U.S. government

also referred to as: us government

7 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 5, 2025 by Alex Kantrowitz · across every show →

Everything said about U.S. government, oldest first

Jan 5, 2025 negative
Prediction Held up
Kantrowitz: Temu and Shein will face US regulatory action or ban
“I think that Timu and Sheehan are going to face some action, whether it is those higher taxes, and I would not be, or a ban, and I would not be surprised by a ban.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jan 5, 2025 ▶ 37:02 Bold Predictions For Tech and AI in 2025 — With Casey Newton
Sep 10, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
The federal government will consolidate fragmented citizen payment and tax systems
“You know, I think there's a lot of places where citizen services could be much better. Through consolidation, making it easier to do your taxes, easier to make payments easier to get payments from the government those kinds of things. And I think you're going …”
Bill Vass Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 9:42 Booz Allen CTO: AI in Government, Autonomous Driving, Quantum's Promise
Sep 10, 2025 negative
Opinion
The US government lacks sufficient customer obsession in delivering citizen services
“Customer obsession is one of my favorites at Amazon. I don't think the government is as customer obsessed as it should be, and they need to be thinking about that in citizen services. And I think that's an area that, that, that could be improved.”
Bill Vass Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 36:31 Booz Allen CTO: AI in Government, Autonomous Driving, Quantum's Promise
Nov 10, 2025 negative
Opinion
Kantrowitz: US taxpayers should not backstop OpenAI's debt
“I don't think that the US taxpayers should be backstopping the company's debt though, because, and Sam Altman in a follow-up made this clear, if they fail, you'll still have Google, you'll still have Anthropic, you'll have many others that are going to be buil…”
Alex Kantrowitz Nov 10, 2025 ▶ 5:45 OpenAI Bailout?, Elon’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal, Amazon Sues Perplexity
Mar 6, 2026
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: Pentagon gave Anthropic six-month off-ramp because it lacks alternative vendors
“They laid out this six-month off-ramp period for, like, real national security use cases, in part because they rely on Anthropix technology right now because Anthropix is the only vendor. Like behind the current curtain in a classified environment.”
Michael Horowitz Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 35:01 Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz
Mar 6, 2026
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: US used Anthropic tech in Operation Epic Fury post-risk designation
“Less than 24 hours after the supply chain designation, The U.S. Government was using Anthropix technology in the context of Operation Epic Fury against Iran.”
Michael Horowitz Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 31:28 Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz
Jun 29, 2026 negative
Opinion
Kantrowitz: US Government Has Made Itself Gatekeeper of Frontier AI Models
“Well, it does seem basically, you know, when you take it in combination with this week's OpenAI news, that the government has installed itself as the approval of frontier models”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 3:27 Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple’s Price Increases
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