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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on AI energy equation, guardrails and competitiveness

Published March 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:34

Yeah, again, I guess I don't really. There's lots of different ways to prognosticate. Here's what I'm seeing right now as a policymaker is Over the course of 11 days in January, Grok generated one child sex abuse image every 40 seconds. And there's no liability for it. People criticized Elon Musk about it. You know what he did? (06:34–06:43)

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