TechFreedom’s Corbin Barthold, Andy Jung, and Santana Boulton take you on a tour of the many, many things going on in AI innovation, competition, and regulation.

Topics include:

First signs of AI escape velocity?
Automated luxury libertarianism
The Trumpian vibe shift
AI culture war
The AI $$$$ bonfire
The one-week DeepSeek freakout
Is regulation futile?

Links:

Tyler Cowen on OpenAI’s Deep Research

Dwarkesh Patel on fully automated firms

Trump Signs AI and Tech Executive Orders

Some Simple Lessons From China’s Big AI Breakthrough

Tech Giants Double Down on Their Massive AI Spending

397: AI Policy Potpourri (Part One)