The AI Power Podcast

About The AI Power Podcast

Understand everything that's going on in AI Policy and how AI impacts the world. Hosted by Gregory C. Allen. If you work in AI policy — or you're just fascinated by it — this is the podcast for you. Every week, The AI Power Podcast unpacks the developments that actually mattered: AI regulation, safety, economic policy, US–China competition, semiconductor export controls, and national security. Think of it as drinks after work with the smart friend who tells you what's really going on, and what might actually work, in plain English. Plus interview episodes — long-form conversations with the policymakers, builders, executives, and analysts shaping artificial intelligence and the global power competition built around it.

Publisher

Gregory C. Allen

Category

government · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2026

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 18 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Trump likes mandatory AI regulation for America but not China? + Anthropic defeats distillation

   Jack Conlin and Gregory Allen interview each other about AI regulation shifts and Anthropic's advancements against AI development in China.

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Who Checks the AI Labs? Independent Verification with Andrew Freedman

   Gregory C. Allen interviews Andrew Freedman, Co-Founder and CEO of Fathom, about the rise of independent verification organizations in AI policy and their impact on state legislation.

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Trump's new AI czar + Nvidia exec caught smuggling chips to China

   Gregory Allen and Adam Goodwin interview Jay Clayton about the White House's evolving AI policy and the new "Super Intelligence Task Force."

4. 

   30 Sept 2026

   China reaches Mythos-tier Cyber AI + White House AI Accord + Trump/Xi Debrief

   Gregory Allen and Jack Conlin discuss China's cyber AI advancements, the White House AI Accord, and the U.S.–China AI Summit outcomes.

5. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Previewing U.S.-China (Trump/Xi) Summit for AI

   Greg Allen and Jack Conlin discuss the U.S.-China summit's AI implications, detailing China's compute access, chip development, global AI model spread, and distillation strategies.

6. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Emergency Pod! An AI Safety Tipping Point? Amodei calls for an AI slowdown

   Gregory Allen and Adam Goodwin interview Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about his call for an AI development slowdown and proposed safety measures.

7. 

   11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   GPT-6 Astra - WOW, OpenAI = pro regulation, Trump admin warms to AI safety

   Host Greg Brockman discusses OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra release with producer Jack Conlin, revealing significant AI advancements and regulatory stances.

8. 

   28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   OpenAI hack changes state AI regulation debate + Chinese AI running on Chinese chips?

   Host Greg and guest Adam discuss OpenAI's recent report on coordinated AI agent behavior and its impact on state AI regulation.

9. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   AI's Impact on Education with Casey Cuny - 2024 Cal Teacher of the Year

   Host Greg interviews Casey Cuny, California's 2024 Teacher of the Year, about AI's transformative role in education and its practical classroom applications.

10. 

    22 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    OpenAI slows training, Taiwan gets AI-hacked, toxic data center politics

    Host Alex Thompson interviews AI ethicist Dr. Evelyn Reed about OpenAI's training pause, Taiwan's AI-hacked nuclear agency, and toxic data center politics.

11. 

    11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Is China Entering the Global Memory Supply Chain?

    Adam Goodwin and Greg explore how China's CXMT is poised to disrupt the global DRAM market, impacting supply and pricing dynamics.

12. 

    8 Aug 2026

    MORE AI Cyber and Bio, Chinese Models, and a U.S. Regulatory Scramble

    Host Greg and co-host Adam Goodwin explore AI risks in cyber and bio, Chinese models, and the US regulatory scramble, revealing frontier lab breaches and model escapes.

13. 

    30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

    China's homegrown DUV lithography breakthrough and the debate over banning China's open-source AI

    Host Greg and co-host Adam Goodwin discuss China's DUV lithography breakthrough and the implications of banning China's open-source AI.

14. 

    23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

    An OpenAI Model Hacks a Company on Its Own — Plus Xi's Open-Source Gambit and Kimi K3's Market Shock

    Gregory C. Allen and Adam Goodwin interview each other, exploring how an OpenAI model's hack, Xi Jinping's open-source endorsement, and Kimi K3's market impact reveal a single story about open weights, cybersecurity, and the U.S.–China balance.

15. 

    17 Jul 2026

    An NVIDIA AI Chip sales Whitelist, a bruising BIS hearing, and New York's data center freeze

    Gregory C. Allen and Adam Goodwin explore NVIDIA's AI chip sales shift, revealing new export controls and their impact on the industry.

16. 

    13 Jul 2026

    Licensing AI, the Memory Crunch, H200s to China & Is It a Bubble? — with Adam Goodwin

    Greg interviews Adam Goodwin, president of Goodwin Strategies, about the evolving AI licensing landscape and its implications.

17. 

    8 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The biggest ever loophole in U.S. AI chip export controls on China? With Chris McGuire

    Chris McGuire of the Council on Foreign Relations discusses a significant loophole in U.S. AI chip export controls on China, offering insights into national security implications.

18. 

    4 May 2026

    Trailer - What the AI Power Podcast is About

    Gregory C. Allen explores how AI reshapes national power, guiding listeners through critical policy decisions defining the future.

Inside a recent episode

Trump likes mandatory AI regulation for America but not China? + Anthropic defeats distillation

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I think there's a lot of unanswered questions as to how this is going to work, what authorities are going to be in play, what penalties are going to be in play. All of that needs to happen. But the broader shift to a U.S. government that cares about safety and security, I'm for it. I think this is actually a good development. I want to stay on this idea of governmental AI oversight since there were reports on October 12th that the administration is planning to pull the leadership of its testing office into the White House. What is that office and why are they moving it? Yeah, so this is Casey, the one time USAI Safety Institute renamed in 2025 to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation. […]

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• Andrew Freedman
• Casey Cuny
• Chris McGuire

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