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As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike...
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The piece documents how the White House is pushing back against new AI restrictions even as Donald Trump’s sons and close allies have amassed lucrative stakes in AI infrastructure and defense tech. It details specific deals: a $620m Pentagon loan to Vulcan Elements after 1789 Capital (linked to Trump Jr) took a stake; a $24m Marine Corps robotics contract tied to a startup where Eric Trump serves as chief strategy adviser; a $90m Air Force contract for a drone firm backed by the brothers; the launch of American Data Centers Inc and ties to a $20bn datacenter pledge; and a nearly $9bn Pentagon award to Michael Dell. Advisors such as David Sacks are shown influencing policy - reportedly killing a stronger executive order on AI review - while investors and tech CEOs lobbied to block industry oversight.
At the same time, internal industry alarm and public pushback are growing: senior researchers resigned warning of existential risks, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated an AI-built self-spreading worm, and polling shows broad opposition to datacenters in communities and declining approval of Trump’s AI handling. Congress has moved to force datacenters to pay grid upgrade costs, ethics watchdogs and Democrats have asked for probes into conflicts and fast-tracked contracts, and a White House meeting with AI CEOs is scheduled amid scrutiny over overlapping profit and policy interests.
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