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“The Tech Coup:" Expert Warns of Silicon Valley’s Influence on Washington

Season 2025 Episode 7161 | 17m 04s

Has Silicon Valley become too powerful? Marietje Schaake believes it has. In an effort to advocate for more regulation of tech companies, she pivoted from serving in the European parliament to a fellowship at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center. Schaake joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the tech titans' grip on Washington and what it might mean for American democracy.

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Alexander Stubb; Kelly Ann Shaw; Charlie Warzel
Charlie Warzel discusses Grok AI's recent controversies.
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Noubar Afeyan argues why the U.S. should be "choosing science" amidst vast cuts to research grants.
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