Trump’s New AI Czar + Nvidia Exec Caught Smuggling Chips to China
With co-host Adam Goodwin
About this episode
Gregory Allen and Adam Goodwin break down recent AI policy updates out of the White House – the appointment of Jay Clayton as the new AI czar, and the assembly of a new “Super Intelligence Task Force.” They discuss how the task force’s makeup and the administration’s policy evolution has shifted, but is still hesitant to embrace the kinds of AI safety frontier labs are calling for. Then, Greg and Adam look at a recent FTC investigation of leading U.S. AI labs, as well as action from multiple state attorneys general, to break down how AI liability is perceived and proposals for how to use liability to encourage AI safety efforts. Then, unknown cyber attackers used an open-source agent to break into South Korean banks, smuggled Nvidia chips continue to flow into China, and the D.C. Circuit Court upholds Anthropic’s supply chain risk designation.
In this episode
- 00:00White House unveils a new AI czar and the Super Intelligence Force
- 12:28Re-evaluating the administration’s view of, and role for, AI safety
- 17:36Debates about AI liability and responsibility for AI incidents, and how different levels of government are thinking about it
- 34:14An AI agent breaks into South Korea’s biggest banks
- 42:11Nvidia chip smuggling continues to supply China advanced AI chips, and implications for the U.S.
- 54:58D.C. court upholds Anthropic’s supply chain risk designation, and why both parties lost the case