Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna is a Democratic U.S. Representative serving California's 17th congressional district, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, since 2017. He is the vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and co-chaired Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. Khanna is known for his advocacy on technology policy, antitrust enforcement, and labor rights, and has been a prominent voice calling for AI development that benefits working communities rather than primarily enriching tech companies.
- 🎭 AI on stage
- OpenAI Delays Releasing New Model Because It's Too Deceptive
- 🤖 AI arms control
- 20VC_ Canva Slashes Growth_ How Much is it Really Worth _ Demis Hassabis and Jeff Dean_ Talent Exodus at Google _ Revolut's $50BN CEO Pay Package _ Elon Musk's $55BN Terrafab
- David Friedberg on the Economic Crisis Nobody Wants to Fix
- 🦾 Progressives vs. AI
“Rep. Ro Khanna cited OpenAI backing out of testifying at a hearing... 'They've been playing games,' he said.”
Source→“Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce the Human Control Over AI Act, which would ban recursively self-improving AI models until federal safeguards are in place and create a new agency to license and audit frontier systems”
Source→“Just like America and the USSR set aside our vast differences to save the world from nuclear war, the U.S. and China share a common interest in ensuring humans never lose control of AI.”
Source→“Rep Ro Khanna said he will introduce a data center bill of rights that will give local communities the right to say no to AI data centers.”
Source→“Rep Ro Khanna said he will introduce a data center bill of rights that will give local communities the right to say no to AI data centers.”
Source→“He saw the tides change and he's like, oh, this is yum yum, I'm gonna run for president in 2028.”
Source→“Rep. Khanna 'criticized data centers as largely extractive in an interview.'”
Source→“California Federation of Labor Unions president Lorena Gonzalez said Newsom's executive order wasn't enough, calling Khanna's 'Work for America' proposal 'way more developed and worker- and job-centered.'”
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