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Tech Roundup 30 - The Impact of AI on the Age Verification Debate
What are the effects of AI on the already contentious debate concerning age verification technology? An illustrious panel of experts sit down to discuss the issues surrounding these breakthrough innovations and the effect on children in a technological world.
Featuring:
Graham Dufault, General Counsel, ATP The App Association
Jennifer Huddleston, Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, Cato Institute
Clare Morell, Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Center
(Moderator) Prof. Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law; adjunct Research Fellow at the Cato Institute
13 Jan 2026
Tech Roundup Episode 29 - An AI Roundup of 2025 and What Lies Ahead for 2026
Join tech and legal experts Prof. Kevin Frazier (University of Texas School of Law), Neil Chilson (Abundance Institute), and Charlie Bullock (Institute for Law & AI) for a breakdown of AI legal policy and regulatory developments in 2025 at the state, federal and executive levels, and the future of AI policy in 2026.
20 Oct 2025
A New WOTUS Rule
What waters are considered “waters of the United States” or WOTUS under the Clean Water Act (CWA)? This question is critical because it determines which waters are regulated under the statute. The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have struggled to develop a definition that can pass legal muster, in large part because they have tried to regulate waters that go beyond their statutory authority. For many years, the courts didn’t provide clarity either. But in 2023, the US Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA specified what waters are regulated, including to what extent wetlands are covered.
Currently, a new proposed WOTUS rule is being reviewed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. What should the rule include and what is required for the rule to be consistent with Sackett? The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Daren Bakst discusses this important issue with Charles Yates, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation who was on the litigation team that represented Chantel and Michael Sacket before the US Supreme Court.
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