Welcome to the very first episode of The Impact! Hosts Hal and Addie dive headfirst into the biggest stories where AI collides with politics and public life: the DOJ drowning in disconnected AI tools, a global arms race for chips and minerals, Spain’s eyebrow-raising Huawei deal, the U.S. cutting a controversial “pay-to-export” chip bargain with China, and Meta tapping a far-right influencer to define AI “bias.” If you want to understand how AI is reshaping power, policy, and opportunity, before your competitors even realize what’s happening, this is the podcast for you.