Alondra Nelson was the first African-American and first woman of color to lead US science and technology policy in her role there. She says regulators are using previous law to try to get stronger hand for themselves, but they really do need to define this as a different and new technology. "My worries are going to do a lot of these announcements and then nothing actually," she adds.
Kara and Scott discuss a huge weekend at the box office, and Jeff Bezos' renewed interest in The Washington Post. Plus, WTF is Elon doing with his Twitter re-brand? Also, Big Tech agrees to some AI safety commitments, will they be enough? Friend of Pivot Alondra Nelson led the development of the Biden Administration's Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, she joins us to discuss.
You can find Alondra on Twitter…or X…at @alondra.
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