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Good morning, friends. Prem here, with a very timely cross-section of news. While the pro-Israel lobby’s influence has been on full display across U.S. current events (for example, in the Ellisons’ takeover of the media, in Robert Kraft censoring Macklemore, and in the NFL targeting a player for wearing the names of murdered Palestinian kids), artificial intelligence has also been commanding headlines. Today, we bring to you the latest chapter in an accelerating campaign: websites paid for by Israel, seemingly seeking to influence chatbots to give pro-Israel answers.
We’ll also check in on that Ellison takeover and aghast responses from free speech advocates as well as CNN and CBS staffers who spoke to Zeteo’s own Justin Baragona, and consider the unsavory company kept by Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers as he challenges Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in a key battleground race. There’s plenty more news too, so let’s dive in.
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