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Frontier Labs Are Selling Garbage to Fools in Washington

by Nick Rogers deadneurons.substack.com published 2026-09-20

Selling snake oil to the United States Congress is an ancient American craft, and the frontier artificial intelligence industry is currently attempting the most audacious hustle in modern corporate history.

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