The Download: Pelosi's successor targets AI and data centers face power woes

The Download: Pelosi's successor targets AI and data centers face power woes Plus: The FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair. Nancy Pelosi's replacement is ready to regulate AI As a California state senator, Scott Wiener authored legislation aimed at curbing the risks of advanced AI. Now, after winning a tight congressional race for Nancy Pelosi's open San Francisco seat, he could play a key role in setting federal AI policy. I spoke with Wiener only a few hours after he had been declared the victor. But he was already thinking about AI risk: during our 20-minute conversation, he used the phrase "recursive self-improvement" half a dozen times. "We need to slow this down," he told me.