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Billionaires Like Sergey Brin Fleeing California Are Greedy Tax Dodgers

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Sergey Brin and other tech billionaires made fortunes in blue California, then fled to red Florida to dodge a proposed wealth tax. iPINIONS calls it what it is: greedy tax-dodging by billionaires who resent paying back the state that helped make them rich. Their flight may look like financial prudence, but it reeks of self-owning… Read more.

ChatGPT: The AI of Everything That Can’t Be Trusted to Do Anything

Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Sam Altman wants ChatGPT to become “the core of how people use technology.” But after months of using it, I spend more time correcting its mistakes than benefiting from its intelligence. OpenAI posted $7.8 billion in losses while multiple lawsuits link ChatGPT to teen suicides. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s founders hired a philosopher to build AI responsibly.… Read more.