Tyler Katzenberger

Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D-NM) spent his early days as a prosecutor rooting out sex crimes and child exploitation in the darkest corners of the internet. That experience helped him prevail over Meta after a jury ordered the company to pay $375 million for failing to protect kids from sex predators. His victory represents a significant moment for kids’ online safety advocates.

A Midwest tech hub that’s also one of America’s bluest cities is moving to rein in the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom, underscoring a growing divide over how fast the U.S. should build out data centers. City council members in Madison (WI) home to the state’s capitol and nearly 300,000 people, voted unanimously to temporarily ban new construction of large data centers for one year.

The Milken Institute Global Conference gathered top players in business, technology, and politics at a chaotic moment for the global business ecosystem. POLITICO’s Tyler Katzenberger cornered some big names in industry and government to ask them the question on everyone’s mind: What’s the biggest threat to the future for tech?