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Michigan's Primary Drama, the DOJ's Next Boss, and Hillary Clinton Co-Hosts

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AI Governance Is the Most Undercovered Story

Michigan's Primary Drama, the DOJ's Next Boss, and Hillary … · Aug 7, 2026 Technology

Clinton argues that AI governance is the most important story not getting real attention in 2026. She calls for an urgent global diplomatic effort — treaties, standards, covenants — that brings governments together to constrain what tech companies can do. The conversation currently happening in Washington, she says, is about equity stakes, not governance.

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AI Governance: The Most Important Story No One Is Acting On

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Asked for the biggest story not getting enough attention, Clinton is unequivocal: AI governance. She acknowledges there is attention — hand-wringing, CEO summits in Washington — but no real action. Her prescription is ambitious: a major global diplomatic effort producing treaties, covenants, and standards, analogous to arms control negotiations, that brings governments together to constrain what tech companies can and cannot do. She notes Trump's engagement with AI CEOs is about extracting equity stakes from them, not governing what they produce. Kara adds that data centers are becoming a proxy for public anxiety about electricity prices and grid load, citing a mayor who had a 'good deal' that local residents still rejected out of pure anger at the technology. Clinton argues the issues are too big for local governments and must be addressed at the national and global level.

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