March 04, 2025
Lawfare Daily: Tim Fist and Arnab Datta on the Race to Build AI Infrastructure in America
Tim Fist, senior adjunct fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for New American Security, and Arnab Datta, Director of Infrastructure Policy at IFP and Managing Director of Policy Implementation at Employ America, join Kevin Frazier, a Contributing Editor at Lawfare and adjunct professor at Delaware Law, to dive into the weeds of their thorough report on building America’s AI infrastructure. The duo extensively studied the gulf between the stated goals of America’s AI leaders and the practical hurdles to realizing those ambitious aims.
Listen to the full episode on Lawfare.
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