RegulatingAI Podcast: Innovate Responsibly

Trump's AI Action Plan Decoded: Fair Use, Export Controls & US-China Competition with Joshua Geltzer

🚨 BREAKING: Former Deputy White House Counsel's Latest Interview on Trump's AI Strategy 

In this episode of the RegulatingAI Podcast, we sit down with Joshua Geltzer, who advised President Biden, to discuss the details behind America's new AI Action Plan. This is the definitive breakdown every tech executive, investor, and policymaker need to watch. 

🎯 CRITICAL TAKEAWAYS: 

  • Why some states may LOSE federal AI funding  
  • How fair use laws could save AI companies billions  
  • The infrastructure revolution coming to your state  
  • Export control politics that will reshape global tech  
  • Why Trump chose to back open source 

About the Guest: Joshua Geltzer is a partner at Wilmer Hale focusing on AI, cybersecurity, and national security litigation. Until January 2025, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Counsel, and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council. 

Resources Mentioned: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-geltzer-6209b3198/ 

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/joshua-geltzer 

️ Timestamps: 

0:00 Introduction to the podcast and guest Joshua Geltzer  

4:29 Welcome to Regulating AI: The Podcast  

5:44 The Three Pillars of the AI Action Plan  

6:37 Fair Use, Training Data, and the Courts  

8:17 Power, Land, and Permitting for Data Centers  

10:19 Countering Synthetic Media and Deepfakes  

11:45 The Effectiveness and Limitations of Export Controls  

13:39 Leading International AI Governance While Prioritizing National Dominance  

15:28 Federal-State Dynamics in AI Governance  

19:00 The Open Source vs. Closed Model Debate  

20:45 The Competitive Framing with China and National Security  

22:54 Global AI Regulation and the Future  

23:41 Concluding the discussion