Mohar Chatterjee

Washington, D.C., United States

AI and Special Projects Reporter at POLITICO

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Sam Altman wants industry to lead the future

6 days ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman listens to testimony during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. Kevin Wolf | AP Two years ago, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stood before the Senate as the cautious steward of an unpredictable future. He floated ideas like licensing AI tools, urged data opt-outs for users, and warned — gravely — that artificial intelligence might pose atomic-level threats to humanity. The 2023 hearing felt more like an emergency briefing than a roadmap.
Silicon Valley comes to Washington - singing Trump’s tune

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

President and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang speaks on AI at the return of American manufacturing at the Hill & Valley Forum at the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images With help from Alfred NgAt the Hill & Valley Forum Wednesday, scores of Silicon Valley’s leaders gathered in the Capitol to plot an American industrial renaissance. Lawmakers like Sens.
A tech law just passed. Could it happen again?

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

With assistance from Anthony Adragna First lady Melania Trump walks with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and others as she arrives for a roundtable on the Take It Down Act at the U.S. Capitol March 3, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO It happened last night: Congress passed an actual bill addressing AI harms. Or an actual bill regulating online content. Either way, it was a rare event.
House sends intimate deepfakes bill to Trump’s desk

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee
5 Questions for Plaid’s Zach Perret

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

Plaid CEO Zach Perret is pictured. | Provided by Plaid With assistance from Anthony AdragnaHappy Friday and welcome to another edition of the Future in 5 Questions. Today we have Zach Perret, CEO of fintech company Plaid, which helps businesses like Venmo, Robinhood and Coinbase connect their services to customers’ bank accounts.
Superintelligent AI fears: They’re baaa-ack

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

The letters AI for Artificial Intelligence are seen on a laptop screen. | KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images With help from Anthony Adragna Two years ago, Washington was in full panic mode over AI. A widely signed open letter warned of catastrophic consequences, lawmakers grilled AI execs in hearings and federal agencies scrambled to sketch out safety rules. Then all the caution abruptly ended.
The Pentagon’s rogue innovation era might be over

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

Aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2024. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world's largest office buildings. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images With help from Alfred Ng and Chase DiFeliciantonioOne of the Pentagon’s original bands of digital insurgents is calling it quits — and with them, an entire era of government tech disruption may be ending.
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Mohar Chatterjee

Under pressure from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, nearly all the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — are resigning over the coming month, according to the director and three other current members of the office, granted anonymity to discuss their job status freely, as well as internal emails. The resignations will effectively shut down the decade-old program after the end of April.
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mohar Chatterjee

Under pressure from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, nearly all the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — are resigning over the coming month, according to the director and three other current members of the office granted anonymity to discuss their job status freely, as well as internal emails. The resignations will effectively shut down the decade-old program after the end of April.
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Mohar Chatterjee

6 hours agoMicrosoft is having a moment. April’s updates have caused as many problems as they’ve resolved, at least from a user perspective. Mysterious folders have appeared on PCs along with dire warnings. And now a new error pushes users to redo an update. But Microsoft has now warned that is not the case — …