Kevin Frazier
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social
AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas Law | Cover AI for the Lawfare Institute | Author the Appleseed AI substack.
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A lot happened in 2025–from the deployment of National Guard in cities across the country to airstrikes in the Caribbean to DOGE's incursion into executive agencies to the weaponization of the Justice Department—and we covered it all.
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
The Year That Was (2025)
The issues—and Lawfare coverage—that kept our editors up at night in 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A lot happened in 2025–from the deployment of National Guard in cities across the country to airstrikes in the Caribbean to DOGE's incursion into executive agencies to the weaponization of the Justice Department—and we covered it all.
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
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@katherinepomps.bsky.social, Olivia Manes, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, Loren Voss, @sranderson.bsky.social, @atabatabai.bsky.social, @tylermcbrien.com, Jakub Kraus, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social, @noupside.bsky.social, and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org. youtu.be/e_kgbelGiMI
Lawfare Daily: The Year that Was
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December 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@katherinepomps.bsky.social, Olivia Manes, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, Loren Voss, @sranderson.bsky.social, @atabatabai.bsky.social, @tylermcbrien.com, Jakub Kraus, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social, @noupside.bsky.social, and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org. youtu.be/e_kgbelGiMI
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On today's rapid-response episode, @lawfaremedia.org's @kevintfrazier.bsky.social, Jakub Kraus and @alanrozenshtein.com talk about Donald Trump's executive order on preempting state AI laws and his decision to let Nvidia sell H200 chips to China. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
On today's rapid-response episode, @lawfaremedia.org's @kevintfrazier.bsky.social, Jakub Kraus and @alanrozenshtein.com talk about Donald Trump's executive order on preempting state AI laws and his decision to let Nvidia sell H200 chips to China. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep, with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @calebwithers.bsky.social about how frontier AI models shift the balance in favor of attackers in cyberspace and what can be done. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep, with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @calebwithers.bsky.social about how frontier AI models shift the balance in favor of attackers in cyberspace and what can be done. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...
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On Nov. 20, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social testified in front of Congress on the threats facing submarine telecommunications cables and why there needs to be an overhaul of how the U.S. regulates and protects the system. Read an adapted version of his testimony: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Subsea Sputnik Moment
China’s XLUUV exposes decades of policy negligence, demanding Congress reject bureaucratic inertia and secure the undersea cable system.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
On Nov. 20, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social testified in front of Congress on the threats facing submarine telecommunications cables and why there needs to be an overhaul of how the U.S. regulates and protects the system. Read an adapted version of his testimony: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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What's the general counsel of @anthropic.com thinking about these days?!
Find out via this conversation between Jeff Bleich and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
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Find out via this conversation between Jeff Bleich and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
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Anthropic's General Counsel, Jeff Bleich, Explores the Intersection of Law, Business, and Emerging Technology
Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · 18/11/2025 · 37m
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November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What's the general counsel of @anthropic.com thinking about these days?!
Find out via this conversation between Jeff Bleich and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
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Find out via this conversation between Jeff Bleich and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
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The anxiety Americans feel about AI is real and demands a substantive answer to the question of "what's next," writes Kevin Frazier. Reforms to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the nation’s workforce development programs should be a part of that answer, he says.
Reforms to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Could Help Workers Displaced by AI | TechPolicy.Press
The anxiety Americans feel about AI is real and demands a substantive answer to the question of "what's next," writes Kevin Frazier.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anxiety Americans feel about AI is real and demands a substantive answer to the question of "what's next," writes Kevin Frazier. Reforms to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the nation’s workforce development programs should be a part of that answer, he says.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep, with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @akorinek.bsky.social, Nathan Goldschlag, and Bharat Chandar to sort through the myths, truths, and ambiguities that shape the debate around the effects of AI on jobs.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep, with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @akorinek.bsky.social, Nathan Goldschlag, and Bharat Chandar to sort through the myths, truths, and ambiguities that shape the debate around the effects of AI on jobs.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @scottwiener.bsky.social about the frontier AI safety bill he wrote as California sate senator that Governor Newsom signed into law earlier this month.
Scaling Laws: Sen. Scott Wiener on California Senate Bill 53
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October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @scottwiener.bsky.social about the frontier AI safety bill he wrote as California sate senator that Governor Newsom signed into law earlier this month.
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NEW: Rather than create a fragmented regulatory system that will discourage AI innovation and growth, the AI industry, with the help of the federal government, should encourage a ratings system to improve transparency and protection for consumers, writes @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
A Voluntary AI Rating System Can Balance Innovation and Consumer Protection - ProMarket
States are beginning to impose idiosyncratic rules on artificial intelligence chatbots and other offerings in response to harms to consumers. Rather than create a fragmented regulatory system that will discourage AI innovation and growth, the AI industry, with the help of the federal government, should encourage a ratings system to improve transparency and protection for [...]
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEW: Rather than create a fragmented regulatory system that will discourage AI innovation and growth, the AI industry, with the help of the federal government, should encourage a ratings system to improve transparency and protection for consumers, writes @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
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If states are laboratories of democracy, then @scottwiener.bsky.social is one of the most prolific scientists.
Sen. Wiener explains California's many AI policy experiments in an episode w/ @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
The trio cover SB 53, SB 1047, and breakfast tacos.
Sen. Wiener explains California's many AI policy experiments in an episode w/ @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
The trio cover SB 53, SB 1047, and breakfast tacos.
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If states are laboratories of democracy, then @scottwiener.bsky.social is one of the most prolific scientists.
Sen. Wiener explains California's many AI policy experiments in an episode w/ @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
The trio cover SB 53, SB 1047, and breakfast tacos.
Sen. Wiener explains California's many AI policy experiments in an episode w/ @alanrozenshtein.com & @kevintfrazier.bsky.social.
The trio cover SB 53, SB 1047, and breakfast tacos.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Mosharaf Chowdhury and Dan Zhao about the energy costs of AI and what kinds of policies might minimize AI’s growing energy and environmental costs.
Scaling Laws: AI and Energy: What do we know? What are we learning?
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October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Mosharaf Chowdhury and Dan Zhao about the energy costs of AI and what kinds of policies might minimize AI’s growing energy and environmental costs.
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Just how much energy is involved in developing & using AI?
What's the status of efforts to make AI training more efficient?
Do those on the vanguard of AI energy research use AI in their daily lives?
Answers to these Q (and bad jokes from @kevintfrazier.bsky.social) in our latest episode.
What's the status of efforts to make AI training more efficient?
Do those on the vanguard of AI energy research use AI in their daily lives?
Answers to these Q (and bad jokes from @kevintfrazier.bsky.social) in our latest episode.
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just how much energy is involved in developing & using AI?
What's the status of efforts to make AI training more efficient?
Do those on the vanguard of AI energy research use AI in their daily lives?
Answers to these Q (and bad jokes from @kevintfrazier.bsky.social) in our latest episode.
What's the status of efforts to make AI training more efficient?
Do those on the vanguard of AI energy research use AI in their daily lives?
Answers to these Q (and bad jokes from @kevintfrazier.bsky.social) in our latest episode.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @davidsullivan.bsky.social and Rayi Iyer about the evolution of the Trust & Safety field and its relevance to ongoing conversations about how best to govern AI. youtu.be/6irBgNfwmdc?...
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @davidsullivan.bsky.social and Rayi Iyer about the evolution of the Trust & Safety field and its relevance to ongoing conversations about how best to govern AI. youtu.be/6irBgNfwmdc?...
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What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety?
@davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question.
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@davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question.
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AI Safety Meet Trust & Safety with Ravi Iyer and David Sullivan
Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · 07/10/2025 · 47m
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October 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety?
@davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question.
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@davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @gushurwitz.bsky.social and @neilchilson.bsky.social about how academics can overcome positively contribute to the work associated with AI governance.
The Ivory Tower and AI (Live from IHS's Technology, Liberalism, and Abundance Conference)
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October 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @gushurwitz.bsky.social and @neilchilson.bsky.social about how academics can overcome positively contribute to the work associated with AI governance.
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New @scalinglaws.bsky.social rapid response episode with @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on California’s SB 53, the AI safety law that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYL...
Scaling Laws, Rapid Response: California Governor Newsom Signs SB-53
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September 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New @scalinglaws.bsky.social rapid response episode with @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on California’s SB 53, the AI safety law that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYL...
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As AI, and their risks, becomes more widespread, state legislatures are beginning to pass regulation on these new tools.
@gmdickinson.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social warn against "hasty and overconfident laws that burden future innovation."
@gmdickinson.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social warn against "hasty and overconfident laws that burden future innovation."
How Not to Embarrass the Future
State and federal lawmakers around the country owe it to the future not to act rashly and legislate away the most promising aspects of AI.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As AI, and their risks, becomes more widespread, state legislatures are beginning to pass regulation on these new tools.
@gmdickinson.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social warn against "hasty and overconfident laws that burden future innovation."
@gmdickinson.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social warn against "hasty and overconfident laws that burden future innovation."
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What even is AI policy? What myths are contributing to disagreements over how best to govern AI? How can academics play a bigger role in these conversations (should they)?!
@gushurwitz.bsky.social (@penncareylaw.bsky.social) & Neil Chilson join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to offer their answers.
@gushurwitz.bsky.social (@penncareylaw.bsky.social) & Neil Chilson join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to offer their answers.
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What even is AI policy? What myths are contributing to disagreements over how best to govern AI? How can academics play a bigger role in these conversations (should they)?!
@gushurwitz.bsky.social (@penncareylaw.bsky.social) & Neil Chilson join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to offer their answers.
@gushurwitz.bsky.social (@penncareylaw.bsky.social) & Neil Chilson join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to offer their answers.
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The stakes of getting AI regulation right or, at least, not wrong are high.
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social provides a policy framework that guides how states can experiment with AI governance while respecting the federal government's authority on national security and interstate commerce.
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social provides a policy framework that guides how states can experiment with AI governance while respecting the federal government's authority on national security and interstate commerce.
A Framework to Govern AI Innovation
There’s broad support for evidence-based AI policy. What that means in practice is a hard question. This policy framework is a path forward.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The stakes of getting AI regulation right or, at least, not wrong are high.
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social provides a policy framework that guides how states can experiment with AI governance while respecting the federal government's authority on national security and interstate commerce.
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social provides a policy framework that guides how states can experiment with AI governance while respecting the federal government's authority on national security and interstate commerce.
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Shout out to @KevinTFrazier.bsky.social for excellent answers to copyright questions posed to him in yesterday's House Judiciary Cmtee hearing on AI and state law preemption. First came this exchange with Rep. Cline on the purpose of copyright: www.youtube.com/live/9hLn4q...
AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?
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September 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Shout out to @KevinTFrazier.bsky.social for excellent answers to copyright questions posed to him in yesterday's House Judiciary Cmtee hearing on AI and state law preemption. First came this exchange with Rep. Cline on the purpose of copyright: www.youtube.com/live/9hLn4q...
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Nearly 100 percent of intercontinental internet traffic travels through narrow undersea cables. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social argues that the Trump administration needs to address the threats facing this critical infrastructure, especially if it is serious about achieving AI dominance.
Wired for Failure: The Undersea Cable Emergency That Could Sink America’s AI Aspirations
The undersea cable system faces threats from deep-sea mining, geopolitical sabotage, and AI-driven demand, requiring immediate federal action.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Nearly 100 percent of intercontinental internet traffic travels through narrow undersea cables. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social argues that the Trump administration needs to address the threats facing this critical infrastructure, especially if it is serious about achieving AI dominance.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Steven Adler about the current state of AI testing and evaluations, industry efforts to improve model testing and more.
September 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social ep produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to Steven Adler about the current state of AI testing and evaluations, industry efforts to improve model testing and more.
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The demand for quality economic analysis of AI on jobs is quite high. Supply, on the other hand, is often lacking.
That's why we're so glad to have @joshgans.bsky.social join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on today's pod.
Give it a listen!
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That's why we're so glad to have @joshgans.bsky.social join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on today's pod.
Give it a listen!
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AI and the Future of Work: Joshua Gans on Navigating Job Displacement
Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · 11/09/2025 · 58m
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September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The demand for quality economic analysis of AI on jobs is quite high. Supply, on the other hand, is often lacking.
That's why we're so glad to have @joshgans.bsky.social join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on today's pod.
Give it a listen!
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That's why we're so glad to have @joshgans.bsky.social join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on today's pod.
Give it a listen!
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AI safety means many different things to many different people.
Steven Adler, who previously served on several safety-related teams at OpenAI, joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to analyze the current state of AI safety -- what it means, why it matters, and where it's headed.
Steven Adler, who previously served on several safety-related teams at OpenAI, joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to analyze the current state of AI safety -- what it means, why it matters, and where it's headed.
September 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
AI safety means many different things to many different people.
Steven Adler, who previously served on several safety-related teams at OpenAI, joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to analyze the current state of AI safety -- what it means, why it matters, and where it's headed.
Steven Adler, who previously served on several safety-related teams at OpenAI, joins @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to analyze the current state of AI safety -- what it means, why it matters, and where it's headed.