{
  "id": 4919919,
  "title": "Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/pentagon-official-overseeing-military-ai-sold-millions-worth-of-stock",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T19:17:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/top-pentagon-official-ai-stock-holdings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for up to $25m The top Pentagon official overseeing military artificial intelligence policy, who reaped profits earlier this year of up to $24m selling his private investment in Elon Musk’s AI company, has now sold his holdings in another AI company…",
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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."
}