Biden vs Trump: How U.S. AI Policy Is Shifting

In this episode of The AI Report, Christine Walker joins Arturo Ferreira to launch a new series on the legal side of artificial intelligence. Christine is a practicing attorney helping businesses understand how to navigate AI risk, compliance, and governance in a rapidly changing policy environment.

They explore how the shift from the Biden to the Trump administration is changing the tone on AI regulation, what the EU AI Act means for U.S. companies, and why many of the legal frameworks we need for AI already exist. Christine breaks down how lawyers apply traditional legal principles to today’s AI challenges from intellectual property and employment law to bias and defamation.

Also in this episode:

• The risk of waiting for regulation to catch up

• How companies can conduct internal AI audits

• What courts are already doing with AI tools

• Why even lawyers are still figuring this out in real time

• What businesses should be doing now to reduce liability

Christine offers a grounded, practical view of what it means to use AI responsibly, even when the law seems unclear.

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Chapters:

(00:00) The Legal Risks of AI and Why It’s Still a Black Box

(01:13) Christine Walker’s Background in Law and Tech

(03:07) Biden vs Trump: Competing AI Governance Philosophies

(04:53) What Governance Means and Why It Matters

(06:26) Comparing the EU AI Act with the U.S. Legal Vacuum

(08:14) Case Law on IP, Bias, and Discrimination

(10:50) Why the Fear Around AI May Be Misplaced

(13:15) Legal Precedents: What Tech History Teaches Us

(16:06) The GOP’s AI Stance and Regulatory Philosophy

(18:35) Most AI Use Cases Already Fall Under Existing Law

(21:11) Why Precedents Take So Long—and What That Means

(23:08) Will AI Accelerate the Legal System?

(25:24) AI + Lawyers: A Collaborative Model

(27:15) Hallucinations, Case Law, and Legal Responsibility

(28:36) Building Policy Now to Avoid Legal Pain Later

(30:59) Christine’s Final Advice for Businesses and Builders