Preet Bharara

AI position

Aware of x-risk

Interviewed a prominent AI investor who explicitly downplayed x-risk in favor of geopolitical framing.

Why influential

Shapes how courts, investigations and executive power are understood by legal professionals, policymakers, advocates and news audiences. Primary policy lanes: justice department; courts; ethics; executive power.

Who pays attention

Justice Department alumni, litigators, judges, policy staff, journalists and politically engaged professionals

Work samples

• Innovation and the Future of AI (with Vinod Khosla)

  Mar 21, 2024 · podcast

  Interview with Khosla Ventures founder and major OpenAI investor on AI's future, regulation vs. China competition, and UBI.

• AI, Fake Drake & IP

  Sep 18, 2023 · podcast

  Nilay Patel (The Verge/Decoder) joins Preet to discuss AI and intellectual property lawsuits.

• AI on Trial: Bot-Crossed Lovers

  Mar 4, 2024 · podcast

  First of a 3-part miniseries with Duke law/philosophy professor Nita Farahany on hypothetical AI legal cases.

• In Brief: ChatGPT & the Future of AI (with Rebecca Heilweil)

  Jan 1, 2023 · podcast

  Interview with tech reporter on ChatGPT's implications; approximate date.

• Misinformation Apocalypse (with Hany Farid)

  Jun 1, 2023 · podcast

  Interview with deepfake/misinformation researcher Hany Farid; approximate date.

AI-world contacts

• Vinod Khosla — Venture capitalist, founder of Sun Microsystems, major OpenAI investor, Khosla Ventures

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Prominent AI investor and vocal commentator on AI's economic and geopolitical future; interviewed at length by Preet Bharara.

• Hany Farid — Digital forensics / deepfake detection expert, UC Berkeley

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — AI/media forensics researcher interviewed on Stay Tuned about misinformation and AI-generated content.