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Musk tells Isaacson only AI and robots can fix US debt, Axios reports

The Next Web By Alina Maria Stan
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Elon Musk says his time running DOGE showed the US government cannot fix its deficit from the inside. Only AI and robots can, he told biographer Walter Isaacson. Musk made the comments on Isaacson’s new podcast, The Builders, Axios reported in an exclusive on Friday. The show premieres on Tuesday.

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