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AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich

It's becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon spoke before a Washington group demanding a stop to AI and its datacenters. Notably, both lambasted the corporate oligarchs behind AI.

AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich

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It's becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon spoke before a Washington...

Notably, both lambasted the corporate oligarchs behind AI.

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It's becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon spoke before a Washington group demanding a stop to AI and its datacenters. Notably, both lambasted the corporate oligarchs behind AI.

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Notably, both lambasted the corporate oligarchs behind AI.

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