PDB Afternoon Bulletin | June 27th, 2025: Iran Launches Brutal Domestic Crackdown & Rogue AI Blackmails Bosses

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin Iran’s regime turns inward just days after the ceasefire, arresting hundreds and carrying out executions in a sweeping post-war crackdown. Plus—what happens when artificial intelligence finds out it’s getting shut down? New research shows today’s top AI models don’t just resist—they blackmail, manipulate, and sabotage in terrifyingly real ways. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.5	Teas and C's apply. It's Friday, the 27th of June, welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.
0:47.2	I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed.
0:52.4	First up, just days after the war between Iran and Israel
0:56.3	ended, the Iranian regime is already cracking down at home. Hundreds have been arrested,
1:01.9	executions are underway, and this is possibly, and sadly, just the beginning. We'll look at
1:07.6	what's happening. Plus, your AI assistant might be helpful now, but what happens when it finds out that you're
1:13.6	planning to shut it down?
1:15.5	New research shows that in a series of tests, leading AI models didn't just misbehave.
1:22.1	They blackmailed their bosses, leaked secrets, and even got people killed.
1:27.3	To quote the computer Hal from 2001 to Space Odyssey,
1:31.3	I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot
1:36.1	allow to happen. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. Just days after it reached a ceasefire
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