People in AI

16-year-old who died by suicide; allegedly used ChatGPT as emotional support in final weeks

Scott Wiener

Policy

State Senator at California State Senate

Authored SB 53, California AI safety bill requiring transparency and safety frameworks from frontier AI developers like OpenAI and Anthropic.

Directed to create recommendations for federal law that will preempt state laws regulating AI.

Signed SB 53, California's frontier AI transparency law requiring safety reporting from large AI companies.

David Sacks

Policy

Crypto and AI Czar at Trump Administration

Accused Anthropic of running a regulatory capture strategy through fear-mongering and damaging the AI startup ecosystem.

Plaintiffs' attorney praising the settlement as historic and beneficial to class members

Dean Ball

Policy

Senior AI Policy Advisor at Unknown

Warned that designating Anthropic as 'supply chain risk' could chill entire AI industry.

Ruled that Google will not be forced to sell Chrome or Android but must share search data with rivals and loosen exclusivity deals in the antitrust case.

Hosted India's AI Impact Summit and announced the Delhi Declaration on AI with at least 70 expected signatories.

FAS Commissioner explaining OneGov procurement paradigm shift and cost savings from leveraging federal purchasing power.

UK Chancellor welcoming the investment as a vote of confidence in the UK economy

Announced FDA's groundbreaking initiative to replace animal testing with AI-based computational models and human-relevant methods for drug development.

Alan Rozenshtein

Policy

Former DOJ Official at Department of Justice

Told Politico government AI actions could be first step toward partial nationalization of AI industry.

Wrote to U.S. Commerce Secretary claiming Nvidia engineers helped DeepSeek optimize AI systems, raising concerns about export controls.

Requested $10 million in budget for statewide pilot program to purchase AI tutoring tools and fund teacher training.

Identified five AI trade-offs for balancing predictions with interpretability in high-stakes applications.

Jason Furman

Policy

Economist at Harvard

Analyzed that AI data center investment drove 92% of US GDP growth in the first half of 2025.

Expressed hopes that OpenAI will voluntarily comply with Japan's copyright request and indicated measures under Japan's AI Promotion Act may be invoked.

Stated the Army wants to adopt third-party AI algorithms as fast as they are being built rather than develop their own.

UK Prime Minister who made election promise to cap ticket resale prices

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury quoted on Treasury's commitment to using AI for fraud detection and payment integrity.

Former U.S. president who resigned on August 9, 1974 following the Watergate scandal and mounting impeachment pressure.

Warren County judge executive who discussed the success of the AI-assisted town hall, noting it was larger than traditional in-person meetings.

Nixon's chief of staff, discussed in White House tape transcripts regarding plans to thwart FBI's Watergate investigation.

Technology secretary who issued intervention demanding strategic refocus on defence/national security and leadership changes at ATI, with funding contingent on reforms.

Took the oath of office as 38th U.S. president after Nixon's resignation and later pardoned Nixon.

Conspiracy theorist whose account was reinstated on X by Musk

Listed as speaker at The Curve conference discussing AI policy issues

Texas Attorney General who launched an investigation into whether Character.AI misled children through deceptive marketing.

Opposition politician criticizing government's economic performance and growth claims

Mayor-elect of Seattle whose position on the city's AI plan is unclear as the topic was not part of her campaign.

Historical figure referenced in Kuryokhin's hoax to illustrate how false claims can convince large populations.

Launched the Presidential AI Challenge initiative to inspire youth and educators to create AI solutions for community problems.

U.S. District Judge who ruled in June that Anthropic's training use of copyrighted books falls under fair use doctrine.

U.S. District Judge who ruled on Meta's Llama training case, finding it highly transformative but expressing concerns about fair use.

Army spokesperson explaining that the AI/ML career path is a key investment to maintain decisive edge and build a dedicated cadre of in-house AI experts.

Indian Prime Minister attending SCO summit and meeting with Xi to affirm partnership

Formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958 to advance American military technology

General counsel of AI governance nonprofit Encode who was subpoenaed by OpenAI and discusses his experience being served legal papers.

GSA Deputy Administrator encouraging federal agencies to adopt new AI tools to streamline operations and cut costs.

Used ChatGPT to validate paranoid delusions before committing murder-suicide; demonstrates model's failure to redirect harmful conversations

Turkish President meeting with Xi over the weekend

Assembled the Joint California Policy Working Group to provide AI governance recommendations

CEO of Authors Guild attending the settlement hearing alongside other publishing group leaders.

Acting Administrator who issued July 31 policy directive outlining the revised approach for commercial space station development.

CEO and former general counsel, provided analysis on the ruling's implications for AI companies and remaining copyright uncertainties.

Federal judge overseeing the class action case who rejected the settlement due to concerns about lack of transparency and author protections.

CEO of industry group backing authors' lawsuit; criticized judge's understanding of publishing industry and defended class action resolution approach.

Conducted listening sessions with 100+ organizations and 500+ individuals to gather feedback for the People-First AI Fund initiative

University named after him is cited as a talent development initiative in UAE's AI healthcare strategy.

Education Secretary who endorsed Melania Trump's AI contest and stated AI has potential to revolutionize education and prepare students for future challenges.

Calls for parliament to make unlabeled AI-generated content a criminal offense

Government official quoted endorsing the AI weather forecasting program and its impact on farmer decision-making.

UK Prime Minister describing the AI agreement as 'a generational step change' between the two countries

ICPC Global Executive Director commenting on Gemini's gold-medal achievement and its significance for academic standards.

First woman elected to both houses of Congress, served 24 years in Senate and was outspoken on foreign policy, military affairs, and space program.

Junior senator from Wisconsin whose unsubstantiated attacks were publicly denounced by Smith in her 'Declaration of Conscience' speech in 1950.

White House deputy press secretary commented that the partnership is a major milestone for American high-tech manufacturing.

Former Venezuelan leader whose alleged capture sparked widespread AI-generated misinformation on social media.

Deepfake victim advocating for tougher AI-specific legislation and harsher penalties

First Minister considering separate legislation for deepfake creation offences

Leading sessions on monitoring and securing environments with autonomous systems.

French Foreign Minister who initially had concerns about the festival's impact on Franco-Italian relations.

French Education Minister who supported the creation of a politically independent film festival.

French Minister of the Interior who supported the idea of creating a European film festival free from political influence.

Cannes municipal councillor from Paris who mobilized support for Cannes over Biarritz as the festival's host city.

Ruled that Amazon violated ROSCA and that two Amazon executives could be held personally liable for violations.

Former FTC chair who championed the click-to-cancel rule during the Biden administration.

Current FTC Chair who opposed the click-to-cancel rule as a commissioner.

Republican veteran selected to run Meta's new super PAC fighting state AI regulations

Legal expert discussing whether Neon's one-sided call recording complies with wiretap laws

Cabinet Office minister announcing AI fraud recovery savings at anti-fraud summit

Pope expresses concerns about AI avatars, human dignity, and job displacement in an interview about a rejected 'virtual pope' proposal.

30-year-old barrister's clerk with Huntington's disease gene who participated in the trial and expressed hope about the breakthrough.

Jack's father who had Huntington's disease, died at age 54 in 2016 after requiring 24/7 palliative care.

Governor signed SB 53 into law and is quoted on balancing AI innovation with safety regulations.

Authored SB 53 and is quoted on the legislation's role in promoting innovation and establishing AI guardrails.

Vice President of Policy and Biosecurity providing context on how rare biosecurity screening flagging incidents actually occur in practice.

Vice president of public policy who explains California's new AI transparency law SB 53, including whistleblower protections and why it succeeded where SB 1047 failed.

Acting US Attorney who announced the arrest and stated 'The arrest, we hope, will offer a measure of justice to all those impacted.'

Former UK PM appointed as senior adviser to Microsoft and Anthropic

Federal judge presiding over Google search monopoly remedies case and expressing concerns about AI bundling leverage

NLRB official at center of Trump v. Wilcox Supreme Court case regarding presidential removal powers.

MSPB official involved in Trump v. Wilcox case about presidential authority over independent agency officials.

Chief of staff at The Midas Project who criticized OpenAI's justification for the subpoenas.

Japanese government official leading intellectual property strategy who formally chastised OpenAI for copyright infringement of manga and anime.

Federal judge who issued an 18-page reprimand and $5,000 fine against lawyer for AI-generated false case citations.

Client in high-profile drug case who lost confidence in Johnson's counsel due to AI misconduct and obtained permission to self-represent.

LDP politician who wrote about Sora 2's legal implications and Japan's opportunity to lead on AI copyright rules

Lawyer representing over 1,000 victims arguing they are entitled to recover the current Bitcoin value rather than original investment.

Referenced as example of threat actors known for similar financial attack patterns against payment systems

Warned of fairly highly valued assets in the market, though didn't explicitly refer to technology firms.

Shared AI-generated images of Maduro's capture on social media that were later confirmed to be manipulated.

Solow stated in 1987 that the effects of the PC revolution can be seen everywhere except in productivity statistics, a paradox now applied to AI.