Freedom Tech Policy Hour 🇺🇸 Freedom Tech DC brought Bitcoin, open-source AI, and individual control into the same policy conversation. In this episode, @zackcohen_, @Bayman11771, and @zackbshapiro recap the conference and discuss how to address AI risks without concentrating control in a few companies or governments. During the episode, they dig into the difference between AI safety and security, the privacy tradeoffs of personal AI agents, and what Chinese open models mean for U.S. competition. Chapters: 0:00 Freedom Tech DC: Bitcoin and open-source AI 3:55 AI risk without concentrating power 8:30 Sovereign infrastructure and Clarity 14:49 AI consciousness, safety and security 30:35 Frontier labs, regulation and government power 36:50 AI agents: usefulness and privacy 43:31 Mistral and open-model release strategies 46:06 Distillation and U.S.-China competition 50:54 Can American open-source AI compete?

New from @RSI tech team: "What the Midterms Mean for Technology and AI" With thoughts on various tech policy issues from @MarrrkDalton, @NaThielman, @JGWithrow, @edtarnowski, @SpenceKjell, Wayne Brough and me:

My advice to anyone working in tech policy is that there is still so much alpha left in understanding the “tech” part, and that moat is only likely to increase. It’s way easier to go from tech/finance into policy than the other way around, but you should still try.

Great conversation this weekend at @ycombinator Startup School with @lutherlowe on tech policy, AI, the importance of policy frameworks to support startups & little tech, plus my new report Science: A New Golden Age. Thank you @garrytan!

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

TDC State Network Microgrant Winner @WVblockchain is opening the door to new economic opportunity through digital innovation and emerging tech policy.   Join us for the West Virginia Digital Innovation Policy Briefing next Tuesday, August 11. Register: