Episode
Why This Crypto Billionaire Wants to Slow Down the AI Arms Race
On with Kara Swisher · Sep 7, 2026 · 52 min
Ripple CEO Chris Larsen once told Kara he’d rather vomit blood out of his eyeballs than run for public office. But that doesn’t mean he won’t use his wealth to influence politics or install a Flock surveillance system that helps the San Francisco Police Department. The latter has some civil liberties advocates crying foul. Kara presses Larsen on everything from surveillance, the AI arms race…