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Editorial Director, POLITICO Live and Host, POLITICO Tech. Journalist covering politics and policy on stage and behind the mic. Write me: soverly@politico.com.
We've heard a lot about AI risks from Pope Leo XIV in recent weeks. On today's POLITICO Tech podcast, I spoke to his AI adviser, Father Paolo Benanti. It's a thought-provoking discussion all about tech, religion & regulation.
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“If we invested as much in innovating how we built social structures around technology as we do in technology itself, we could live in a vastly different world.”
More from my convo w/ the McGovern Foundation’s Vilas Dhar:
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Spend part of your weekend catching up on this week’s POLITICO Tech episode with actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Available @politico.com.
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“Make a law that says your digital self belongs to you.”
That’s what actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants policymakers to do as AI transforms not only Hollywood but every industry.
🎧 Listen to our conversation on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast:
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This week on Politico Tech: Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins
@stevenoverly.bsky.social to discuss AI and Hollywood — including the consequences for creatives and what he wants to see from the tech and policy worlds.
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We talk a lot about the global AI race, but U.S. states are also competing to harness AI for their economies.
Today's POLITICO Tech podcast explores whether the American South can become the "Digital Delta" with Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.
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President Trump and his family are diving deeper into the crypto business as his administration rolls back regulations and implements crypto-friendly policies.
On POLITICO Tech, reporter Declan Harty dissects Trump's crypto conflicts. 🎧 Listen & subscribe:
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The House passed Trump's "big, beautiful bill" today, including a provision that would block state AI laws for 10 years.
That's ... a long time.
On POLITICO Tech, Sam Hammond from the Foundation for American Innovation unpacks the proposal with me.
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Big takeaways on the Qatari jet, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Trump’s Middle East trip and Marco Rubio’s massive job(s) from today’s POLITICO Live Security Summit 👇
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Is AI the new oil?
President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia made clear that American technology is defining the new Middle East — and increasingly central to U.S. economic and security interests in the region.
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How have Trump's first 100 days gone for Silicon Valley? It's been a rocky start ... on tariffs, immigration, antitrust and more.
Listen to me and Brendan Bordelon break it down on today's POLITICO Tech podcast.
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An antitrust expert and former FTC chair breaks down Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s big week in court
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Meta’s big antitrust trial began this week with CEO Mark Zuckerberg answering hours of questions about his social media empire.
On POLITICO Tech, former FTC Chair Bill Kovacic joins me to break down his testimony and the latest in the case.
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Trump lawyers face a contentious hearing today over the status of a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador. POLITICO’s Kyle Cheney joins me to discuss.
Plus, Harvard rebuffs Trump and Biden steps out. Also, pay your taxes.
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On POLITICO Tech, Roblox CEO David Baszucki joins me to discuss how his company aims to stay ahead of kids’ online safety regulation.
Plus, his take on the recent tariff turmoil and his bid to buy TikTok.
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President Donald Trump has rapidly escalated his trade war with China. Now, one of his former trade officials says the two economies will be forced to decouple.
But Trump’s hand may not be as strong as he thinks.
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04.04.2025 14:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Could Trump’s tariffs be used as leverage against foreign tech regulation and taxes? Silicon Valley hopes so — but it all depends on how Trump negotiates.
More with Council on Foreign Relations president Mike Froman on POLITICO Tech.
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Trump’s going to negotiate trade deals with countries who want to shake his tariffs — and tech is poised to be a big bargaining chip.
More with Council on Foreign Relations President Mike Froman on today’s POLITICO Tech.
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Elections in Florida and Wisconsin today could deliver a major blow to Republicans — and their benefactor Elon Musk.
On Playbook Daily Briefing, POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin joins me from St. Augustine to break down the votes ahead.
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What’s so great about Greenland?
We delve into the critical minerals and potential AI data centers that are drawing tech interest in Greenland — including from folks in Trump’s orbit.
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Were the messages “war plans” or “attack plans”? Was the information classified, sensitive or something in between?
Regardless, Graham Brookie from the Atlantic Council tells me the conversation never should have been on Signal.
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First Amendment really has me feeling 👊🇺🇸🔥 today
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The group chat heard ‘round the world is still rocking Washington.
POLITICO’s Amy Mackinnon joins me on Playbook Daily Briefing to talk about “Signalgate.”
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On POLITICO Tech, I spoke with Andreessen Horowitz general partner Katherine Boyle about Silicon Valley’s embrace of Trump and whether the firm’s American Dynamism practice is MAGA motivated.
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DOGE has business leaders seeing dollar signs.
Appian CEO Matt Calkins tells me the government can save billions of dollars using "the most powerful digital worker ever invented" — artificial intelligence.
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"We're not like some small country you can push around."
Canada's innovation minister François-Philippe Champagne tells me Canada doesn't want a deepening trade war... and that it can take its business elsewhere if needed.
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I talked to Bachelor-turned-podcaster Nick Viall
for POLITICO Tech and it's the first time my sister has texted me about the podcast so rise up #BachelorNation
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