Regulating Big Tech, with Adam Kovacevich

London Futurists

Our guest in this episode is Adam Kovacevich. Adam is the Founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress, which describes itself as a center-left tech industry policy coalition that works to ensure that all citizens benefit from technological leaps, and that the tech industry operates responsibly and fairly.
Adam has had a front row seat for more than 20 years in the tech industry’s political maturation, and he advises companies on navigating the challenges of political regulation.
For example, Adam spent 12 years at Google, where he led a 15-person policy strategy and external affairs team. In that role, he drove the company’s U.S. public policy campaigns on topics such as privacy, security, antitrust, intellectual property, and taxation.
We had two reasons to want to talk with Adam. First, to understand the kerfuffle that has arisen from the lawsuit launched against Apple by the U.S. Department of Justice and sixteen state Attorney Generals. And second, to look ahead to possible future interactions between tech industry regulators and the industry itself, especially as concerns about Artificial Intelligence rise in the public mind.
Selected follow-ups:

• Adam Kovacevich's website
• The Chamber of Progress
• Gartner Hype Cycle
• "Justice Department Sues Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets"
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
• Epic Games v. Apple (Wikipedia)
• "AirTags Are the Best Thing to Happen to Tile" (Wired)
• Adobe Firefly
• The EU AI Act

Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration