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Pete Hegseth and the AI Doomsday Machine

Two forces are stopping sensible regulation of AI. He’s one of them.

Robert Reich
Feb 25, 2026
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Friends,

Which is more important to you: allowing Pete Hegseth to use artificial intelligence (AI) however he wants, OR preventing AI from doing mass surveillance of Americans and creating lethal weapons without human oversight?

That’s the stark choice posed by the intensifying fight between an AI corporation called Anthropic and Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Sec…

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