Episode
New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
Decoder with Nilay Patel · Aug 31, 2026 · 51 min
It’s an election year, with a shocking amount of tech policy at stake, and Gov.Hochul has taken strong positions on almost every major tech issue there is. You'll hear us talk about the settlement Meta reached with dozens of states, including New York, and about widespread age verification. We also discussed 3D printing ghost guns; surveillance and Flock cameras; the politics of building — or…