The AI Files
Everything I have written about artificial intelligence - the money, the rules, the Pentagon, the surveillance it plugs into, and what it looks like on the ground in Memphis.
49 pieces
Space, the Final Server Room
Nvidia just announced data centers in orbit, a trillion dollars in chip sales, self-driving cars in 28 cities, and a robot Olaf. We live in the weirdest timeline.
The 26-Year-Old Who Fired the Ethics Lawyers Is Now Running Pentagon AI
Gavin Kliger got caught with illegal stock holdings at the CFPB, fired the lawyers who flagged it, and just got named Pentagon Chief Data Officer. During a war.
The Man Who Ran A16Z Is Now Running Federal Hiring, and His Old Friends Are First in Line
Trump put the former head of one of Silicon Valley biggest VC firms in charge of federal hiring. Now his old portfolio companies are sending employees inside federal agencies - stock intact - to shape the policies that govern them.
The Most Powerful Man You’ve Never Thought About
Larry Ellison told investors he wants a world where Oracle holds all the data and everyone behaves because they're being watched. He's well on his way.
Hegseth Wants to Use a Korean War Law to Make AI Less Safe
Pete Hegseth wants to weaponize a 1950 Korean War law to strip Anthropic's only two AI safety rules - no autonomous weapons, no mass surveillance. Two guardrails. That was apparently too much.
Palantir Built ICE a Hunting App Called ELITE - And Peter Thiel’s Protégé Is VP
Peter Thiel’s Palantir built ICE an app with confidence scores on people’s addresses. $60M in contracts while Thiel’s protégé JD Vance sits as VP. This is the surveillance state’s tech stack.
The $20 Billion Company Nvidia Says It Didn’t Buy
While everyone debates AI, Big Tech is rewriting the rules of competition
The Syllogism Test: How to Dismantle Bad Arguments
When an argument sounds reasonable but feels wrong, rebuild it as a syllogism. The hidden premise is usually where it falls apart. Works on AI doomers and everyone else.
The AI Deregulation Scam
Trump’s “ONE RULE” AI order eliminates state protections against deepfakes, discrimination, and child exploitation - and replaces them with nothing. Congress already rejected this 99-1.
The Accidental Energy Revolution
AI companies need so much electricity they’re restarting Three Mile Island and funding fusion research. Private greed might accidentally solve climate change. Now we just need regulators who understand what a reactor is.
The AI Bubble Is Real and It’s About to Hit Regular People the Hardest
Okay - I just went back through my notes app - and hooooboy. I started to research and write sooooo many things this week that I just abandoned because there’s too much to cover - even if you spend 12 to 14 hours a day, everyday trying to keep up with it all. But I…
Trump Called Epstein Files a ‘Hoax’ Then Signed the Release Bill Anyway
So, we’ve all been talking about Trump signing the Epstein files bill. He announced it on Truth Social with a 390-word post painting Epstein as a lifelong Democrat and promising the release would reveal connections to Democrats. Survivors of Epstein’s abuse cheered in the gallery. Trump called the files a hoax designed to distract from…