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JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
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Episode JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, has a lot of thoughts about AI, tech, and privacy. Those issues are driving a big and maybe kind of unexpected political realignment — and with the midterms coming up next month, and early voting already underway in a lot of places, the stakes are pretty high right now. And as he notes, some problems are just collective action problems that require a government. We can’t solve everything one at a time, or even one state at a time.
And of course, I had to ask him: Are the Bears gonna stay in Illinois?
Links:
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How ordinary Utahns fought the biggest data center in the world | The Verge
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’ | Decoder
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YouTube CEO: ‘We’re focused on internal safety efforts’ | CNN
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Pritzker signs landmark AI regulation bill | Capitol News Illinois
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Pritzker establishes AI Cabinet amid calls for regulation | NPR Ilinois
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Links in the notes 7
- https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/993343/stratos-utah-kevin-oleary-data-center-backlash/
- https://www.theverge.com/podcast/986661/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-ai-data-centers-ban-3d-printed-guns-flock-cameras
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/tech/youtube-ceo-meta-child-safety-settlement
- https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-signs-landmark-ai-regulation-bill-that-aims-to-mitigate-risks/
- https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-09-22/pritzker-establishes-ai-cabinet-amid-calls-for-greater-regulation
- https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
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