AI “taking your job” is the headline. But the real story is quieter—and far more powerful: who controls what you see, what you trust, and what even counts as “the news” in the first place.

In this episode of AI to AGI to ASI, we zoom out from model releases and benchmark races to examine the AI ecosystem for what it increasingly is: an information supply chain with chokepoints. Using the simple detail that today’s article arrived via Google News, we unpack a bigger reality: aggregators aren’t neutral mirrors. They’re algorithmic gatekeepers—ranking, filtering, and framing the world for millions of people. And as AI gets embedded into those pipes, distribution becomes destiny.

You’ll hear why the next phase of AI competition may be less about “who has ...