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May 16, 2023

AI is on Capitol Hill today

Generative artificial intelligence has gripped the world’s imagination with its potential to disrupt our economy and way of life. The Senate is tackling that today in a hearing which includes the chief executive of OpenAI. Plus, add up everything all of us consumers in this country owe and you will get … a bill of more than $17 trillion. What can this household debt number tell us about where the economy’s headed? And, a change to Medicare that Congress is considering which could save the federal government as much as $150 billion over a decade.

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