Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster "Oppenheimer" brought renewed focus to the moral conflict faced by the father of the atomic bomb. But before there was a movie, there was a seminal biography. Kai Bird, author of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer," joins Chuck to detail the physicist's background — and what similarities he shared with former President Jimmy Carter.

Kai Bird: What Oppenheimer and Jimmy Carter have in common

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As regulators and election workers try to catch up to a technology evolving at a break-neck speed, one group is trying to give campaigns a list of do’s and don’ts when it comes to the responsible use of AI. Chuck talks with Ben Resnick and Matt Hodges of Zinc Labs, a Democratic group at the intersection of tech and politics.

Kai Bird: What Oppenheimer and Jimmy Carter have in common

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