⚡️US Industrial Policy: Tariffs, Tech Moves & Security Stakes 💥 AI Fake News Spike!

The Pentagon drops $400M on rare earths, becoming top shareholder in the only U.S. mine as US tariffs hit 115-year highs. Google’s $2.4B Windsurf deal shook the startup M&A pipeline after OpenAI’s $3B bid fell through, with Google licensing core IP and poaching key staff, and Cognition acquiring the remaining team & tech. Plus, hidden prompts, fake research, and AI-generated headlines flood the web—how much can you still trust?

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: How the US military’s rare earth investment signals a seismic shift in industrial policy | Why tariffs will devastate households | Tariffs winners & losers | How researchers and foreign players are gaming AI systems | Why 1500 workers say automation targets the wrong jobs | How tech’s creative antitrust scrutiny tactics may upend M&A

📊 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Market Overview 

00:34 Pentagon's Venture into Venture Capitalism 

02:54 TikTok and US Industrial Policy 

04:02 Trade Wars and Economic Impact 

06:52 Antitrust Evasion and Startup Ecosystem 

09:10 AI and Cybersecurity Threats 

12:53 AI Automation Workforce Misalignment

14:10 Strategic Outlook

📈 KEY DATA COVERED: → Pentagon invests $400M for 15% stake in only US rare earth mine → US tariffs reach highest level since 1910 → ChatGPT-4 repeats known propaganda 71.4% of the time (up from 28.6%) → 48% of AI deployments target areas workers don't want automated → Google pays $2.4B to license tech & poach key staff instead of acquiring startup

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📚 SOURCES & DEEP DIVES:

- Rare Earths & DOD: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/10/pentagon-rare-earths/

- US Tariff Analysis (Yale Budget Lab): https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/state-us-tariffs-july-14-2025 

- Federal Reserve Trade Impact: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/trade-offs-of-higher-u-s-tariffs-gdp-revenues-and-the-trade-deficit-20250707.html 

- AI Academic Manipulation: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Positive-review-only-Researchers-hide-AI-prompts-in-papers 

- Russian Propaganda Network: https://americansunlight.substack.com/p/bad-actors-are-grooming-llms-to-produce 

- Cybersecurity Database Crisis: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/11/1119370/cybersecurity-alarm-system-breaking-down/ 

- Google-Windsurf Deal: https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurfs-next-stage

- Cognition Buys Windsurf: https://cognition.ai/blog/windsurf 

- Cognition Windsurf Acquisition: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/14/cognition-to-buy-ai-startup-windsurf-days-after-google-poached-ceo.html 

- TikTok US App Development: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/tiktok-building-new-version-app-u-s-users 

- Malaysia Chip Permits: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-says-trade-permit-required-ai-chips-us-origin-2025-07-14/ 

- EU Pause: https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/united-states_en

- Stanford AI Workplace Study: https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA4012-1.html

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