"On cable news, you have 90 seconds to make your point and that's all you get. On podcasts, you fall into a rhythm in a room of peers for an hour and even though it can be fun, it runs the risk of getting too insider-y. But on radio, regular everyday listeners get to call in, ask questions, and tell you exactly how the thing you're reporting on impacts their lives."
"In this case, a woman called in to ask whether Congress had started working on any laws addressing "digital twins," a generative AI model that mimics human behavior and is used by corporations for customer-facing interactions, and broadly, agentic AI, which is filling in - rather cheaply - the work that was once done by human employees."
"I had to quickly rack my brain to see if I'd run into any state or federal laws, drafts, or whatever that directly addressed the use of digital twins, and I couldn't. (Colorado's anti-bias laws come the closest, but address AI's usage in employment decisions - not what happens afterward.)"
A senior reporter for The Verge covers the second Trump administration, political influencers, tech lobbying, and Big Tech versus Big Government. The reporter appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to discuss President Donald Trump's attempt to ban states from making their own AI laws. Radio call-ins reveal how policy debates affect everyday lives and surface practical questions about emerging technologies. A caller asked whether Congress had started working on laws for digital twins and agentic AI. No clear state or federal statutes directly address digital twins; Colorado's anti-bias laws only target employment-related AI usage. The situation reveals urgent regulatory gaps for agentic AI.
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