Driving the Day

Today is January 23, 2025, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: Politico suggested U.S. plans to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure “leave EU ambitions in the dust.” In Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) pitched a proposed tax cut for startups to boost AI development in his state. The New York Times suggested the strong performance of China’s new DeepSeek-V3 AI model “raises questions about the unintended consequences of the American government’s trade restrictions.” Lastly, a new class action lawsuit accuses LinkedIn of disclosing “private messages to third parties…to train generative artificial intelligence models.”

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: Steve Bannon berated Elon Musk over his attacks on Trump’s AI infrastructure project.

• Around the Nation: A California city tapped AI to streamline government hiring.

• Across the Pond: The Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe discussed its response to the European Commission’s questionnaire on prohibited AI practices.

• Global Highlights: OpenAI told an Indian court that removing training data from ChatGPT would breach obligations tied to pending U.S. court cases around training data.

• Outside Views: At the World Economic Forum, Pope Francis warned about AI tools contributing to a “crisis of truth.”

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