In this episode of the Future Tech & Policy (FTP) Podcast, the panel discusses the recent federal and state debates regarding AI regulation and who should be responsible for AI policy, AI-infused toys and teddy bears and their recent safety testing results, and how AI products and initiatives might be insured.

Links to articles discussed

• Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws (The Verge)
• Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all (TechCrunch)
• Amazon Still Selling Multiple OpenAI-Powered Teddy Bears, Even After They Were Pulled Off the Market (Futurism)
• Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas (Gizmodo)
• AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk (TechCrunch)
• Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts (Financial Times)

Panelists

• Jeremy Riel (Host), Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago & IGPA Science and Technology Working Group Co-Lead
• Ken Suh, Adjunct Professor, Law, University of Illinois Chicago
• Gagandeep Singh, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & IGPA Science and Technology Working Group Co-Lead
• Alvin Chin, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago

About The FTP Podcast

The FTP podcast brings together a panel of interdisciplinary faculty experts across the University of Illinois System to discuss trends and news from recent weeks in tech and policy while looking toward the future. Produced by the Science and Technology Working Group, Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), University of Illinois System.

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All opinions expressed on the FTP Podcast are those of the individual panelists and not the opinions of the University of Illinois System, The Institute of Government and Public Affairs, or the three UI universities in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, or Springfield. 

In this inaugural episode of the FTP Podcast, panelists discuss AI-related news from recent weeks, as AI continues to present imaginative use cases and potential policy questions. Topics include the release of the Sora AI-generated video social networking app for Android, a report on pilot projects and startups having a high rate of failure, a recent court decision requiring chat logs from OpenAI to be turned over for discovery in a case, and the newest non-human Hollywood star Tilly Norwood and the impacts on AI in creative industries. 

Links to articles discussed: 

1. Sora for Android saw nearly half a million installs on its first day (TechCrunch)
2. MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing (Fortune)
3. OpenAI Must Turn Over 20M User Logs, Judge Orders (Law360)
4. AI star Tilly Norwood shocked Hollywood. Now her creator plans for 40 more (San Francisco Chronicle)

Panelists:

• Jeremy Riel (Host), Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago & IGPA Science and Technology Working Group Co-Lead.
• Ken Suh, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Illinois Chicago

The FTP podcast brings together a panel of interdisciplinary faculty experts across the University of Illinois System to discuss trends and news from recent weeks in tech and policy while looking toward the future. Produced by the Science and Technology Working Group, Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), University of Illinois System.