We joked about “President Musk” shortly after Donald Trump took workplace, however it seems that wasn’t removed from the reality. Over the previous few weeks, Elon Musk and his DOGE group wasted no time in making an attempt to dismantle the American administrative state. They’ve illegally accessed the Treasury Division’s federal cost system, pushed for USAID to be dismantled, and have additionally infiltrated the Shopper Monetary Safety Bureau. On this episode, we chat with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler about what Musk and his younger tech cronies are as much as, and the way it ties into Silicon Valley’s strategy to the brand new Trump administration.
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Transfer Quick and Break Issues: What’s Elon Musk’s DOGE doing to the US authorities? – 1:04
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iPhone SE 4 announcement anticipated quickly – 34:54
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Elon Musk makes $97.4 billion supply for OpenAI, Altman declines in a tweet – 39:03
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France needs to construct a gigawatt of recent nuclear crops to energy AI ambitions – 41:27
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Engaged on – 44:05
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Hosts: Devindra Hardawar
Visitor: Jason Koebler from 404 Media
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North
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