At a congressional hearing this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed to be on the same wavelength as lawmakers: It’s time to regulate AI. Like so many other proposals to regulate technology, will it actually happen? The Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang helps us understand whether Congress will actually act, and what that might look like.
Next, Casey talks to Twitter’s former head of trust and security, Yoel Roth, before and after Elon Musk took over the company.
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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Rose and Casey Newton and produced by Davis Land. The show is edited by Paula Szuchman and Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto. Fact Check by Caitlin Love.
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.
