The anxiety Americans feel about AI is real and demands a substantive answer to the question of "what's next," writes Kevin Frazier. Reforms to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the nation’s workforce development programs should be a part of that answer, he says.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep, with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @akorinek.bsky.social, Nathan Goldschlag, and Bharat Chandar to sort through the myths, truths, and ambiguities that shape the debate around the effects of AI on jobs.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @scottwiener.bsky.social about the frontier AI safety bill he wrote as California sate senator that Governor Newsom signed into law earlier this month.

NEW: Rather than create a fragmented regulatory system that will discourage AI innovation and growth, the AI industry, with the help of the federal government, should encourage a ratings system to improve transparency and protection for consumers, writes @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.

If states are laboratories of democracy, then @scottwiener.bsky.social is one of the most prolific scientists. Sen. Wiener explains California's many AI policy experiments in an episode w/ @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social. The trio cover SB 53, SB 1047, and breakfast tacos.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Mosharaf Chowdhury and Dan Zhao about the energy costs of AI and what kinds of policies might minimize AI’s growing energy and environmental costs.

Just how much energy is involved in developing & using AI? What's the status of efforts to make AI training more efficient? Do those on the vanguard of AI energy research use AI in their daily lives? Answers to these Q (and bad jokes from @kevintfrazier.bsky.social) in our latest episode.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @davidsullivan.bsky.social and Rayi Iyer about the evolution of the Trust & Safety field and its relevance to ongoing conversations about how best to govern AI. youtu.be/6irBgNfwmdc?...

What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety? @davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/a...

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @gushurwitz.bsky.social and @neilchilson.bsky.social about how academics can overcome positively contribute to the work associated with AI governance.

New @scalinglaws.bsky.social rapid response episode with @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on California’s SB 53, the AI safety law that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYL...

As AI, and their risks, becomes more widespread, state legislatures are beginning to pass regulation on these new tools. @gmdickinson.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social warn against "hasty and overconfident laws that burden future innovation."

What even is AI policy? What myths are contributing to disagreements over how best to govern AI? How can academics play a bigger role in these conversations (should they)?! @gushurwitz.bsky.social (@penncareylaw.bsky.social) & Neil Chilson join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to offer their answers.

The stakes of getting AI regulation right or, at least, not wrong are high. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social provides a policy framework that guides how states can experiment with AI governance while respecting the federal government's authority on national security and interstate commerce.

Shout out to @KevinTFrazier.bsky.social for excellent answers to copyright questions posed to him in yesterday's House Judiciary Cmtee hearing on AI and state law preemption. First came this exchange with Rep. Cline on the purpose of copyright: www.youtube.com/live/9hLn4q...

Nearly 100 percent of intercontinental internet traffic travels through narrow undersea cables. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social argues that the Trump administration needs to address the threats facing this critical infrastructure, especially if it is serious about achieving AI dominance.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Steven Adler about the current state of AI testing and evaluations, industry efforts to improve model testing and more.

The demand for quality economic analysis of AI on jobs is quite high. Supply, on the other hand, is often lacking. That's why we're so glad to have @joshgans.bsky.social join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on today's pod. Give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/a...

AI safety means many different things to many different people. Steven Adler, who previously served on several safety-related teams at OpenAI, joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to analyze the current state of AI safety -- what it means, why it matters, and where it's headed.

Highly recommend this conversation between @kevintfrazier.bsky.social, @klonick.bsky.social, and Anu Bradford to understand the geopolitical backdrop behind today’s clownish “censorship” hearing.

Are existing consumer protections enough for AI? ask J. Scott Babwah Brennen, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social, and Anna Vinals Musquera as they embark on an initial effort to map the protection landscape across the U.S. Read it here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/are-...

Whether/how/when to regulate Big Tech is the regulatory puzzle that keeps policymakers up at night. Anu Bradford & @klonick.bsky.social join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to sort things out. The Brussels Effect is still alive, industrial policy is taking new forms & China is still the missing piece

Today's Lawfare Daily is an episode of @scalinglaws.bsky.social, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @petereharrell.bsky.social about the White House’s announcement that it will take a 10% share of Intel, the policy rationale for the stake & its legality.

Ain't no party like a @lawfaremedia.org party. You now have plans on September 19. Be there. givebutter.com/lawfare15

What's the legal authority for the Intel deal? - CHIPS Act? - DPA? - Both? - Neither? Big thanks to @petereharrell.bsky.social for joining @scalinglaws.bsky.social to help answer this question & explore the larger policy implications of this announcement.

In a recent essay, AI innovation and law fellow @kevintfrazier.bsky.social explains how private governance and regulatory sandboxes are the key to democracy, efficiency, and innovation for AI regulation. www.theregreview.org/2025/08/26/f...

School is back in session. How to use AI is on the syllabus, on the PTA agenda, and on the minds of policymakers, admin, and students. That's why you won't want to miss this episode with MacKenzie Price (Alpha School) and @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social (@brookings.edu).

Today's Lawfare Daily is a Scaling Laws ep, with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @samwl.bsky.social, Janet Egan & @petereharrell.bsky.social about the Trump admin’s decision to allow Nvidia and AMD to export AI semiconductors to China for a 15% payment to the U.S. govt.

The AI Action Plan marked a policy pivot toward open source as a way to accelerate AI. What's that mean in practice? @natolambert.bsky.social (@ai2.bsky.social) & Keegan McBride join @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to provide their answer. podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/t...

A new Trump admin deal lets NVIDIA & AMD sell advanced AI chips to China for a 15% fee. Strategic blunder? Unconstitutional export tax? Both? On today's podcast, @alanrozenshtein.com breaks it down with @janetegan.bsky.social, Sam Winter Levy and Peter Harrell.

Today's Lawfare Daily is an episode of @scalinglaws.bsky.social produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @deanwb.bsky.social about his experience working in the Trump administration to craft the AI Action Plan.

Don't miss @deanwb.bsky.social's unofficial exit interview w/ @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social: was the AI Action Plan a consensus document? was anything omitted that he would've included? what does he think its most important provisions are? and, what makes Dean's heart sing?

Scaling Laws Academy is back in session. Anat Lior (@drexelklinelaw.bsky.social) talks with @kevintfrazier.bsky.social (@utexaslaw.bsky.social) to answer one of the most important questions in AI policy: Who is on the hook when AI causes harm? Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/t...

Today's Lawfare Daily is an episode of Scaling Laws, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Brian Fuller about how large AI labs go about testing their models for compliance with internal requirements and various legal obligations. youtu.be/Fl62cGMIJVI

Applications for our paid Fall 2025 Internship are open! The intern will work with the Editorial Team at Lawfare to deliver analysis from leading experts to our audience. Apply here: www.lawfaremedia.org/internfall2025

What keeps the OpenAI product policy team up at night? Brian Fuller joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to explain the risks, goals, and responsibilities driving the lab's product policies. With #chatgpt5 looming, there's no better time to explore how OpenAI thinks about its powerful products

You’ve got to get your weekly dose of AI. Scaling Laws is dishing up two servings of quality AI analysis. First, listen to @noupside.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com talk w/ @kevintfrazier.bsky.social about the “Woke AI” EO.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a Scaling Laws episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @noupside.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com about the Trump Administration’s Woke AI policies, as set forth by a recent EO and explored in the AI Action Plan.

Headlines can be deceiving. Apparently the same is true of executive orders. @alanrozenshtein.com & @noupside.bsky.social talk w/ @kevintfrazier.bsky.social about the operative provisions of the EO on "Woke AI." Their summary may surprise you. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

*New Pod* @sayash.bsky.social, yes, Sayash from AI Snake Oil and AI as Normal Technology, joins the show w/ @kevintfrazier.bsky.social. The duo dive into key AI questions like what does AGI mean and, if we achieved it today, what would change? Give it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/m...

The @lawfaremedia.org team is basically the Lakers but better (sorry, LeBron) - our Superteam just got even stronger.

KK PSA: I've officially joined @lawfaremedia.org as a Senior Editor where I'll be focused on tech, law, & geopolitics! Still a full time prof at SJU, just now with more work -- and of course because it's me @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org again -- with even less fun!

"The plan’s 90 recommendations feel less like a unified strategy and more like a political compromise, delaying tough decisions about priorities, trade-offs, and democratic accountability." @kevintfrazier.bsky.social delves into the Trump administration's AI action plan.

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @janetegan.bsky.social, Jessica Brandt, @neilchilson.bsky.social, and Tim Fist about the Trump administration's recently released AI Action plan.

Let me know! We're working on an AI Benefits Tracker and this is obviously a very important part of that effort.

Listen. Watch. Debate! New pod analyzing the AI Action Plan is live. You're not going to want to miss this conversation with @janetegan.bsky.social, Neil Chilson, Tim Fist, and Jessica Brandt - hosted by @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and made possible by @lawfaremedia.org & @utexaslaw.bsky.social

New @scalinglaws.bsky.social, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social: Lt. Gen. (ret) Jack Shanahan joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to explore the nuanced landscape of AI in national security. Tune in to understand how AI is reshaping military strategies and the broader implications for society.

*New Pod* 1/ Is the U.S. in an AI arms race with China? Ret. Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan says no—and that framing could cost us the real win. Here’s why AI diffusion, not domination, is what actually matters 🧵

Winning the #AI race requires more than technological superiority. A whole-of-society approach reorienting education, workforce training, and public engagement is needed to bridge the gap between innovation and adoption, write ret. Lt Gen. Jack Shanahan and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.

Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Mary Ford. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...