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Can Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.

Can Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.

Update: 2024-08-168
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This week, we debate whether Elon Musk’s recent stumping and fund-raising for former President Trump could help him get re-elected. Then, former Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, stops by to discuss his effort to depolarize our politics using government data. And finally, This Week in A.I. returns: We run down some of the biggest recent stories that caught our attention.

 

Guest:

  • Steve Ballmer, former chief executive of Microsoft, founder of USAFacts

 

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Can Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.

Can Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.

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