The AI Bubble + Trump's STUPID DC Takeover - TechNewsDay

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Timestamps:
00:00 - AI Bubble
13:58 - Grok
21:46 - SpaceX taxes
29:31 - Trump’s DC takeover
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Sources:
• AI bubble
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/generative_ai_zero_return_95_percent/
https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/759897/sam-altman-chatgpt-openai-social-media-google-chrome-interview
https://fortune.com/2025/08/20/us-tech-stocks-slide-altman-bubble-ai-mit-study/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/artificial-general-intelligence-superintelligence.html
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-hiring-freeze-fda6b3c4

• Grok https://www.404media.co/grok-exposes-underlying-prompts-for-its-ai-personas-even-putting-things-in-your-ass/
https://mashable.com/article/grok-chats-leaked-google-public-searchable

• SpaceX not paying taxes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technology/spacex-musk-government-contracts-taxes.html

• DC National Guard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/21/trump-dc-federal-takeover/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/19/trump-police-dc-takeover-justice-department/
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/20/dc-trump-police-poll-00515947
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/20/dc-national-guard-crash-suv/
https://www.404media.co/dc-national-guard-is-being-trained-to-carrying-pistols-known-to-fire-at-random/