How Silicon Valley turned Trump into a fellow broligarch
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Last week, I appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to talk about my reporting on President Donald Trump's attempt to ban states from making their own AI laws. I don't often get to appear on radio, but I love doing it for one unique reason. On cable news, you have 90 seconds to make your point and that's all you get. On podcasts, you fall into a rhythm in a room of peers for an hour and even though it can be fun, it runs the risk …