Sean Pak

The AI Rollout: Revolution, Regulation, and Repercussions | Global Conference 2025

Susan Li, Lila Ibrahim, David Levy, Sean Pak, Dmitry Shevelenko

Industry leaders from Google DeepMind, Perplexity, and the legal firm Quinn Emanuel convened to debate the operationalization of AI safety through built-in organizational principles and the necessity of global coordination for cross-border governance. The discussion highlighted divergent strategies for navigating complex intellectual property disputes, where participants argued for fair use precedents while outlining Perplexity's transparency model and addressing U.S. patent law hurdles that threaten to drive capital to jurisdictions like Japan. Concurrently, the panel emphasized U.S. technological leadership secured by rapid innovation speeds, projected massive capital expenditure for infrastructure, and identified a shift from search to agent-driven synthesis in consumer internet behavior.