After the Pentagon designated AI company Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” jeopardizing a huge part of its business, the company hit back with a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming it’s being retaliated against. Asha and Renato explore Anthropic’s redlines over the use of its AI and why it’s so worrisome that Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon really, really want AI that can be used for lethal autonomous weapons and to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Plus, they review the latest shenanigans at a Justice Department that’s increasingly viewed as the President’s personal law firm. Renato and Asha discuss a federal judge’s finding that Pam Bondi illegally appointed three attorneys to lead the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey; a proposed federal regulation that would let the DOJ suspend ethics complaints against its attorneys at state bar associations; and finally, the Justice Department’s prosecution of the voting company Smartmatic as Trump seeks revenge against those he holds responsible for his 2020 election loss. Listen up!
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