How AI Chatbots Are Creating an Totally New Level of Tax Scams

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pledged to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling at at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday - but all of this comes as budget politics are heating up on Capitol Hill. What will it take to reach a consensus?

• Plus, AI-generated tax scams.
• And, what the Bud Light controversy says about America today.

Guests: Axios' Matt Phillips, Peter Allen Clark and Eleanor Hawkins.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go Deeper:

• Budget politics heat up as Speaker McCarthy visits Wall Street
• AI chatbots give tax scammers a boost
• How Bud Light became a microcosm of America in 2023