After that, policymakers, tech CEOs and expert panelists will drill into the international race for chip production, how Washington will regulate artificial intelligence and the potential for using AI in intelligence-gathering and to mitigate climate change.Khan will sit down with POLITICO for an in-depth discussion of her agency’s efforts to break up monopolies in the tech sector.
against Amazon, Khan has tackled antitrust concerns raised by Microsoft and Meta, but with mixed results. The FTC chair will also discuss whether the commission is equipped to tackle AI, and what unique antitrust concerns the fast-moving technology raises.Wednesday’s event will feature prominent congressional voices on AI — Reps. Ted Lieu and Jay Obernolte — and representatives from Google, Scale AI and an official from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Sen. Todd Young , one of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s top lieutenants on AI legislation, will also sit down for a one-on-one with POLITICO to discuss Capitol Hill’s plans for the technology.The day will also reveal how leading minds in intelligence and cybersecurity are adapting to the global race to deploy AI.
Lakshmi Raman, the Central Intelligence Agency’s director of AI, will dive into the use of the technology for intelligence gathering. And Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, will discuss how the federal government can link up with the private sector to modernize the Pentagon’s AI arsenal.