Stephanie Hughes

Maria, you've been reporting on this.

Tell me more about this initiative.

Yeah, I actually enrolled in the course both to see what it was like and to, you know, I would certainly like to be more AI ready.

And the first lesson was, it was really straightforward.

There were emoji and GIFs.

It explained what generative AI is.

I will say it did seem very pro-AI and meant to make the technology not scary.

What do you think the overall intent is with this?

Yeah, you know, a lot of people I know are very nervous about AI taking their jobs, either rightfully or wrongfully.

What could a course like this do, if anything, to prevent that?

You mentioned that tech has never been an election issue before like it is now.

What other political initiatives are you looking out for if you are?

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I'm Stephanie Hughes.

We're back with Maria Curie, a tech policy reporter at Axios.

Kalshi is going to prevent athletes and politicians from trading in certain markets.

So the prediction marketplace Kalshi announced this week, it's going to preemptively block political candidates from trading on their own campaigns.

It's also going to prevent college and pro athletes, coaches and referees from making bets on events and leagues they're involved with.

Kalshi says these trades have always been banned, but these new guardrails will help spot these prohibited bets earlier.

Maria, why do you think we're seeing this move from Kalshi right now?