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Brian Stelter cites new reporting that shows Trump is being affected by news coverage of his actions in the Middle East. Katie Rogers says Trump “has a particular aversion to coverage that makes him look weak.” Paul Rieckhoff says leaders need to “control the tone, to de-escalate and in order to do that we have to be thoughtful, we have to be measured, we have to be clear-headed — all the things that Trump is generally not.”
CNN: Are Trump’s Iran actions motivated by media coverage?
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
01
Why Paul is calling AI the number one national security threat. bigger than Trump himself
02
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
03
How NATO, the UN, Congress, and the World Bank are failing to keep up with AI. and why Congress being out of session makes it worse
04
The Iran war as a sucking chest wound. gas and diesel prices soaring, Republicans finally breaking with Trump as midterm pictures darken
Show Notes
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“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.
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