ProPublica Journalist on VA AI Disaster and FDA Drug Safety Failures
The Majority Report w/ Sam SederJuly 13, 202519 min20,968 views
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- 🎯 Brandon Roberts, an investigative journalist for ProPublica, discusses the VA's implementation of an AI program to identify contracts for potential cuts.
- 💡 The program was led by Sahil Leviennia, who previously used AI and automation to run his startup Gumroad after it faced difficulties.
- 🚀 Leviennia was tasked with reviewing approximately 90,000 VA contracts within 30 days, an
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