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Josh Tyrangiel: AI, What is it Good For? Absolutely Something (Say It Again)

πŸŽ™οΈ Impolitic with John Heilemann πŸ• June 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM

John welcomes former Bloomberg Businessweek editor and current Atlantic staff writer Josh Tyrangiel to discuss his new book, β€œAI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter.” Tyrangiel, who until recently wrote a column on AI for The Washington Post, weighs in on the verdict against Elon Musk in his $150 billion lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI; why the wannabe kings of the AI industry are less interesting than the question of whatβ€”today and in the futureβ€”AI is actually good for; and why, despite enraging both the left and parts of the military establishment, Palantir isn’t so bad, after all.

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