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What's the Story? NTIA's Alan Davidson calls for 'army of auditors' to regulate AI
Season 4
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Light Reading's Phil Harvey joins the podcast from on-site at the 20th annual State of the Net conference in Washington, DC, where NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said the US government needs to utilize an 'army of auditors' to better regulate and manage AI.
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26:01||Season 5On the Light Reading Extra podcast, Phil Harvey and Jeff Baumgartner discuss Jeff's CES travels, some smart TV updates, MobileX's apparel play and the rise of the robots.CES 2025: AI everywhere, 'NextG' and the specter of more tariffs
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