What Ezra Klein has said about Regulation of artificial intelligence

2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 12, 2026

Ezra Klein, New York Times Opinion columnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show (diarization also merged one PopCast promo line into this label), has been quoted on Regulation of artificial intelligence 2 times in 1 episode of The Bulwark Daily, most recently on November 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Klein argues open-source models lag about a year behind and that regulating frontier models is a bigger lever than people think.

    “regulating down the frontier models is actually a larger lever than i think people give it credit for”

    The Bulwark Daily: Ezra Klein: MAGA Is Over (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 58:10

  • Klein advises Democratic candidates to make human control and comprehension of AI the central principle.

    “Humans need to retain control over AI. That means they need to retain visibility and understanding of what AI is doing”

    The Bulwark Daily: Ezra Klein: MAGA Is Over (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:04

Episodes

  • Ezra Klein: MAGA Is Over

    The Bulwark Daily · Nov 12, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Tim Miller and Ezra Klein discuss the 2026 midterm results, the end of MAGA's cultural dominance, the Democrats' emerging economic synthesis, permitting reform, and AI risk.

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