Cato Podcast From Risk to Innovation: Analyzing Trump's New AI Action Plan
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Aug 12, 2025 Matthew Mittelsteadt, a Technology Policy Research Fellow at the Cato Institute, joins the discussion to dive into the Trump administration's new AI Action Plan. They analyze the shift from regulatory approaches to fostering innovation in AI. The conversation highlights the balance between addressing safety risks and encouraging open-source development, especially in developing nations. Mittelsteadt also emphasizes the complexities of aligning state and federal AI regulations and the potential implications for free speech in the evolving tech landscape.
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Innovation As The North Star
- The Trump AI Action Plan centers innovation over strict risk management as its guiding principle.
- It emphasizes investments, federal data access, and deregulation to accelerate AI adoption across sectors.
Crowdsource Regulatory Bottlenecks
- Solicit industry input to identify regulatory bottlenecks that hinder AI adoption.
- Turn that crowdsourced to-do list into concrete deregulatory actions to clear barriers quickly.
Firsthand Waymo Ride Experience
- Jennifer Huddleston rode in a Waymo in Arizona and described the experience as amazing.
- She uses that experience to show how outdated rules presuming human operators can block life-saving deployments.