The AI security state: when Big Tech merges with government power

AI is starting to look less like a helpful tool and more like a new layer of governance: it can rank what you see, summarize what you’re “allowed” to know, and accelerate decisions that used to require human judgment. MintPress News’ Alan MacLeod traces how Big Tech and the national security state are becoming hard to separate, from OpenAI politics to the defense contracts that quietly turn consumer platforms into military infrastructure.