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On AI Policy: Global Stakes, Local Governance
21 August 2026

On AI Policy: Global Stakes, Local Governance

CFR On the Record

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In this episode, Margaret Woolley Busse discusses the regulatory environment for artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States, with particular focus on its implications at the state and local level. She is joined by Adam Segal, who assesses the global AI race and why these dynamics matter for U.S. national security and strategic competition with China.


 


Host: Irina A. Faskianos, vice president for the National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations


 


Guests: Margaret Woolley Busse, executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce and cofounder of the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy


Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations


 


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