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You can download New York Times Audio at nytimes.com slash audio app. You can choose between eight different playback speeds, ranging from 0.8X all the way up to 3X. Cecilia Kong talks to us about why lawmakers are cozying up to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Twitter's former head of Trust and Safety Joelle Roth talks to me about his battles against Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and other forces conspiring against content moderation.

In a congressional hearing this week, OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, appeared to be on the same page as lawmakers: It’s time to regulate A.I. But like so many other proposals to regulate tech, will it actually happen? The Times’s technology reporter Cecilia Kang helps us understand whether Congress will actually act, and what that could look like.

Then, Casey talks with Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, before and after Elon Musk took over the company.

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Cecilia Kang is a reporter at The New York Times covering technology and regulation.
Yoel Roth is the former head of trust and safety at Twitter.

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Sam Altman urged Congress to pass legislation to regulate A.I., including the proposal that A.I. developers should be required to get licenses from the U.S. government to release their models.
Casey Newton reported for This American Life on Roth’s time at Twitter, before and after Musk took over.