AI Czar Jay Clayton & John Legend Loves Dogs 10/16/26

The White House “Super Intelligence” task force held its first meeting yesterday amid growing calls to regulate AI. The group’s chair Jay Clayton joins us on his takeaways from the meeting and why the U.S. needs to be wary offoreign espionage attempts (cnbc.com/2026/10/16/ai-espionage-openai-jay-cl…) related to AI. Singer and songwriter John Legend’s pet food brand “Kismet” is sponsoring an upcoming Halloween dog parade in New York City. The EGOT-winner talks about why he built the business and his growing portfolio outside of music. Plus, Fed chairman Kevin Warsh (cnbc.com/2026/10/16/feds-warsh-says-ai-develop…) refrains from signaling whether there will be another interest rate hike this year and Netflix replaces its Chief Content Officer (cnbc.com/2026/10/15/netflix-bela-bajaria-peter…).

Steve Liesman 02:44
Jay Clayton 17:39
John Legend 34:47

In this episode:
John Legend, @johnlegend (x.com/johnlegend)
Steve Liesman, @steveliesman (x.com/steveliesman)
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk (x.com/JoeSquawk)
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick (x.com/BeckyQuick)
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie (x.com/Kramer_Katie)

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