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Mar 18, 2026 
Alex Bores, a former New York assembly member and AI policymaker who wrote the RAISE Act, joins to discuss AI rules for the public sector. He tackles the Pentagon vs Anthropic dispute, risks around surveillance and autonomous weapons, and how data centers should pay for grid upgrades. He also talks transit needs for Manhattan and testing AI safety with playful prompts.
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Anthropic Dispute Highlights Who Controls Public AI Use
- Who decides lawful military AI use is contentious because private CEOs may constrain government actions.
- Josh frames the DOD-Anthropic spat as a deeper question about who sets rules for public-sector AI.
Pass Federal Law To Limit AI Mass Surveillance
- Pass nationwide laws to limit mass-surveillance uses because AI can now de-anonymize data at scale.
- Alex Bores urges Congress to update privacy law rather than leaving prohibitions to company promises.
AI Breaks The Old Detente Between Capability And Law
- The current legal detente relied on limited technical capability, not robust law.
- Bores notes AI shifts capability from case-specific ID to always-on population surveillance, forcing legal updates.