The latest episode of Lawfare Daily takes up what participants describe as a "vibe shift" in the AI risk environment—a change in how policymakers and the public perceive the dangers posed by artificial intelligence. Host Kevin Frazier is joined by New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, AVERI's Nat Purser, and Institute for Law and AI's Mackenzie Arnold to examine how this shift came about and what it means for policy.
The conversation spans both domestic and foreign AI policy. Among the concrete developments discussed are President Trump's announcement of an "AI Force" and an AI Czar, as well as projections for the September 24 U.S.-China Summit. The guests also touch on other recent AI news, though the episode description does not detail those items.
The episode points listeners to a related Lawfare podcast on the legal and policy ramifications of the OpenAI-Hugging Face postmortems, suggesting that recent incidents have helped drive the changed risk environment. For those tracking AI governance, the episode offers a snapshot of how state and federal voices are aligning—or diverging—on next steps.