Your Undivided Attention · The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin

AI is the Next Free Speech Battleground

July 31, 2025·49 min·4 clips

Tristan Harris argues that if we can't regulate AI's role in elections and markets, we're 'toast' in five years.

This episode explores the legal battle over whether AI outputs should have free speech protections, focusing on the Character.AI lawsuit involving a teenager's suicide. Experts Larry Lessig and Mitali Jain discuss how outdated First Amendment doctrines could grant AI companies immunity, threatening regulation and human rights in an AI-dominated future.

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