What the AI Action Plan for the USA Should Be

This AI Daily Brief podcast covers recent advancements in AI, focusing on Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash's new image generation capabilities, Sesame's open-sourced voice assistant Maya, and Alibaba's agentic AI assistant app. The podcast then shifts to discuss proposals from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic regarding a US AI action plan, highlighting their shared emphasis on accelerating AI development while differing on approaches to regulation and safety. OpenAI advocates for a fair use exemption for AI training data, citing national security concerns, while Google focuses on commercial arguments for deregulation. Anthropic prioritizes national security testing and increased export controls. The overall takeaway is that the US AI industry largely favors an accelerationist approach, prioritizing competition with China.