- Senator Jerry Moran and Mark Warner are introducing a bill today to require all federal agencies follow an AI risk framework, coming on the heels of Biden’s sweeping AI executive order. With Brendan Bordelon for POLITICO politico.com/news/2023/11/0…

‘Existential to who?’ Vice President Kamala Harris urges focus on near-term AI risks in London w/ ⁦Vincent Manancourt⁩ ⁦Brendan Bordelon⁩ politico.eu/article/existe…

NEW: Tech billionaires with ties to top AI firms are funding the salaries of AI staffers in the key congressional offices working to regulate AI. The program is part of a broader network that's pushing Washington to focus on AI's apocalyptic potential.

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Scooplet ahead of tmmrw's Senate AI Forum: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is being coached on his congressional appearances by DLA Piper, a sprawling law firm with deep D.C. ties. DLA reps also advised Altman on how to charm Congress ahead of his testimony in May. politico.com/news/2023/09/1…

The House is coming back. If you follow tech on the Hill — AI, privacy, online speech — you'll want to hear Brendan Bordelon & Rebecca Kern on @POLITICO Tech tomorrow.

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Congressman Rep. Ken Buck sees the House GOP probe into online “censorship” as an extension of his argument that Big Tech has too much market power.

He just can’t convince Chair Rep. Jim Jordan to see it that way.

Listen to more on @POLITICO Tech: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/this-…

New: Amazon meeting w FTC commissioners next week ahead of expected antitrust suit. w/ Brendan Bordelon
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Let's talk 'embassies'... in Silicon Valley. More countries are sending envoys to the heart of the U.S. tech industry to develop closer ties to companies.

Find out what these outposts are all about on today's @POLITICO Tech w/ me + Brendan Bordelon: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/insid…

NEWS: President Biden’s man behind the curtains on microchips is leaving the White House this week.

I spoke with Ronnie Chatterji about his departure and what’s next for US semiconductor policy on the new @POLITICO Tech podcast.

Listen here: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/biden…

Really excited to share that I am now hosting POLITICO Tech, a new daily podcast on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy.

The first episode drops tomorrow!

Subscribe now via Apple, Spotify or Politico! politico.com/podcasts/tech

Happy August recess!

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New: In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself. propublica.org/article/samuel…

NEW from me: As Britain rushes to become a global player on AI, its envoy to Silicon Valley is telling top tech companies that new UK regulations will be much friendlier than the EU's. But Big Tech is so far skeptical that London can deliver.

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