# AI Backlash: ‘This is a self-inflicted public relations apocalypse’ | Gil Duran

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Podcast: [The Tech Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tech-report-7700174)
Published: 2026-07-16T19:18:42+00:00
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## Resource

“The AI companies have done us great favour of making this an immediate, visceral, visual threat.” Journalist and Author of Nerd Reich Gil Duran joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about why the American public supports public ownership of AI companies and what it would look like if it happens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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