A Punchbowl News “fireside chat” with a key Big Tech executive turned out to be an effective commercial for the most biased titan in the industry: Google.
Punchbowl News featured Google Vice President Lisa Gevelber, founder of “Grow with Google,” and Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) in a Tuesday event on “Advancing with AI.” Stunningly, neither Punchbowl News nor Rep. Lee—who is the chair of the Subcommittee on Elections—levied any harsh criticism of the election-interfering behemoth that also controls YouTube, Chrome, Gemini and Android. Instead, the participants treated Google with kid gloves. When Punchbowl News Founder and CEO Anna Palmer asked Lee what artificial intelligence (AI) regulations Congress should prioritize, the congresswoman’s response sounded like a Google talking point.