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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 25 MIN

“Weapons of Mass Disruption” with NYT’s Tom Friedman 5/8/26

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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Tom Friedman discusses the geopolitics at play in the AI revolution, including President Trump’s upcoming meeting with President Xi. Friedman is calling for collaboration–even an arms deal, of sorts–between the two nations on the topic of artificial intelligence. Plus, CNBC’s Dan Murphy is in Dubai reporting on the war in Iran, and Anthropic could be nearing a valuation larger than OpenAI’s. Dan Murphy         2:32 Tom Friedman     16:55   In this episode: Dan Murphy, @dan_murphy Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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