110 · Tier 3 — High-impact political/media nodes
Dasha Burns
White House bureau chief
AI position
No x-risk mention
Her AI-related interviews (with Sriram Krishnan and David Sacks) focus on the US-China AI race, regulation, "American AI" vs "woke AI," and workforce/harm-accountability questions; no findable engagement with existential-risk framing specifically.
Why influential
Has access to decision-makers and can set elite understanding through scoops, sourcing and authoritative framing in a major newsroom. Primary policy lanes: white house; campaigns; elections; voter coalitions.
Who pays attention
White House and congressional staff, lobbyists, agency press shops, consultants, donors and competing political reporters
Work samples
- Trump AI Advisor Wants 'American AI' Not 'Woke AI' (with Sriram Krishnan)
Sep 19, 2025 · podcast
Live interview at Politico's AI & Tech Summit with White House Senior Policy Advisor for AI Sriram Krishnan on the US-China AI race and the American AI Action Plan.
- Full Interview with Sriram Krishnan | POLITICO AI & Tech Summit
Sep 16, 2025 · video
Video of the same AI Summit interview.
- Can AI solve the problems it creates? (with David Sacks)
May 1, 2026 · podcast
Interview with former White House AI/crypto czar David Sacks on AI regulation, workforce disruption, and platform harm/accountability.
- The crypto clash that could reshape finance (with Brian Armstrong)
Jun 5, 2026 · podcast
Interview with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong touching on his vision for a world shaped by AI, plus crypto policy.
AI-world contacts
Sriram Krishnan — White House Senior Policy Advisor for AI, White House / Andreessen Horowitz
- Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Key architect of Trump's American AI Action Plan and administration AI policy voice; interviewed by Burns at Politico's AI & Tech Summit.
David Sacks — Former White House AI & Crypto Czar, now PCAST co-chair, White House / PCAST
- Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Leading Trump administration AI policy figure with a 'let them cook' deregulatory stance; gave a substantive AI interview to Burns.