Inside the AI War Machine: Peter Byrne Reveals the Truth About Ro Khanna & Silicon Valley Militarism

In this explosive episode of The Disinfo Detox, host Nolan Higdon sits down with award-winning investigative journalist Peter Byrne, whose groundbreaking Project Censored series Military AI Watch has exposed the deepening relationship between Silicon Valley, artificial intelligence, and the Pentagon.

Together, they break down Byrne’s reporting on Representative Ro Khanna, examining how a politician branded as a “progressive reformer” has quietly aligned himself with military contractors, AI start-ups, and tech-driven weapons development. Byrne uncovers the pipeline connecting venture capital, elite universities, AI labs, and the U.S. military — revealing how “innovation” is increasingly synonymous with automated warfare, surveillance, and profit.

We also explore how bipartisan lawmakers, corporate media, and the national security establishment are selling AI militarization as inevitable — while burying concerns about ethics, accountability, civilian harm, and democratic oversight. Byrne’s reporting cuts through the political branding to reveal the material interests driving the next era of U.S. militarism.

If you value fearless investigative journalism, critical media literacy, and conversations that expose how power actually works behind the scenes, this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.

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