Michael Petricone

Govt Affairs at CTA. Techno-Optimist. Citizen of DC and Red Sox Nation. All opinions = my own

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

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[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

AI critics tell stories about the lives AI might someday take, while ignoring the lives it’s saving now. With 170 AI-designed drugs already in human trials, the danger isn’t moving too fast. It’s letting fear and politics slow down breakthroughs @erwin1854 @IsabelleAliciaa 🎯

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

@AdamThierer Adam that's wonderful news! #AgeOfMiracles

[Chamber of Progress @ProgressChamber]

D.C. today: 48% say make robotaxis legal, 37% say no. San Francisco, where they're part of daily life: 60% to 28%. The more people see them, the more they want them.

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

Amazing new startup Bombadil uses AI to help us talk to plants. Extra points for the LOTR reference - Tom would approve 🌱

[Justin Mast @justinmast]

1/ Today we’re unveiling Bombadil, @electricplantco's foundation model that reads the electrical signals of living plants and turns them into a continuous view of their physiology.

Trained on 7M+ hours of plant electrical signal across 125+ species. That makes Bombadil the most species-diverse model of directly recorded electrical biosignals in existence. The animal equivalent would be one model that reads the brainwaves of blue whales, horseshoe crabs and fruit flies.

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

$25B…from a single state 😂🤦‍♂️

This should be DEFCON 1 for every innovator in America.

We need one single national privacy law, not 50 state AGs competing to see who can impose the biggest fines.

[Bloomberg @business]

With one landmark courtroom victory this week against Meta, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is poised to bring in almost double the state’s annual revenue. https://t.co/MjU0j65Acq

[Adam Kovacevich @adamkovac]

A touch-grass moment for the "AI and data centers are huge issues in the midterms" people

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

Just when you thought CES couldn’t get better 🙌

[Waymo @Waymo]

Las Vegas, your travel just got easier. ✈️ 🎰 Waymo is now at @LASairport!

Starting today, Waymo riders in Las Vegas have airport access, and we’ll welcome more riders in the coming weeks.

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

@AlexanderGrieve Heckyeah

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

Excited to speak at @DCstartupweek today.
Please stop by!

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

@Apple driving US manufacturing resurgence 🇺🇸 🚀

[John Ternus @johnternus]

New US partners like Perryman and Qnity Electronics have helped to make iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro possible. https://t.co/12nNak07z6

[Michael Petricone @mpetricone]

🤔 Why wouldn’t we want consumers using AI agents to make smarter financial decisions and get better returns on their own money?And who exactly benefits from stopping them?

[Jennifer Huddleston @jrhuddles]

.@dr_inserra and I have a new paper out today. In it we look at youth online safety policy such as age verfication about the 6 clear potential harms/costs that should be weighed against any purported benefits. You can read the full paper here: https://t.co/iPUbeoBit3

[Greg Rogers @AVGregR]

Who's actually trying to ban AVs in DC, and why?

The "People First Transportation Alliance" claims to represent the interests of the people - but can't even name who works there.

They did name 13 "founding members" – four of them falsely. Yikes.

[Yaël Ossowski⚜️ @YaelOss]

Robotaxis are an amazing innovation in transportation and technology

The people lining up to oppose them are definitely on the wrong side of history

But if they're just stooges and made-up unions, that makes sense too

Enough with this. Let consumers ride!

[Adam Kovacevich @adamkovac]

The Biden Administration waged war on tech based on the theory that it was going to win back working class votes. Not only was that dead wrong (we lost working class share), but it shrunk the Democratic tent and turned off Silicon Valley Democrats.

[Brian McGuigan @bricaul]

Adam's research validates a lot of what I've seen firsthand. Both good and bad faith opposition to AVs benefit from the public's unfamiliarity with the technology. But once AVs are actually on the streets, much of that skepticism quickly disappears.

[James Czerniawski @JamesCz19]

I just find this amusing. People can oppose autonomous vehicles. I disagree with them. But if you’re going t to oppose AVs and actively work to influence legislation on it, maybe make sure your astroturf group is making accurate claims. Great reporting by @washingtonpost