The Decoded Podcast

The NAACP has made the regulation of artificial intelligence a cornerstone of its advocacy in recent years, as the technology has the potential to exacerbate existing barriers to justice and equity — and create new ones. On POLITICO Tech, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson tells host Steven Overly why Washington must force tech companies to put people over profits.

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More than 30 states filed a sweeping lawsuit against Meta on Tuesday — accusing the company of violating children’s privacy and misrepresenting the platform’s harms. On POLITICO Tech, reporter Rebecca Kern and host Steven Overly break down the accusations and what the case potentially means for  Facebook and Instagram.

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Global regulators face no shortage of open questions about how to assess the risks of artificial intelligence — and who should bear responsibility for addressing them. On today’s POLITICO Tech, Google DeepMind general counsel Tom Lue tells host Steven Overly how the company is answering those questions.

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A year ago, the Biden administration took a direct hit at China’s tech ambitions when it slapped trade restrictions on microchips and the equipment needed to make them. Just last week, U.S. officials tightened the screws further by expanding those restrictions -- what the government calls export controls -- to cover certain sophisticated chips that are necessary to develop artificial intelligence. On today's show, Steven Overly talks with Thea Rozman Kendler, the Commerce Department official behind the latest rules.

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There's a contingent of "effective altruists" pouring millions of dollars into Washington to influence the policy debate around artificial intelligence. On POLITICO Tech, reporter Brendan Bordelon and host Steven Overly discuss the motives and ethics of one of the movement's biggest players in town.

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The British ambassador opened her residence to techies from around Washington this week, part of a promotional blitz for the UK's upcoming AI safety summit. On POLITICO Tech, host Steven Overly's live interview from that gathering with Emran Mian, one of the U.K.'s top tech civil servants.

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One year ago, the White House published an AI Bill of Rights. On POLITICO Tech, the co-author of that blueprint, Suresh Venkatasubramian, tells Steven Overly how the Biden administration should build on it with a forthcoming executive order that gives federal agencies directions for buying and using artificial intelligence. 

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The U.K. aims to be at the forefront of the global conversation about artificial intelligence. The cornerstone of that effort is a safety summit it will be hosting in two weeks that British tech officials are very eager to talk about. On today's show, Michelle Donelan, the U.K.’s secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, talks with host Steven Overly about the summit and where the U.K. wants to position itself in the AI conversation.

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Nathaniel Fick has a complex mandate as the first U.S. ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy. He was recently in Kyoto, Japan, to finalize an artificial intelligence pact with G-7 countries. At that same time, Hamas launched an attack on Israel that shocked the world and set off a deadly war. On today’s POLITICO Tech, Fick explains to host Steven Overly how tech diplomacy factors into both.

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Intel's plans to invest billions in U.S. semiconductor production have made it a White House darling. But the Biden administration's crackdown on China's access to chips could still sting the company's business there. On POLITICO Tech, Intel's Bruce Andrews tells Steven Overly why the company wants to see a less restrictive approach.

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