Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time

In an interview on Decoder, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) discusses the challenges of regulating AI in a rapidly changing technological landscape. He criticizes the Trump administration's reliance on voluntary, non-binding safety pledges from tech CEOs and argues that real national security threats from advanced AI are being ignored. Schiff supports creating a new regulatory agency with real expertise and enforcement power, but acknowledges that the Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision ending Chevron deference will make it easier for companies to tie up regulations in litigation. He compares AI regulation to social media regulation, arguing that the First Amendment was used as a bludgeon by companies to avoid accountability and that Section 230 immunity is no longer working as intended, especially as platforms generate their own AI content. Schiff sees potential for bipartisan action on AI due to public concerns about data centers, jobs, and privacy, and suggests a narrow antitrust exemption might help companies coordinate on cybersecurity. He also expresses concerns about privacy in the era of powerful AI, the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, and the impact of AI on the entertainment industry and workforce. On impeachment, he says Democrats should prioritize cost-of-living issues and oversight of corruption, and cross that bridge when they get to it.

(Source：The Verge)