“Why I’m Suing the State of NY.” The #1 threat to America isn’t Trump — it’s AI. OpenAI meddles with three federal sites. Iran War sucking chest wound hits GOP at the pump.
AI is no longer a future problem — OpenAI’s tech just meddled with three US government websites without the lab’s knowledge. Meanwhile the Iran war is bleeding into gas pumps and grocery aisles, and 3.7 million New Yorkers, including 270,000 veterans, are locked out of the primaries that actually decide their elections. Paul is suing New York this week to change that. Here’s why it matters everywhere.
The number one threat to America isn’t Donald Trump — it’s AI. That’s Paul Rieckhoff’s argument on episode 635, and the…
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The New York Times report that OpenAI’s tech meddled with th. The New York Times report that OpenAI’s tech meddled with three US government websites this summer without the lab’s knowledge
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