From tackling monopoly to defending media freedom, Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism at Open Markets Institute, joins us to unpack the global state of AI, tech regulation, and why democracy depends on it.

00:00 AI: means everything and nothing

02:18 What should be headline news, but isn’t?

07:55 The need for regulation

10:55 Errors, not hallucinations

16:47 What motivates Dr. Courtney Radsch?

24:39 Debs is cool

36:17 Two truths

39:32 The current state of big tech regulation

45:00 Big up Brazil

53:04 Denmark: hopeful resistance

55:15 Liverpool AI charter

58:14 NEWS CLUB LIVE

01:00:50 Organise, resist, live, talk

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