Cheating in Chess with Ben Mezrich, Taxing AI with Andrew Yang 6/4/26

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Andrew Yang, founder of the Forward Party and CEO of Noble Mobile, discusses taxing AI as concerns mount about its impact on resources and the labor market. A screw worm was found in Texas, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is reportedly pitching the SpaceX IPO to wealthy clients, and the U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution to end military action in Iran. Plus, “The Social Network” author Ben Mezrich has written a new book: “Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess.” He recounts the cheating scandal, the “bad boys of chess,” and the big money–and growing fanbase of the game. Eamon Javers 7:47 Andrew Yang 19:57 Ben Mezrich 32:54 In this episode: Andrew Yang, @AndrewYang Eamon Javers, @eamonjavers Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is SquawkPod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.7	On today's episode, we're talking AI job displacement and AI taxes with former presidential
0:15.2	candidate Andrew Yang.
0:17.1	I run a company, Noble, the easiest people to fire are the people you haven't hired yet.
0:21.1	So are we replacing junior analysts, junior engineers with AI 100%.
0:25.3	And if we are doing that, then I guarantee organizations around the country doing the exact same thing.
0:30.8	Then author Ben Mesrick is out with a new book,
0:34.2	the biggest scandal in chess and the internet theory on how the 19-year-old
0:39.0	chess prodigy defeated world champion Magnus Carlson. A hint, it is definitely not safe for work.
0:47.6	It's this crazy thing that's not supposed to happen, and the way he might have cheated
0:51.4	turned into this viral sensation. Are we allowed to say?
0:54.9	Yeah, you can say it.
0:56.4	And that's not the only surprising story today.
0:59.4	You don't say this every day.
1:00.8	Flesh-eating screw worm.
1:02.7	A flesh-eating screw worm.
1:05.4	Plus, the House vote on a war powers resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran.
1:11.1	And Jamie Diamond is reportedly pitching the SpaceX IPO.
1:16.2	It is Thursday, June 4th, 2026, and SquawkPod begins right now.
1:23.2	Stand back you by in three, two, one.
1:26.1	Cule, please.
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