{"id":43851,"date":"2025-09-11T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43851"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:36:29","slug":"trump-and-silicon-valleys-plan-to-rule-the-world-with-ai-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/trump-and-silicon-valleys-plan-to-rule-the-world-with-ai-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP AND SILICON VALLEY\u2019S PLAN TO RULE THE WORLD WITH AI WEAPONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233060789-scaled.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host tech leaders, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates (R) for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025. Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POSTED IN<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/category\/sections\/politics-movements-us\">POLITICS AND MOVEMENTS: US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking about millions of devices all over the world that are supposedly sending information into some kind of centralized point in the military-industrial apparatus from which they can control everything,\u201d Peter Byrne of Project Censored tells us. \u201cThat is their plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BY\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/marc-steiner\">MARC STEINER<\/a><\/strong> SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 (therealnews.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host tech leaders, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates (R) for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025. Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News.<\/strong>SIGN UP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio:  <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4LNmitDQRzXLhPwOVsFr8Q?si=7a4d479426444720&amp;utm_source=oembed\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4LNmitDQRzXLhPwOVsFr8Q?si=7a4d479426444720&amp;utm_source=oembed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unnerving alliance between Big Tech and the second Trump administration goes much deeper than many in the public realize. What factors are motivating President Trump and Silicon Valley\u2019s monumental investments in \u201cartificial intelligence\u201d infrastructure and the expanded integration of \u201cAI\u201d into military and governmental operating systems? What is their endgame? What will their vision of an AI future mean for the rest of us? In his new investigative series Military AI Watch, produced in partnership with Project Censored, award-winning science reporter Peter Byrne explores \u201chow Silicon Valley, corporate media, the Department of Defense, the banking industry, and scientific institutions all intersect in the effort to militarize AI.\u201d In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Byrne and TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez about \u201cAI\u201d today and the techno-dystopian future on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterbyrne.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peter Byrne<\/a>&nbsp;is an award-winning investigative reporter and science writer based in Northern California. He specializes in reporting on physics, nuclear warfare, medical research, local and national politics, corporate and governmental corruption, and, now, the weaponization of artificial intelligence. Byrne\u2019s work has been published in&nbsp;<em>Scientific American<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>New Scientist<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Quanta<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Wired<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Mother Jones<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>SF Weekly<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>CounterPunch<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Edge<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Project Censored<\/em>, and other publications. Byrne has published books and chapters on multiple universes and the history of quantum physics with Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, and Springer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Project Censored,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectcensored.org\/military-ai-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Military AI Watch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Byrne,&nbsp;<em>Project Censored<\/em>, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectcensored.org\/silicon-valley-military-ai-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One Ring to Rule Them All: Silicon Valley\u2019 plan to conquer the world with AI weapons. Can we do anything about it?<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/microsoft-is-an-active-partner-in-the-genocide-inside-the-tech-worker-revolt-for-palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Microsoft is an active partner in the genocide!\u2019: Inside the tech worker revolt for Palestine<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/a-bitcoin-mine-in-texas-is-killing-us-slowly-local-residents-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A bitcoin mine in Texas is \u201ckilling us slowly,\u201d local residents say<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/ai-data-centers-are-draining-water-from-this-drought-stricken-mexican-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI data centers are draining water from this drought-stricken Mexican town<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harry Davies &amp; Yuval Abraham,&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/06\/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018A million calls an hour\u2019: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Producer: Rosette Sewali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studio Production: David Hebden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio Post-Production: Stephen Frank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Transcript<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meeting-the-moment-defending-independent-journalism\"><em>RELATED<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/execution-of-alleged-drug-runners-venezuelan-coast?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=336899&amp;relatedposts_position=0\"><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/execution-of-alleged-drug-runners-venezuelan-coast?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=336899&amp;relatedposts_position=0\">Experts decry US \u2018summary execution\u2019 of alleged drug runners off Venezuelan coast<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/us-deploys-warships-to-venezuelan-coast-raising-fears-of-another-regime-change-war?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=336899&amp;relatedposts_position=1\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/us-deploys-warships-to-venezuelan-coast-raising-fears-of-another-regime-change-war?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=336899&amp;relatedposts_position=1\">US deploys warships to Venezuelan coast, raising fears of another \u2018regime change\u2019 War<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/biden-media-narrative-trump-helpless-stop-gaza-genocide?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=336899&amp;relatedposts_position=2\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/biden-media-narrative-trump-helpless-stop-gaza-genocide?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=336899&amp;relatedposts_position=2\">In a Biden-era retread, media push bogus narrative that Trump is helpless to stop Gaza genocide<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>REPUBLISH THIS STORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/republication-tracker-tool\/assets\/img\/cc-by-nd-4.0.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/marc-steiner\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/marc-steiner\">MARC STEINERHOST, THE MARC STEINER SHOW<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host, The Marc Steiner Show<\/strong><br>Marc Steiner is the host of &#8220;The Marc Steiner Show&#8221; on TRNN. He is a Peabody Award-winning journalist who has spent his life working on social justice issues. He walked his first picket line at age 13, and at age 16 became the youngest person in Maryland arrested at a civil rights protest during the Freedom Rides through Cambridge. As part of the Poor People\u2019s Campaign in 1968, Marc helped organize poor white communities with the Young Patriots, the white Appalachian counterpart to the Black Panthers. Early in his career he counseled at-risk youth in therapeutic settings and founded a theater program in the Maryland State prison system. He also taught theater for 10 years at the Baltimore School for the Arts. From 1993-2018 Marc&#8217;s signature \u201cMarc Steiner Show\u201d aired on Baltimore\u2019s public radio airwaves, both WYPR\u2014which Marc co-founded\u2014and Morgan State University\u2019s WEAA.<br>&nbsp;<br>marc@therealnews.com<br>&nbsp;<br>@marcsteiner<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/marc-steiner\">More by Marc Steiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POSTED INPOLITICS AND MOVEMENTS: US \u201cWe\u2019re talking about millions of devices all over the world that are supposedly sending information into some kind of centralized point in the military-industrial apparatus from which they can control everything,\u201d Peter Byrne of Project Censored tells us. \u201cThat is their plan.\u201d BY\u00a0MARC STEINER SEPTEMBER&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/trump-and-silicon-valleys-plan-to-rule-the-world-with-ai-weapons\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43851"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43852,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43851\/revisions\/43852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}