{
  "id": 15511028,
  "title": "Musk Says White House Duties Distracted Him From AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/musk-says-white-house-duties-distracted-him-from-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-18T22:39:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/musk-says-white-house-duties-distracted-him-from-ai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Elon Musk says his work last year with the White House distracted him from artificial intelligence development at his businesses. “[I] kinda got carried away, basically,” Musk said in an upcoming episode of the new podcast series, “The Builders with Walter Isaacson,” scheduled to premiere Tuesday (Oct. 20), per a report by Axios on Saturday […] The post Musk Says White House Duties Distracted Him…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}