In this episode of Business Untitled, the crew is joined by Ashkhen Kazaryan, a First Amendment lawyer and former Meta content regulation lead, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, free speech, social media, Section 230, TikTok, copyright, data privacy, deepfakes, and who should be responsible when platforms or AI systems shape what people see online.
The conversation breaks down why AI regulation is still in its earliest stage, whether companies should be liable when chatbots generate harmful content, how social media algorithms act like hidden editors, why the TikTok debate is really about both data and speech, and whether AI companies should eventually share the value created from public data. The group also gets into AI music, deepfake takedowns, watermarking AI-generated content, government overreach, algorithm transparency, and why your phone seems to know what you were just talking about.
Ashkhen Kazaryan is a Senior Legal Fellow at The Future of Free Speech, where she leads initiatives to protect free expression and shape policies that uphold the First Amendment in the digital age.