Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm
Sources: Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm convention, where they discussed AI and its growing power, at Altman's request
TL;DRTrump met Altman privately to discuss AI power and regulation.
Why it matters: AI leaders are lobbying politicians across ideologies for governance frameworks.


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TL;DRAbnormal AI uses Amazon's new tool to run AI agents that detect email threats across billions of messages.
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