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Scaling Laws

Scaling Laws

Lawfare & University of Texas Law School 231 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

Scaling Laws explores the intersection of AI, innovation policy, and the law. Co-hosts Alan Rozenshtein and Kevin Frazier interview experts on AI development, regulation, and adoption, and provide rapid-response analysis of breaking AI governance news.

Episodes

Matt Abrams on Trust and the Migration to the Digital Age
Matt Abrams on Trust and the Migration to the Digital Age Aug 18, 2026 48:18 Matt Abrams, technologist, investor, and co-founder of $1 Billion for Trust, joins Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to discuss the collapse of institutional trust and how AI may accelerate — or potentially help reverse — that trend.The conversation explores Matt’s work to rebuild trust in information ecosystems, in
Founders & Founders: Matthew Schwartz of Virgo
Founders & Founders: Matthew Schwartz of Virgo Aug 14, 2026 42:28 Matthew Schwartz, founder of Virgo, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to discuss how AI is beginning to reshape gastroenterology. Virgo’s model is trained on one of the largest collections of endoscopy procedure videos ever assembled, opening new possibilities for earlier diagnosis, personalized treatment
Daniel Kokotajlo on AI 2040: Plan A
Daniel Kokotajlo on AI 2040: Plan A Aug 11, 2026 1:03:17 Daniel Kokotajlo, former OpenAI researcher and executive director of the AI Futures Project, joins Kevin Frazier, Director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at Texas Law and Senior Editor at Lawfare, to detail his policy recommendation–AI 2040: Plan A. It’s a thorough analysis of a policy pathway to delaying superintelligence, which Daniel and his co-authors think is necessary to ensure that th
DZ Kalman on the Role of Faith in AI Policy
DZ Kalman on the Role of Faith in AI Policy Aug 4, 2026 49:34 DZ Kalman, fellow at the Berkman Klein Center, research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, senior advisor at Sinai & Synapses, and host of Belief in the Future, joins Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to explore what religious traditions can teach AI governance.DZ and Kevin discuss religious responses to AI
Founders & Founders: Laura Davis of USLege
Founders & Founders: Laura Davis of USLege Jul 31, 2026 42:18 Laura Davis, founder of USLege, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to dive into how USLege is leveraging AI to transform the way professionals monitor and respond to government activity.USLege’s platform aims to be the answer to the prayers of many policy stakeholders. It captures and analyzes legislative h
Google's Kent Walker on Regulating Frontier AI
Google's Kent Walker on Regulating Frontier AI Jul 28, 2026 26:42 Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs at Google and Alphabet, joins Kevin to discuss Google's proposal for a two-pronged approach to AI governance: a Frontier AI Regulatory Organization, which like FINRA, would operate as an independent, industry-based governance body overseen by a federal agency and the application of existing laws to widely-deployed, less capable systems.The two also discuss
The Politics and Politicking of AI with Assemblymember Alex Bores
The Politics and Politicking of AI with Assemblymember Alex Bores Jul 24, 2026 51:15 Assemblymember Alex Bores ran for Congress on a platform that in many ways centered on AI policy. He therefore drew considerable support as well as substantial opposition from interest groups across the country. Though Bores lost in the Democratic primary, his experience is worth exploring in detail.Alan and Kevin dive in with some key questions:what did he hear from voters on AI? are everyday New
Courtney Cox on AI in Adjudication [live from the Institute of Law & AI's Workshop on Law-Following AI]
Courtney Cox on AI in Adjudication [live from the Institute of Law & AI's Workshop on Law-Following AI] Jul 21, 2026 42:27 Courtney Cox, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to discuss her forthcoming article, Hardwiring Hercules?.It’s a great read that builds on Dworkin’s idea of a perfect adjudicator, Hercules. Courtney argues that the debate over a “right to a human decision” has m
Founders & Founders: Nils Tracy of Authorship
Founders & Founders: Nils Tracy of Authorship Jul 17, 2026 47:33 Nils Tracy, founder of Authorship, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to detail the challenges and solutions to deploying AI in highly sensitive contexts.Authorship enables users to map their AI policies to myriad use cases--from on-device AI tools to those connected to the cloud. It's a direct effort to ta
New paths to social mobility with Joe Seddon
New paths to social mobility with Joe Seddon Jul 14, 2026 49:02 Joe Seddon, Founder and CEO of Zero Gravity, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and a senior fellow at the Abundance Institute, to discuss AI, social mobility, higher education, and the future of opportunity. Zero Gravity is a UK-based platform that helps launch students from low-opportunity backgrounds into leading universit
Founders & Founders: Adi Tantravahi of Cofactor
Founders & Founders: Adi Tantravahi of Cofactor Jul 10, 2026 45:53 Adi Tantravahi, founder of Cofactor, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to talk about how AI can help cut through the administrative red tape that underlies and, in many ways, undermines the modern healthcare system.Cofactor’s AI platform focuses on denial management—an area where hospitals routinely lose r
All Things Data Centers with Andy Masley
All Things Data Centers with Andy Masley Jul 7, 2026 54:33 Andy Masley joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and a senior editor at Lawfare, and Alan Rozenshtein, research director at Lawfare and associate professor at Minnesota Law, to unpack the increasingly contentious issues related to data centers.They discuss Andy’s efforts to challenge what he sees as misleading claims about data

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