Trump’s China Summit, Inflation Shock, and Silicon Valley’s Midterm Money
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Kara and Scott discuss the implications of AI on relationships, analyze Trump's China summit, and cover various tech and economic topics including inflation and midterm donations.
Kara and Scott unpack what AI obsession is doing to relationships and young men. Then, they break down Trump’s China summit, the crew of business executives he brought along, and ominous warnings from Xi Jinping about Taiwan. Plus, Sam Altman testifies in the Elon Musk–OpenAI trial, inflation surges, and Andreessen Horowitz becomes the biggest donor of the midterms. Also, Anthropic eyes a valuation higher than OpenAI’s, and Google explores orbital data centers with SpaceX. Watch this episode on the Pivot YouTube channel.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial.Follow us on Bluesky at @pivotpod.bsky.socialFollow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hosts: Kara, Scott
Topics covered
- AI relationships
- Trump China summit
- inflation
- Silicon Valley
- midterm donations
- Taiwan tensions
- orbital data centers
Keywords
- AI
- Trump
- China
- inflation
- Silicon Valley
- midterms
- OpenAI
- SpaceX
- Taiwan
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Google, SpaceX
Places: China, Taiwan
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