Glenn Greenwald

AI position

No x-risk mention

Found coverage frames AI as a surveillance/privacy/corporate-power threat (Palantir, government AI use) and a December 2025 audience-Q&A segment titled with "looming AI threats," but no identifiable engagement with existential-risk arguments specifically; treated as social/political threat, not extinction risk.

Why influential

Builds a direct, recurring relationship with audiences through long-form or personality-led media; guests and clips can quickly alter candidate incentives and issue salience. Primary policy lanes: civil liberties; surveillance; foreign policy; media.

Who pays attention

Civil-liberties advocates, antiwar audiences, independent voters, journalists and institutional skeptics

Work samples

• ChatGPT and the Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

  Feb 7, 2023 · podcast

  System Update episode exploring dangers/limitations of ChatGPT and needed reforms; also featured Rep. Ken Buck on Big Tech.

• Glenn Greenwald Exposes Palantir's Deep State Spying

  Jun 1, 2025 · video

  System Update segment on Palantir's AI-driven government surveillance and data operations.

• Glenn Answers Your Questions On: Looming AI Threats; Controversy Over "Pluribus," Epstein Revelations, CAIR's "Terrorist" Label, and More

  Dec 1, 2025 · podcast

  Audience Q&A segment addressing AI fears/threats alongside other topics.

• Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State

  Feb 13, 2026 · article

  Substack piece on AI-enabled facial recognition and consumer surveillance tech expanding the U.S. surveillance state.