@62a04c04 

AI tools like Alexa is the newest plausible deniability mechanism. 

Last election, it was "our engagement algorithms got gamed by Russian intelligence"

This time it's "our Saudi investors, like Mohammed bin Salman, funded the launch of anti-democracy AI just in time for 2024"

Remember that Bezos's phone was hacked by the Saudis to extort...something. 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos_phone_hacking_incident

It makes you wonder how many times this type of extortion occurs.