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The POLITICO Tech podcast is your daily download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. From AI and the metaverse to disinformation and microchips, we explore how today’s technology is shaping our world — and driving the policy decisions, global rivalries and industries that will matter tomorrow.

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The POLITICO Tech podcast is your daily download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. From AI and the metaverse to disinformation and microchips, we explore how today’s technology is shaping our world — and driving the policy decisions, global rivalries and industries that will matter tomorrow.

    Inside the Chinese embassy’s quiet lobbying on TikTok

    Inside the Chinese embassy’s quiet lobbying on TikTok

    Officials from the Chinese embassy have been making the rounds on Capitol Hill as U.S. lawmakers weigh a forced sale of the video-sharing app TikTok. Reporter Hailey Fuchs joins POLITICO Tech host Steven Overly to explain what happened inside the meetings and how they could complicate TikTok’s own lobbying efforts.

    • 9 min
    Ciao. Adios. Au revoir. Will AI squash European languages?

    Ciao. Adios. Au revoir. Will AI squash European languages?

    Our language is fundamental to our cultural identity. And many European countries worry artificial intelligence will erase those languages and the cultures that come with them. But could those fears really be code for falling behind in the AI race? POLITICO reporter Gian Volpicelli joins host Steven Overly to discuss.

    • 17 min
    ‘Godzilla vs. Kong: AI Edition’: Talking net neutrality with a former FCC chair

    ‘Godzilla vs. Kong: AI Edition’: Talking net neutrality with a former FCC chair

    The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week to restore regulations that require internet service providers to treat websites equally, otherwise known as net neutrality. Tom Wheeler was the chair of the FCC the last time those rules were put in place. He joins POLITICO Tech host Steven Overly to talk about how artificial intelligence gives new life to this old policy battle.

    • 19 min
    The White House defends contentious foreign surveillance law

    The White House defends contentious foreign surveillance law

    The future of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act now lies in the Senate, following a contentious path to reauthorization in the House last week. Behind the scenes, the Biden administration has been pressing both chambers to extend the law -- and successfully pushing back on some proposed reforms. On POLITICO Tech, National Security Council legal adviser Joshua Geltzer defends the need for government spy programs amid simmering global conflicts.

    • 17 min
    This tax day, how AI is changing up the IRS

    This tax day, how AI is changing up the IRS

    Today, we’re talking taxes. Stanford law professor Dan Ho has been working with the IRS to figure out how machine learning and artificial intelligence can improve the agency -- including a study he led last year that found evidence of racial bias in its audits. On POLITICO Tech, host Steven Overly talks with Ho about using AI to root our human bias, and how the technology is changing up Tax Day.

    • 17 min
    The controversy around FISA, a key foreign surveillance law, explained

    The controversy around FISA, a key foreign surveillance law, explained

    The House is expected to vote on a key foreign surveillance law set to expire next week. The fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, has pit national security hawks who defend the government surveillance program against lawmakers who say it's been used to unlawfully spy on American citizens. Host Steven Overly unpacks the criticisms with Elizabeth Goitein, a former Capitol Hill attorney who now leads the Liberty and National Security Program at NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice.

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
379 Ratings

379 Ratings

gwr71 ,

Mayoral race- Boston

Great episode on the historic mayoral race taking place in Boston both in primaries, and in November. It’s own moment of Lift.

Allancl9 ,

6/26/2033

The election analyst you had on Today did you no favors . He belongs on Fox News. He does not recognize data that is contrary to what he wants to say and minimizes that which appears to contradict it . It is the old trick of not having an opposing voice on while you are presenting . On Politico he does not . He is smooth and not bombastic but not truthful. He lies by omission and subtle distortion . My guess he is paid for and beholding to republican . If he is not he should be.

You do not look like unbiased journalists with guys like this , especially when you do not present a counter point .

janef. ,

Laughing women

I just came here to listen to their opinions about the recession. All I came away with is 2 women laughing about the economy. They have no clue about this in any fundamental way. How could ppl pay $ for this?

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