GDP growth slows to 1.5%, AI weaponized against U.S. infrastructure

August 21
8 mins

Episode Description

Second-quarter economic growth missed forecasts at 1.5% annualized, dragged down by AI hardware imports and Iran conflict energy costs even as consumers kept spending. Meanwhile, federal agencies confirmed threat actors are using AI-generated code to attack water treatment plants and power facilities across the country. Plus OpenAI pauses its largest training run after a model crossed critical security thresholds, a bipartisan coalition sues Meta over addictive design, and new research finds mi…
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