When AI Attacks! - September 18, 2026

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, with more to come. Meanwhile, Trump’s aggressive push for AI and data centers is drawing unusual backlash from users on his own Truth Social platform, with many commenters criticizing his position on the technology. Meanwhile, OpenAI has disclosed six new incidents involving concerning AI behavior, while Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they have secured enough support to force another House vote on releasing Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Thanks to today's sponsors: Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Visit www.sleep.me/tyt to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code TYT Use Code TYT for 20% OFF at TruDiagnostic.com Posting a job is easy at upwork.com Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble For a limited time, save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at drinkag1.com/tyt Hosts: John Iadarola, Yasmin Aliya Khan and Cenk Uygur SUBSCRIBE on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YOUTUBE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☞ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW US ON: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FACEBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☞ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TWITTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☞ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☞ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TIKTOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☞ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👕⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MERCH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☞⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https:/www.shoptyt.com⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices