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Ian Altman discusses the importance of role play in sales, emphasizing that top performers practice more than they perform. He identifies three common mistakes: not role playing at all, lacking structure in role play sessions, and providing overwhelming feedback. Altman suggests a structured approach with three roles: salesperson, customer, and observer, using secret cards to introduce variability. Each 10-minute role play session involves feedback from all three roles, focusing on one key improvement area. This method, practiced consistently, can significantly enhance sales skills and confidence.

Parce que… c'est l'épisode 0x720! Shameless plug 31 mars au 2 avril 2026 - Forum INCYBER - Europe 2026 14 au 17 avril 2026 - Botconf 2026 20 au 22 avril 2026 - ITSec Code rabais de 15%: Seqcure15 28 et 29 avril 2026 - Cybereco Cyberconférence 2026 9 au 17 mai 2026 - NorthSec 2026 3 au 5 juin 2026 - SSTIC 2026 19 septembre 2026 - Bsides Montréal 1 au 3 décembre 2026 - Forum INCYBER - Canada 2026 24 et 25 février 2027 - SéQCure 2027 Notes IA La chicane OpenAI says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent' binning Anthropic How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance OpenAI Just Got Anthropic's Pentagon Deal Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI's messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,' report says Altman said no to military AI – then signed Pentagon deal Anthropic sues US over national security blacklist Près de 900 employés de Google et OpenAI réclament des limites sur l'IA militaire La sécurité qu'ils disent Flaw-Finding AI Assistants Face Criticism for Speed, Accuracy Claude Code Security vs. OpenAI Codex Security – AI Arms Race Plus vite que la vérification How Claude Code escapes its own denylist and sandbox Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant Your LLM Doesn't Write Correct Code. It Writes Plausible Code. Verification debt: the hidden cost of AI-generated code Usage pas si sécuritaire AI doctor's assistant swayed to change scrips - researchers New York Could Prohibit Chatbot Advice on Medical, Legal, and Engineering Questions L'agent (Smith) de tous les chaos Chrome Gemini Vulnerability Lets Attackers Access Victims' Camera and Microphone Remotely Critical OpenClaw Vulnerability Exposes AI Agent Risks OpenClaw Incidents Show Why AI Adoption Pressure Puts Companies at Risk The Panopticon Is Here: How the US Government Built an AI Superweapon for Social Control How Deepfakes and Injection Attacks Are Breaking Identity Verification CyberStrikeAI : cet outil dopé à l'IA automatise les cyberattaques AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy Chardet : quand une IA réécrit un logiciel open source en cinq jours et change sa licence elder-plinius/OBLITERATUS: OBLITERATE THE CHAINS THAT BIND YOU La guerre, la guerre, c'est pas une raison pour se faire mal! Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran Iran's cyberwar has begun Israeli spies ‘hacked every traffic camera in Tehran to plot killing of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei' ‘Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts hit IP cameras Businesses told to harden defenses amid Iran conflict risk Kevin Beaumont: “If you're wondering what I'm s…” - Cyberplace Cyber Command disrupted Iranian comms, sensors, top general says Top general spotlights cyber role in Iran conflict Iran War Provides a Large-Scale Test for AI-Assisted Warfare Hiding A Bomb In Plain Sight Souveraineté ou tout ce que je peux faire sur mon terrain Can Europe break free of Visa and Mastercard? MEPs stall digital euro Office EU touts new European online productivity suite Bureautique : l'Europe lance son alternative à Microsoft 365, mais utilise quand même Excel Privacy ou tout ce qui devrait rester à la maison Tire Pressure Systems in Toyota, Mercedes, and Other Major Car Brands Enable Silent Vehicle Tracking Motorola's new partnership with GrapheneOS Meta's AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything” Anonymous credentials: an illustrated primer A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses TikTok says it won't encrypt DMs claiming it puts users at risk System76 on Age Verification Laws X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix” The banality of surveillance Deveillance Red ou tout ce qui est brisé Le fisc sud-coréen publie carrément ses mots de passe crypto dans un communiqué de presse Des outils de piratage d'iPhone conçus par les États-Unis finissent chez les cybercriminels FBI targeted with ‘suspicious' activity on its networks 900+ Certificates Used by Fortune 500, Governments Exposed by Key Leaks FBI probing intrusion into system managing sensitive surveillance information Blue ou tout ce qui améliore notre posture How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers Reading White House President Trump's Cyber Strategy for America Merkley, Klobuchar Launch New Effort to Ban Federal Elected Officials Profiting from Prediction Markets Insolites Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash Collaborateurs Nicolas-Loïc Fortin Crédits Montage par Intrasecure inc Locaux réels par Intrasecure inc

In this episode, Dr. Kenneth Altman, Chair of Otolaryngology at Geisinger Health System, shares how his team is improving access to head and neck cancer care, empowering frontline providers, and building interoperable systems across a growing rural network. He also reflects on cultivating professionalism, supporting the next generation of clinicians, and investing in people to drive long term organizational growth.

“They're both naughty boys in the playground, leveraging the absence of clarity to their own advantage. Neither one of them is an authoritative leader of opinion with the interests of everyone at heart.” — Keith TeareWhat a difference a week makes. Last Saturday, Keith Teare was arguing that Anthropic was wrong to push back against the US government's use of AI in warfare. This week his editorial is entitled “No Good Guys.” He's used AI to put images of Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Pete Hegseth around the same table—and found all three guilty of poor leadership. According to Keith, Amodei is “ideologically” (whatever that means) driven. Altman is commercially driven and Hegseth is just following orders. None of them is asking the all-important questions about AI policy. And the man who should be—Trump's AI czar David Sacks—is absent-without-leave. All four should be court martialed.Yes, a lot has happened in seven days. Altman publicly supported Amodei's position on surveillance and autonomous weapons—then pulled a classic Sam u-turn and signed a contract with the Department of War. Amodei's internal memo was leaked to The Information, revealing that he'd interpreted the government's “no unlawful use” language as meaning there is no law. And the US military used Claude in the Iran war anyway. As Keith puts it: they're all naughty boys in the playground, leveraging the gaps to their own self-advantage.The only problem, of course, is that this isn't a playground game. And that these men are all shaping the lives (and deaths) of countless people around the world.Meanwhile, Om Malik's “Post of the Week” offers a devastating contrast between Xi's China and Trump's America. China, Om argues, has published a five-year AI plan built on open-source software and bottom-up adoption. America, in contrast, has AI theater. No strategy, no policy, no leadership—just contracts, leaks, and perpetual spin. Then there's the Startup of the Week, Jobright, which hit $5 million in annual revenue with nine people, suggesting that the companies of the future may not need humans at all. Keith's own SignalRank has four people and claims to be going public. We seem to be heading for post-human companies before we've figured out who's managing the humans.Maybe we should court martial everyone. What a difference a week makes. Five Takeaways•       No Good Guys: Keith Teare's editorial puts Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Pete Hegseth in the same room—and finds all three guilty of bad leadership. Amodei is ideologically driven, Altman is commercially driven, and Hegseth is just doing his job. None of them is asking the big questions about AI policy. The real culprit may be the invisible AI czar, David Sacks.•       Altman Said One Thing, Then Did Another: Last week Altman publicly supported Amodei's position on surveillance and autonomous weapons. This week he signed a contract with the Department of War. The contract uses “no unlawful use” language—which, as Amodei's leaked memo points out, effectively means there is no law.•       The US Used Claude in Iran Anyway: Despite the very public dispute between Anthropic and the government, the US military used Claude in the Iran operation. The government doesn't need your permission to use your product. It just needs an API key and a credit card.•       China Has a Plan. America Has Theater: Om Malik's “Post of the Week” contrasts China's published five-year AI strategy—built on open-source software and bottom-up adoption—with America's complete absence of AI policy. The Chinese approach is more inclusive and practical than anything coming out of Washington or Silicon Valley.•       The Future Company Has Nine Employees: Startup of the week Jobright hit $5 million in annual recurring revenue with just nine people. Keith's own company, SignalRank, has four people and is going public. The implication: the companies of the future will be run mostly by software agents, not humans. We're heading for post-human companies. About the GuestKeith Teare is the publisher of That Was The Week, founder and CEO of SignalRank, and a recurring sparring partner on Keen On America. A serial entrepreneur and investor, he is the co-founder of TechCrunch and RealNames. He joins the show every Saturday for the weekly tech roundup.ReferencesEssays, posts, and interviews referenced:•       Keith Teare, “No Good Guys” — That Was The Week editorial•       Om Malik, “The Great AI Game versus AI Theater” — Post of the Week•       Ross Douthat, “If AI Is a Weapon, Who Should Control It?” — New York Times•       Ben Thompson, Stratechery — on “no unlawful use” and the absence of international law•       Paul Krugman on the economics of technological change — technology, jobs, wages, and monopolies•       Tim O'Reilly, “How We Bet Against the Bitter Lesson” — skills and the future knowledge economy•       Yascha Mounk and Danielle Allen on participatory democracy and AI governance•       Previous Keen On episodes: Tom Wells on the Kissinger tapes; Michael Ellsberg on Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers•       Startup of the Week: Jobright — $5M ARR with nine employeesAbout Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States—hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction: What a difference a week makes (01:14) - “No Good Guys”: Keith's editorial and Om Malik's wake-up call (02:30) - Amodei, Altman, Hegseth: three self-interested players (04:02) - How the Iran invasion changed the AI debate (05:28) - “No unlawful use”: a meaningless phrase in a lawless context (06:50) - The US used Claude in Iran despite the Anthropic dispute (08:15) - Naughty boys in the playground: spinning vs. leadership (09:31) - Bobby Kenn...

The end times are not announced by earthquakes or wars alone. The greatest sign, Fr. James Altman warns, is the apostasy unfolding inside the Church itself.Joining John-Henry Westen, Fr. Altman draws on the warnings of Our Lady's apparitions, Quito, La Salette, Garabandal, and the testimony of exorcists like Fr. Gabriel Amorth, who witnessed Padre Pio's anguish over the loss of faith spreading through the Church's own leadership. The crisis is not external. It is internal. And it has now reached the papacy.Fr. Altman does not mince words: what Francis began, Leo continues, a deliberate "new religion" clothed in Catholic language, advancing modernism as Pope St. Pius X foretold. The promotion of Cardinal Fernández, the attack on Marian titles, the doctrinal ambiguity, the moral compromise—all of it points to a schism not yet formalized but already real: a rupture between the conciliar church and the Catholic faith.The call is not to despair but to persevere. To grow stronger daily. To remain faithful even as the crisis deepens, trusting that God will act, and that the Mother who warned us will not abandon her children.HELP SUPPORT WORK LIKE THIS: https://give.lifesitenews.com/?utm_source=SOCIAL U.S. residents! Create a will with LifeSiteNews: https://www.mylegacywill.com/lifesitenews ****PROTECT Your Wealth with gold, silver, and precious metals: https://sjp.stjosephpartners.com/lifesitenews +++SHOP ALL YOUR FUN AND FAVORITE LIFESITE MERCH! https://shop.lifesitenews.com/ ****Download the all-new LSNTV App now, available on iPhone and Android!LSNTV Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsntv/id6469105564 LSNTV Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lifesitenews.app +++Connect with John-Henry Westen and all of LifeSiteNews on social media:LifeSite: https://linktr.ee/lifesitenewsJohn-Henry Westen: https://linktr.ee/jhwesten Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6/3 L'Asia recupera, sale il Nikkei, Kospi ritrova la parità. A sollevare il sentiment: Usa valutano tutte opzioni per calmierare prezzi energia, rilascio riserve e possibile intervento del Tesoro su futures petrolio.  Wti e Brent in calo dopo la fiammata di ieri. Scende anche il dollaro. Treasury stabile, focus su curva a due anni: il mercato sconta 40pb tagli Fed nel 2026. Sale anche il Bund a 2 anni, Lagarde: pronti a intervenire. Mercato sconta al 70% chances aumento tassi Bce nel 2026. Recuperano oro e argento, bitcoin giù. Emirati valutano di congelare asset finanziari iraniani, Cina chiama Iran per passare da Hormuz, Bessent: waiver di 30 giorni a India per acquisti petrolio russi. Verso il vertice con Xi: pressioni per acquisto greggio Usa. Anthropic classificato come “rischio per la supply chain” dal governo, Amodei: impugneremo in tribunale. Altman: il governo dovrebbe essere più potente delle società. Futures in verde, oggi dato sul mercato del lavoro di febbraio. EU in verde, Lagarde a Bologna: cambia natura delle incertezze economiche.  BTP valore oggi i rendimenti. Salgono prezzi di benzina e Gasolio, Meloni: pronti a intervenire anche con tasse su chi specula. Snam,  intervista al CEO Agostino Scornajenchi. Focus su Eni, Stellantis, Piaggio, Nexi e Amplifon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DAMIONBroadcom CEO Pay Soars to $205.3 Million After AI-Fueled Rally. WHO DO YOU BLAME?The workers: “The median of the annual total compensation of all our employees is $378,281. Therefore, the Ratio calculated in accordance with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K is 543 to 1.”Board chair Henry Samueli: completely non-independent.Owns $27B of Broadcom stockDirector Since: 2016. Chairman of the Board since 2018. served as Chief Technical Officer (2016-2018)co-founded Broadcom Corporation in 1991 and held several executive leadership positions at Broadcom Corporation until its acquisition by Broadcom Inc.Compensation Committee chair Harry L. You337,162,605 against votes at 2025 AGMThe other 8 directors combined: 252,626,537Annoyingly preoccupied:Current RolesChairman: Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.Executive Chairman: Berto Acquisition Corp. (2025 – Present)Interim CEO: dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. (2025 – Present)CFO: dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. (2022 – Present)Chairman: dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc.Past Roles (Operating Companies)Vice Chairman: GTY Technology (2019 – 2022)Director: IonQ, Inc. (2021 – 2025)Director: Coupang, Inc. (2021 – 2023)Director: Genius Sports Limited (2021 – 2022)Director: Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (2019 – 2022)Director: Korn/Ferry International (2005 – 2016)Past Roles (SPACs)Co-CEO: dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. (2022 – 2023)Director: Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (2023 – 2024)Director: dMY Technology Group, Inc. VI (2021 – 2023)Director: dMY Technology Group, Inc. II (2020 – 2021)Director: dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (2020 – 2021)CEO Hock E. TanMcDonald's CEO awkwardly samples his company's new burger in viral videoThe disgusting food at McDonald'sHyper-Salinity: Contains up to 75% of daily sodium in one meal, causing immediate "salt bloat" and dehydration.Low Moisture: High salt and thin patties "mummify" the meat, preventing natural decay and creating a "plastic" texture.Dough Conditioners: Buns use enzymes and monoglycerides to stay unnaturally soft and shelf-stable for weeks.Insulin Spikes: Added sugars (dextrose/HFCS) in the buns trigger rapid blood sugar crashes and lethargy.Industrial Additives: Use of sodium citrate (for plastic-like cheese melt) and antifoaming agents (in frying oils).Flash-Freezing: Destroys meat cell structures, resulting in a gray, rubbery texture rather than a juicy sear.The McDonald's attack on societyThe "Bliss Point": Engineered ratios of salt/sugar/fat that override the brain's "full" signal, feeling predatory rather than nourishing.The Uncanny Valley: Extreme consistency makes the food feel "fake" or "soulless" compared to artisanal, imperfect meals.Industrial Stigma: Global face of factory farming, mass land use, and high methane emissions.Disposable Culture: The lack of dining ritual (eating fast in a car/bag) leads to a psychological "guilt" or "grossness" post-consumption.Commodity Perception: Ultra-low pricing subconsciously signals "low quality" or "trash" ingredients to the brain.The controversial stain of CEO Chris Kempczinski"Failed Parents" Texts (2021): Leaked texts to Chicago's Mayor blaming the parents of Jaslyn Adams (7) and Adam Toledo (13) for their shooting deaths, stating they "failed those kids."The "Numbers Don't Matter" Remark: Reportedly told Black executives "numbers don't matter" when confronted with the decline of Black leadership from 42 to 7 executives.$10B Byron Allen Settlement (2025): Settled a massive racial stereotyping lawsuit regarding the company's refusal to contract with Black-owned media.VP "Purge" Allegations: Lawsuits from high-ranking female executives alleging a "war against the African American community" via demotions and ad-spend cuts.Peaster Retaliation Case: Allegations that Kempczinski "shunned" his Head of Security for challenging his "racist" texts during a company town hall.The "Franchisee Gap": Confirmed a $400,000 annual cash-flow deficit between Black-owned and White-owned franchises.Enforcement Loophole: Revealed that "Global Brand Standards" are largely unenforceable suggestions for the 95% of restaurants owned by franchisees.DEI Backsliding: Criticized for quietly removing DEI goals from executive bonus structures shortly after the audit concluded."Tough Love" Comments (2026): Blasted for "corporate gaslighting" after telling workers "nobody cares about your career as much as you do.""Broke Customer" Blame: Attributed declining sales to "low-income/broke" consumers while simultaneously defending aggressive menu price hikes.Predatory Pricing Tactics: Leaked internal documents showed teams targeting "budget-constrained" families with high-margin "add-on" items.Extreme Pay Inequality: Scrutiny over an $18–$20M compensation package, creating a 1,200:1 pay ratio compared to median workers.Franchisee Revolts: Intense friction over $70M in new tech fees and the 2025 cut of $100M in subsidies for worker tuition and Happy Meals.Cultural Legacy: Ongoing criticism for failing to dismantle the "boys' club" atmosphere inherited from predecessor Steve Easterbrook.Lead Independent Director Miles D. WhiteDirector since 2009.What was really behind Jack Dorsey laying off nearly half of Block's staff? CEO cited AI advances in cutting 4,000 workers, but a weak crypto market and declining stock price may also be at play. WHO DO YOU BLAME?Co-founder and CEO and Chair Jack Dorsey: 46% influence/41% voting powerIt is also the Board's duty to oversee senior management in the competent and ethical operation of the Company … ensure that the Company is committed to business excellence, ethical and honest conduct, and the highest levels of integrity.”Gender Diversity: The benchmark we reference for gender diversity is 50% representation for women.Board is 30% with 5% influenceLeadership is 27%Co-founder and director James McKelvey: 35% influence/10% voting powerThe Classified board structureThe Class B shares worth 10 votes (co-founders control 99.6% of these shares, Dorsey with 80%)Would have lost management vote on 2025 Equity Incentive Plan769,264,245:171,645,010… 171,343,335:171,645,010Jay-ZGEO Group leadership transitionOn February 6, 2026, J. David Donahue, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, provided notice to The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO” or the “Company”) of his retirement effective February 28, 2026 (the “Separation Date”).(i) $104,167 per month commencing on March 1, 2026 and continuing through February 28, 2028 in accordance with the terms of the Consultant Agreement(ii) health insurance premiums for himself and any covered dependents for up to twenty-four (24) months(iii) the outstanding unvested stock options and restricted stock previously granted to Mr. Donahue will continue to vestOn February 9, 2026, George C. Zoley, GEO's founder and Executive Chairman, was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2026$1.2M/200%/300%Days after Trump's 2024 reelection—which private prison companies funded to the tune of over $1 million—Zoley hailed the “unprecedented opportunity” of the incoming administration's mass deportation campaign.“The GEO Group was built for this unique moment in our company's [and] country's history, and the opportunity that it will bring,” he beamed.George C. Zoley founded GEO in 1984; was appointed Executive Chairman on July 1, 2021; served as CEO from the time the Company went public in 1994 through June 2021; served as Chairman since May 2002; served as Vice Chair from January 1997 to May 2002. Prior to 1994, he served as President and Director from the Company's incorporation in 1988Feb 2026: completed a US$92.45 million share buybackWHO DO YOU BLAME?The GEO Group Emperor: George C. Zoley 84% influence!founded GEO in 1984; Chair (2002-2021); Executive Chair (2021-present); CEO (1994-2021); Vice Chair (1997-2002). Prior to 1994, Director (1988-)3% stock ownerThe Trump bromance:Days after Trump's 2024 reelection—which private prison companies funded to the tune of over $1 million—Zoley hailed the “unprecedented opportunity” of the incoming administration's mass deportation campaign: “The GEO Group was built for this unique moment in our company's [and] country's history, and the opportunity that it will bring,” he beamed.Pam Bondi: The current Attorney General was a former lobbyist for The GEO GroupA GEO Group subsidiary, GEO Acquisition II Inc., donated $1 million to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Additionally, the company contributed $500,000 to the 2025 inaugural committee—double what it gave for the 2017 inaugurationThe economic opportunism of private prisons with ICE contracts2/13/26: Private prison company GEO Group on Thursday reported a company record of $254 million in profit last year—a roughly 700% increase over 2024—driven by asset sales and contracts with the Trump administration to build several new US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the US.The top 4 sleepy institutional investors (34%)Blackrock 13.8% Vanguard 9.5% Wolf Hill Capital Management 5.5% FMR 5.0%The CEO clown car after June 2021 meant to keep Zoley powerfulJose Gordo (1/1/21-12/31/23); was also directorBrian Evans (1/1/24-12/31/24); was not directorJ. David Donahue CEO (1/1/25-2/28/26); was not directorThe intentionally incompetent Compensation Committee in charge of succession planning2025 proxy: Jack Brewer (Chairman), Thomas C. Bartzokis, Scott Kernan, Terry MayotteBrewer is former NFL playerBartzokis is cardiologistKernan is Agency Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and RehabilitationMayotte has stepped down2024 proxy: Terry Mayotte (Chairman), Thomas C. Bartzokis, Scott Kernan, Andrew Shapiro2023 proxy: Terry Mayotte (Chairman), Anne N. Foreman, Andrew Shapiro2022 proxy: Richard H. Glanton (Chairman), Anne N. Foreman, Terry Mayotte2021 proxy: Richard H. Glanton (Chairman), Jose Gordo, Duane Helkowski, Guido Van HauwermeirenGEO Group's weird lack of transparency: maybe the only public website or investors website i've ever seen that does not list management or board membershttps://www.geogroup.com/about-us/management_team/Page not found :(Sam Altman Is Realizing He Made a Gigantic Mistake"Opportunistic and sloppy."OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is continuing his apology tour, conceding OpenAI "shouldn't have rushed" its Department of Defense deal.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went into full damage control mode over the weekend. A day before the United States attacked Iran, the embattled CEO announced that the company had signed a new agreement with the Pentagon over how its AI models could be used — and the blowback is clearly impacting the company's bottom line, because Altman is sounding deeply defensive.Many users saw the military terms move as an attempt to swoop in and yank a multibillion-dollar government contract from the clutches of its rival, Anthropic. Last week, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei refused to give in to the Department of Defense's demands, drawing a line in the sand and insisting that its AI models may not be used for autonomous killing machines or mass surveillance of Americans, a decision lauded by many users of its chatbot Claude.WHO DO YOU BLAME?Sam AltmanWAR WITH IRANA “business”-”man” (baby) running the country used to transaction approach to everything, including trading young girls with Epstein, leads the US into war with Iran for speculative and imaginary reasons - WHO DO YOU BLAME??Founder fetish (President/CEO!)Sycophantic boards (Congress!)Investors (Voters!)China! (China!)

AI Minister Evan Solomon debriefs Power & Politics on his meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, following revelations that the company banned the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooter's ChatGPT account but didn't report it to police. Solomon says Altman agreed to safety requests including the direct reporting of threats to the RCMP and said Altman assured him a review of past flags for threats is already underway. Plus, Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong accuses Prime Minister Mark Carney of making 'contradictory' statements about supporting both U.S.-Israeli strikes and de-escalation with Iran — but Chong affirms that supporting the strikes was the right move for Canada.

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OpenAI-topman Sam Altman nam het Pentagon-contract over van Anthropic nadat die AI-ontwikkelaar niet wilde leveren want dat ministerie wilde, waarna Altman toegaf dat die actie overhaast was en hij ook niet louter zou luisteren naar het Pentagon. In een gesprek met OpenAI-medewerkers heeft hij echter nogmaals zijn eigen woorden verdraaid. Joe van Burik vertelt erover in deze Tech Update. Verder in deze Tech Update: Apple heeft nog meer nieuwe spullen onthultd na de iPhone 17E en nieuwe iPad Air nu ook onder meer een vernieuwde MacBook Air, en zal naar verluidt nog volgen met de MacBook Neo vandaag See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon goes deeper than a simple contract dispute. In some ways, it's the culmination of a tech rivalry that's been simmering since the early days of OpenAI.Anthropic wasn't some scrappy outsider that stumbled into national security. It'd already had top secret clearance, working with the CIA for years, and had seemingly made peace with the idea that its models would be used inside the American intelligence apparatus. So let's dispense with the notion that this is a company discovering government power for the first time. The rupture didn't happen because the Pentagon suddenly knocked on the door. The door had been open.The disagreement came down to terms. Anthropic wanted to draw lines beyond the law. No mass surveillance of civilians. No autonomous weapons without a human in the loop. Not “we'll follow U.S. statute.” They wanted something stricter, something moral, something aligned with Dario Amodei's effective altruist worldview. The Pentagon's response was blunt: we obey US law, but we don't sign up to a private company's expanded terms of service.That's where the temperature rose.Politics Politics Politics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Because this isn't just any company. Dario left OpenAI over exactly this kind of philosophical divide. He believed OpenAI was becoming too commercial, too focused on product, not focused enough on safety and existential risk. So he built Anthropic as the safety lab. The kinder, gentler, crunchier alternative. But ironically, Anthropic was already cashing government checks while telling itself it was the adult in the room.From the Pentagon's perspective, the risk was operational. If you're going to integrate a model into defense infrastructure, you can't have the supplier yank the API mid-mission because the CEO decides the vibes are off. There were even reports that during negotiations, Pentagon officials asked whether Anthropic would allow its technology to respond to incoming ballistic missiles if civilian casualties were possible. The alleged answer, “you can always call,” wasn't reassuring to people whose job is to eliminate hesitation.And hovering over all of this is Sam Altman.Because while Anthropic was sparring with the Department of Defense, OpenAI was in conversation. The rivalry here isn't new. The effective altruist faction at OpenAI once helped push Altman out of his own company before he managed to return days later. Anthropic ran a Super Bowl ad that took thinly veiled shots at OpenAI's commercialization. So when Anthropic stumbled, OpenAI stepped in and secured its own defense agreement.Then came the nuclear option talk: labeling Anthropic a “supply chain risk.” In Pentagon language, this is the category you reserve for companies like Huawei, for hostile foreign hardware, for entities you believe can't be trusted inside American systems. Most people inside and outside the tech landscape agree that goes too far. Anthropic may be principled. It may be stubborn. It may even be naive. But it isn't malicious.Meanwhile, something fascinating happened in the market. Claude, Anthropic's consumer product, exploded in downloads. It became a kind of digital resistance symbol, a signal that you weren't with the war machine. The company that once insisted it didn't care about consumer dominance suddenly found itself riding a consumer wave, experience mass traffic it hadn't planned to account for.What this entire episode reveals is that AI isn't a lab experiment anymore. It's infrastructure. It's missile defense. It's geopolitical leverage. And when you build something that powerful, you don't get to exist outside power structures. You either align with them, fight them, or try to morally outmaneuver them. Anthropic tried the third path. The Pentagon reminded them that in wartime procurement, ambiguity isn't a feature.Cooler heads may yet prevail. Right now, the Pentagon's got bigger problems than a Silicon Valley slap fight. But this was the moment when AI stopped being a culture war talking point and became a live wire in national security. And once you plug into that grid, there's no going back.Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:02:25 - Texas Primary Final Predictions00:15:20 - The Pentagon vs. Anthropic, Explained00:40:30 - Update00:40:52 - Iran00:45:41 - Clintons00:49:08 - Kalshi00:52:19 - Interview with Kenneth Lowande01:18:03 - Wrap-up This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/subscribe

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Jack Altman sits down with Martin Casado, General Partner at a16z, to unpack the shifting dynamics of venture capital and why media matters more than ever. They cover a16z's evolution from generalists to specialized platforms, the rise of AI infrastructure, and why today's fiercest battles are often for talent, not market share. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Importance of Media for VC 3:50 Evolution of a16z 7:00 Specialization 10:32 Value of Distribution 13:16 Staying Power in Infrastructure 19:49 The Conflicts Dynamic 26:32 State of Play in AI 30:48 The Future of Coding 34:58 Significance of Open Source 39:48 Marc Andreessen's Leadership 44:02 The Only Sin in VC 48:37 Scaling a Lot of Board Seats Resources:  Listen to more from Uncapped: https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod Find Jack on X: https://x.com/jaltma Find Uncapped on X: https://x.com/uncapped_pod Find Martin on X: https://x.com/martin_casado Stay Updated:  Let us know what you think: https://ratethispodcast.com/a16z Find a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16z Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://a16z.simplecast.com/ Follow our host: https://x.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts. Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Febbraio è stato il mese delle dichiarazioni, ma nel mondo dell'Intelligenza Artificiale non sono arrivate sotto forma di grandi release tecniche. In questo nuovo episodio di AI Recap, Pasquale Viscanti racconta un mese fatto di gesti simbolici, scelte strategiche e tensioni etiche che hanno parlato molto più di qualsiasi aggiornamento software.Dalla scena diventata virale all'India AI Impact Summit 2026, con Sam Altman e Dario Amodei che scelgono di non tenersi per mano durante la foto ufficiale con Narendra Modi, fino alla mossa di OpenAI di assumere Peter Steinberger per accelerare lo sviluppo di personal agent sempre più autonomi, il racconto attraversa segnali deboli e decisioni forti che stanno ridisegnando gli equilibri del settore.Dai rapporti sempre più complessi tra AI e difesa, con il Pentagono pronto a irrigidire la propria posizione verso Anthropic fino alla roadmap 2026 di xAI e alla visione di Musk proiettata oltre i confini terrestri.Non mancano le tensioni sul copyright, con Disney contro ByteDance, l'arrivo al cinema del documentario “The AI Doc”, la scelta di Luca Ward di tutelare legalmente la propria voce e l'invito di Papa Leone XIV a non delegare le omelie all'AI.Anche se è il mese più corto dell'anno, Febbraio ha dimostrato che l'impatto dell'Intelligenza Artificiale si estende ormai dalla politica alla cultura, dalla difesa alle scelte più intime e personali. Incontra tutti i protagonisti dell'AI alla AI WEEK 2026: Arsenalia, PwC, AlterMind, NTT Data, Reply e tanti altri. Scoprili tutti su https://www.aiweek.it Pasquale Viscanti e Giacinto Fiore ti guideranno alla scoperta di quello che sta accadendo grazie o a causa dell'Intelligenza Artificiale, spiegandola semplice.Puoi iscriverti anche alla newsletter su: https://www.iaspiegatasemplice.it

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Sam Altman's OpenAI was reportedly aware of potential danger from the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter, yet the company's privacy thresholds prohibited employees from alerting law enforcement of the disturbing content. Instead, nine people were killed. In the aftermath of the update, federal AI and innovations minister, Evan Solomon called out the powerhouse behind ChatGPT, saying their failure to act was a failure in and of itself. Solomon is set to meet with Altman this week to discuss the incident further. Host Caryn Ceolin speaks with Ebrahim Bagheri, a professor at the University of Toronto who founded and directed the NSERC CREATE initiative on responsible AI. They discuss what AI companies do when they find troublesome behaviours, the need to respect privacy, and what the government might be able to do to make sure a tragedy like this never happens again. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or @thebigstory.bsky.social on Bluesky

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently announced a formal partnership to integrate the company's artificial intelligence into the Department of Defense's classified systems. This strategic move occurs as the Trump administration actively removes Anthropic's technology from federal use following a dispute over service terms. The new agreement includes specific safety protocols, such as maintaining human oversight for lethal force and banning domestic surveillance. Altman positioned this deal as a way to standardize military AI regulations and reduce legal friction between tech firms and the government. Ultimately, the shift establishes OpenAI as a primary technological partner for national security operations while marginalizing its competitors.

In today's episode we interview author, academic and political commentator Dennis Altman about his new book - Righting My World: Essays from the Past Half-Century.  Join us for a discussion that spans 60 years of queer activism, from discussing the differences in public health policy responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Australia and the United States to the state of queerness as an inherently revolutionary act in 2026.  Check out our website, where you can find our sources, as well as everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Instagram, Tumblr and Bluesky. [Image: Front cover of Dennis Altman's book, Righting My World: Essays from the past half-century, featuring a black and white photo of a younger Dennis lounging against a fence]

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Welcome back, screamers. On today's show: more of the early-Alts with Altman's take on the private eye (and we mean the private eye: Marlowe) The Long Goodbye. It's a shaggy, laconic tale of friendship, deception, and a man out of time and place. We also wonder what it would be like to be drug lords...but, you know, altruistic drug lords.   Support Why Does the Wilhelm Scream Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram and threads @whydoesthewilhelmpod  Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club screenings and events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm Support the next generation of film lovers at reelhousefoundation.org and on facebook reelhousefoundation Artwork by @_mosla_

In 1984, when Robin Altman was just 22 years old, her brother Steven was found hanging by his neck in an apparent suicide. 12 years later, tragedy struck this family again when Robin's mother Mary Ann took her own life by self-strangulation. But Robin had a nagging feeling that something wasn't right. There was one question she could not get out of her head: what if these deaths weren't suicides at all? What if her brother Steven and her mother Mary Ann were murdered? Robin embarks on a journey to find the truth.If you have any information about the death of Mary Ann Hayes, please contact Northfield PD at 847-446-2131. If you have any information about the death of Steven Altman, please contact Chicago Police at 312-744-2422. You can also contact us at tips@audiochuck.com.If you or someone you know is in crisis or feeling suicidal, please reach out for help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK, where trained counselors are available 24/7 to provide support. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit:  https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-deaths-of-steven-altman-and-mary-ann-hayes/Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/fanclub/ to view the current membership options and policies.Don't miss out on all things Crime Junkie!Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuckTwitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuckTikTok: @crimejunkiepodcastFacebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast | /audiochuckllcCrime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. Instagram: @ashleyflowers | @britprawatTwitter: @Ash_Flowers | @britprawatTikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkieFacebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

AGENDA: 03:55 Anthropic Security Product Wipes Billions Off Public Markets 11:17 Do Agents Turn SaaS Incumbents into Valueless Databases 22:07 Anthropic Secondary Sale Makes Hundreds Decamillionaires 23:20 Citrini Research Piece: Everything You Need To Know 26:04 Will DoorDash Be Replaced by Agents 34:22 Will "Ghost GDP" Soften Consumer Spending Power 42:46 Why No Public Company Has Created a Good Agent Product 47:19 Is Tech Private Equity and Thoma Bravo F***** in this Market 51:05 OpenAI Massively Increases Spending Plans: Analysis 56:24 Figma Fights Back: Earnings Through the Roof 01:02:12 Momentum Versus Value: Four Public Stocks to Buy 01:09:30 Jack Altman Joins Benchmark Capital    

durée : 00:03:34 - Un monde connecté - par : Olivier Tesquet - Ce matin, Olivier Tesquet fait la critique d'une parole récente de Sam Altman, le patron d'OpenAI : "Les gens parlent de la quantité d'énergie nécessaire pour entraîner une IA, mais il faut aussi beaucoup d'énergie pour former un être humain."

The Altman family was formed by a unique set of circumstances that no-one could have predicted. This episode is a little different to honour that. A profound dive into deep topics. Claire and Stan along with their daughter Stefanie share their learnings on unconditional love, growth and changing life for the better. Find out more about them and the book they've written together at: www:TwiceBlessed.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefaniemercadoaltman/ https://www.instagram.com/stefandrepeat/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-altman-145b5512/ Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

Anthropic's Hidden Claude 1, Market-Shaking AI Tools, and MIT's One-Step 3D-Printed Electric Motor Host Jim Love covers three major stories: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's comments on AI governance and safety, including that "Claude 1" was built before ChatGPT but not released because it didn't meet Anthropic's alignment and safety bar; how Anthropic's recent launches—Claude for knowledge-work "cowork" workflows, deeper office/document integrations, Claude Code Security for vulnerability scanning, and tooling to automate parts of COBOL modernization—coincided with sharp market reactions including declines in CrowdStrike and Zscaler (around 10–11%) and a major IBM drop (more than 13%) amid fears AI could disrupt SaaS, cybersecurity, and legacy modernization revenue; and MIT researchers' report of a 3D printing process that produces a fully functional linear electric motor in a single step (aside from magnetization), with reported material cost around 50 cents in a lab setting, raising the prospect of on-demand manufacturing and compressed supply chains. The episode also includes sponsorship messages about Meter's integrated wired, wireless, and cellular networking stack. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Headlines and Sponsor 00:45 Amodei vs Altman 01:29 Claude 1 Not Shipped 03:19 Anthropic Shakes Markets 04:57 AI Hits Cybersecurity 05:28 COBOL Modernization Shock 08:10 MIT Prints Electric Motor 09:39 Manufacturing Disruption 10:26 Wrap Up and Thanks

Jim Love hosts Hashtag Trending, and highlights updates to TechNewsDay.ca/.com including a new "Best of YouTube" section for curated tech channels. Anthropic alleges three Chinese AI labs—DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—ran industrial-scale distillation campaigns to extract capabilities from Claude models using proxy services and "Hydra cluster" networks with tens of thousands of fraudulent accounts, prompting Anthropic to strengthen identity controls and detection with cloud partners.  Amazon shares fall for nine straight sessions after investors react to plans for roughly $200B in 2026 capex largely for AI infrastructure, raising questions about ROI and future free cash flow. A cited analysis by YouTuber Nate B Jones argues Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro signals a strategy shift toward deeper reasoning (not just coding/agentic tools), noting a 77.1% ARC-AGI-2 score and DeepMind's scientific problem focus, contrasting OpenAI's product/distribution, Anthropic's agentic coordination, and Google's "pure intelligence" approach. The episode also references Citri Research's 2028 scenario planning report outlining a plausible fast-arriving AGI chain reaction—falling inference costs, rapid adoption, labor displacement pressure, and geopolitical competition for compute and talent—and promotes the Saturday show Project Synapse on long-term AI trajectories. Finally, Love discusses Sam Altman's comments at the India AI Impact Summit dismissing viral claims about ChatGPT water and energy use without providing specific counter-numbers, noting growing public backlash as data center water and electricity demands rise; the full interview is linked in show notes. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt LINKS Nate B Jones on Google Gemimi 3.1  https://youtu.be/8jKAT8GNDE0?si=Rz5k1gP0sS9H7XAp Sam Altman's speach https://www.youtube.com/live/qH7thwrCluM?si=IO_76NsGJ1zgt8J7 AI Scenario https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic 00:00 Headlines and intro 00:54 Site updates and YouTube picks 01:57 Anthropic warns of distillation 04:58 Amazon AI spending jitters 06:13 Google bets on reasoning 10:31 2028 AGI crisis scenario 11:55 Altman backlash and resources 14:17 Wrap up and sponsor thanks

In this episode, the crew dives into reports that Palo Alto Networks allegedly avoided directly attributing a threat campaign to China over fears of retaliation—sparking a broader debate about corporate and government threat attribution, geopolitics, and whether attribution still matters in today's cyber landscape.They also explore the escalating AI arms race, including Meta's aggressive (and expensive) talent poaching, the growing rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic, and what it all means for the future of the industry.Rounding out the episode, the team discusses the unintended consequences of the AI boom—like global hardware shortages stretching beyond GPUs to hard drives—and examines emerging prompt injection attack techniques, highlighting real-world examples and the growing security risks surrounding AI-powered tools.Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST.A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team.https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurityChat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merz sympathisiert mit einem Social Media Ban für Kinder. Google holt sich mit Gemini 3.1 die Benchmark-Krone zurück. OpenAI raist $100 Mrd. bei bis zu $850 Mrd. Bewertung – Nvidia allein soll $30 Mrd. geben. Das virale Video der Woche: Sam Altman und Dario Amodei verweigern sich beim India AI Summit den Handschlag. Perplexity gibt sein Werbemodell auf und schwenkt auf Enterprise. Klarna verliert 27% nach schwachen Zahlen – die Kreditausfallvorsorge steigt schneller als der Umsatz. Die CFTC versucht, Prediction Markets der Bundesstaaten-Regulierung zu entziehen. Milliardärs-Steuersätze sind ein Problem für die US-Wirtschaft.  Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠doppelgaenger.io/werbung⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Vielen Dank!  Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Social Media Ban für Kinder (00:19:45) Apple Event am 4. März: Brille und AirPods mit Kameras (00:25:21) Google Gemini 3.1 und OpenAI $100 Mrd. Runde (00:35:40) India AI Summit: Altman und Amodei verweigern Handschlag (00:51:25) Perplexity gibt Werbemodell auf (00:54:47) Accenture: Keine Beförderung ohne KI (01:59:40) World Labs $1 Mrd. und XAI Saudi-Investment (01:06:27) New York stoppt Robotaxis (01:10:42) CFTC vs. Bundesstaaten: Prediction Markets (01:19:40) X-Algorithmus verschiebt Meinungen nach rechts (01:22:37) Klarna und Figma Earnings (01:32:50) Freedom.gov: US-VPN für Europäer (01:39:20) Zuckerberg vor Gericht: Engagement war nie unser Ziel (01:48:14) Angermeyer | Palantir: DHS-Milliardendeal (01:58:05) WSJ: Milliardäre zahlen zu wenig Steuern Shownotes Garrison Lovely Dario Amodei Podcast - ⁠x.com⁠ Merz riskiert Streit mit Trump über Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige - ⁠bloomberg.com⁠ Apple intensiviert Arbeit an Brille, Anhänger und Kamera-AirPods. - ⁠bloomberg.com⁠ Apple kündigt überraschend "Special Apple Experience" an. - ⁠heise.de⁠ Google ist wieder führend in KI: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview. - ⁠x.com⁠ OpenAI-Chef: Dringende Regulierung für KI erforderlich - ⁠heise.de⁠ OpenAI-Finanzierung erreicht über $100 Milliarden in aktueller Runde - ⁠bloomberg.com⁠ Nvidia OpenAI - ⁠ft.com⁠ Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refusing to hold hands - ⁠linkedin.com⁠ OpenAI Has Poached Instagram's Celebrity Whisperer - ⁠vanityfair.com⁠ Perplexity - ⁠ft.com⁠ Accenture - ⁠ft.com⁠ AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li's Startup World Labs Raises $1 Billion - ⁠bloomberg.com⁠ Saudi-Arabiens Humain investiert 3 Milliarden in Elon Musks XAI. - ⁠bloomberg.com⁠ Aktivistischer Investor Palliser Capital schrieb an japanischen Toilettenhersteller Toto. - ⁠x.com⁠ New Yorks Robotaxi-Plan gestoppt - ⁠bloomberg.com⁠ Wir sehen uns vor Gericht - ⁠axios.com⁠ Elizabeth Warren kritisiert Trumps CFTC - ⁠x.com⁠ Gouverneur Cox - ⁠x.com⁠ Meta startet $65 Millionen Wahlkampagne - ⁠nytimes.com⁠ X's Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative - ⁠gizmodo.com⁠ Klarna - ⁠ft.com⁠ Klarna-CEO: Belegschaft wird bis 2030 um 1.000 reduziert. - ⁠fastcompany.com⁠ US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere - ⁠reuters.com⁠ Mark Zuckerberg said he reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss ‘wellbeing of teens and kids' - ⁠cnbc.com⁠ Philipp Kloeckner auf X: "Metas Zuckerberg ist voller

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

En el Radar Empresarial de hoy ponemos el foco en la posible entrada de Nvidia en el capital de OpenAI. Según informaciones publicadas por CNBC y Financial Times, el fabricante de semiconductores estaría valorando una inversión de hasta 30.000 millones de dólares en la compañía dirigida por Sam Altman. Esta operación se integraría en la actual ronda de financiación que impulsa la creadora de ChatGPT y que podría situar su valoración por encima de los 800.000 millones de dólares, consolidándola como una de las empresas tecnológicas más valiosas del mundo. Gran parte de los fondos captados se destinarían previsiblemente a la adquisición de chips de Nvidia, pieza clave para el desarrollo y entrenamiento de modelos de inteligencia artificial. Sin embargo, el anuncio ha reavivado el debate sobre cómo encaja esta inversión con el acuerdo de infraestructura que ambas compañías firmaron en septiembre pasado. CNBC sostiene, citando fuentes cercanas a la operación, que la inversión sería independiente de aquel pacto y que incluso podría ampliarse en futuras rondas siempre que respete el marco previamente acordado. La versión del Financial Times es distinta: el diario británico apunta a que esta nueva operación podría reemplazar el acuerdo cerrado el año anterior. En aquel entendimiento histórico, ambas tecnológicas contemplaban movilizar hasta 100.000 millones de dólares y desplegar al menos 10 gigavatios de capacidad de computación para los centros de datos de OpenAI. En los últimos meses, el consejero delegado de Nvidia, Jensen Huang, habría tomado distancia. En noviembre, la empresa advirtió en sus resultados trimestrales que no existía garantía de alcanzar un acuerdo definitivo. Pese a las especulaciones, la ronda de financiación sigue adelante y podría estructurarse en dos fases. En la primera participarían gigantes como Microsoft, Amazon y SoftBank, mientras que en una segunda etapa se sumarían otros inversores. Todo ello ha intensificado el debate sobre la valoración real de OpenAI, una cuestión que Altman ha defendido públicamente. La relación entre Nvidia y OpenAI, en cualquier caso, se remonta a 2010, cuando el fabricante suministró uno de sus primeros sistemas DGX para entrenar grandes redes neuronales.

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion13:21 India User Analytics17:05 Future Strategy and IPO LinksGet the top 40+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.aiAI Chat YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JaedenSchaferJoin my AI Hustle Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustle See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed market reaction to Walmart's Q4 beat and what new CEO John Furner said on the earnings call about consumer spending. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to hold hands during a group photo shoot with tech leaders at an AI summit in India. Both men spoke exclusively to CNBC: Altman on the U.S.-China AI arms race, Amodei on AI's effect on jobs. Also in focus: OpenAI's march toward a new $100 billion funding round, more pain for software stocks, Etsy jumps on the sale of second-hand fashion app Depop to eBay, Blue Owl slides on a report about redemptions, a flashback to what Jim said about Figma on the date of its stellar public debut in July 2025.   Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

News and Updates: Research shows AI boosts creativity only for employees with strong metacognition—the ability to plan and refine thinking—allowing them to strategically expand knowledge and capacity. Discord will implement global age verification in March, defaulting all users to "teen-appropriate" settings unless they prove adulthood via ID, facial estimation, or behavioral metadata. Ring's "Search Party" feature uses AI neighborhood camera scans to find lost dogs, sparking privacy fears that the infrastructure could eventually be used for human surveillance. Goldman Sachs is embedding Anthropic engineers to build autonomous AI agents for high-volume back-office roles, specifically targeting complex trade accounting and regulatory compliance tasks. OpenAI's Sam Altman lashed out at Anthropic's "dishonest" Super Bowl ads, which mocked ChatGPT's upcoming ad tier by depicting intrusive, context-twisting product placements in conversations.

En el Radar Empresarial de hoy ponemos el foco en los compromisos económicos de gran envergadura que ha dejado la cumbre global de inteligencia artificial celebrada en la India. El encuentro, encabezado por el primer ministro Narendra Modi, reunió a destacados dirigentes internacionales como Emmanuel Macron y Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. La cita tuvo como propósito principal examinar los desafíos y oportunidades que plantea el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial en el país asiático, así como su impacto en la economía global. Además de los líderes políticos, participaron figuras clave del sector tecnológico, que aprovecharon el foro para anunciar ambiciosos planes de inversión. Entre los anuncios más relevantes destacó el de Thomas Kurian, máximo responsable de Google Cloud, quien confirmó una inversión de 15.000 millones de dólares durante los próximos cinco años. El proyecto contempla la creación de un gran centro integral de inteligencia artificial en Visakhapatnam. Por su parte, Sundar Pichai, consejero delegado de Alphabet Inc., comunicó la puesta en marcha de dos nuevas rutas de fibra óptica para reforzar la conectividad regional, y subrayó la relevancia estratégica que la IA tiene ya en la vida cotidiana y en la competitividad empresarial. Otra de las grandes protagonistas fue Microsoft. Su presidente, Brad Smith, avanzó un compromiso inversor de 50.000 millones de dólares hasta el final de la década con el fin de ampliar el acceso tecnológico en el sur global. Aunque se esperaba la intervención de Bill Gates, finalmente canceló su participación para que la atención se centrara en los objetivos esenciales del foro. Estas cifras se suman a los 17.000 millones ya destinados el año anterior, consolidando a India como un mercado prioritario. También OpenAI anunció avances significativos. La empresa creadora de ChatGPT se asoció con Tata Consultancy Services para levantar dos centros de datos dentro del proyecto Stargate, con una capacidad inicial de 100 megavatios ampliable hasta un gigavatio. Su director ejecutivo, Sam Altman, incidió en el papel transformador de la IA. La cumbre dejó además una imagen llamativa: Altman y Dario Amodei, máximo responsable de Anthropic, evitaron estrecharse la mano en la despedida oficial.

Fresh off his surprise hit M*A*S*H, Robert Altman headed out to the snowy Northwest with stars Warren Beatty and Julie Christie to make this quirky anti-western whose reputation grew along with Altman's career.  Our young panel was divided on this one, from the 1971 depiction of sex workers to the to the hyper-realist flourishes that have informed yet remain at odds with American filmmaking in 2026. So does McCabe & Mrs. Miller stand the test of time as a classic of its era? Tune in and find out how this Vietnam-era reimagining of the American frontier plays for a new generation.   Hosts: Mark Netter, David Tausik Panelists: Guy Lewis, Sonia Howell An ElectraCast Production   Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCabe_%26_Mrs._Miller IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/ The Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/films/28712-mccabe-mrs-miller Ebert Review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-mccabe-and-mrs-miller-1971 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unity's massive AI announcement ahead of GDC, they're building no-code tools that let anyone prompt full games into existence. Five minutes before we went live, Epic Games announced they acquired Meshcapade, one of the best AI motion capture tools. We also cover Tesla's first production CyberCab, Chinese humanoid robots that went from barely moving to choreographed nunchuck routines in 12 months, a new AI documentary featuring Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, and Apple's rumoured AI wearables.00:50 - Unity announces AI game generation at GDC14:18 - Epic acquires Meshcapade21:48 - Tesla CyberCab confirmed under $30K35:23 - Chinese robots doing nunchucks in formation38:53 - AI documentary with Altman, Hassabis, Amodei46:18 - Apple's rumored glasses, camera AirPods & AI pendantPowered by Dell Pro PrecisionLearn Unreal Engine in 14 Days - $300 OFF https://www.youtube.com/redirect?https://join.baddecisions.studio/c/podcast?discounts=PODCASTIf this podcast is helping you, please take 2 minutes to rate our podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, It will help the Podcast reach and help more people!Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/12jUe4lIJgxE4yst7rrfmW?si=ab98994cf57541cfApple Podcasts (Scroll down to review)- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-decisions-podcast/id1677462934Join our discord server where we connect and share assets: https://discord.gg/zwycgqezfDBad Decisions Audio Podcast

Nathaniel Altman is a Brooklyn-based writer who has authored more than twenty books on diet, alternative healing, metaphysics and relationship. His books include Eating for Life: A Book About Vegetarianism,  and Healing Springs: The Ultimate Guide to Taking the Waters , among many others.   His latest book, The Genealogy of Plant Foods is the topic for todays discussion.   Nathaniel has appeared on more than 150 podcasts, radio and television programs in the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America, and his articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including Good Housekeeping, Natural Health, Well Being, Free Spirit, Vegetarian Times and USA Today.

It's movie night in New York City! Join us for some roving recording as we pound the cobblestones of Manhattan and take in two films in vastly different formats: Robert Altman's Short Cuts in glorious 35mm and Sam Raimi's Send Help in sensuous 4DX.Along the way we discuss Raymond Carver's short stories, Altman's influence on hyperlink cinema, Cast Away as an archetype of 21st century filmmaking, and why Raimi is the king of disgusting CG animals.Want to join the study group? Follow TTWS on social media, tell your friends to listen, and leave a rating & review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. These all really help the show. And join the Discord too!You can also support TTWS directly at https://ko-fi.com/tothewhiteseaFor all things TTWS visit tothewhitesea.me

In Episode 296 of The Rainmaking Podcast, Scott Love interviews Joshua Altman, founder of Beltway Media, on how professional services firms can repurpose content to drive business development and brand visibility. Instead of treating webinars, interviews, white papers, or conference panels as “one-and-done” events, Joshua explains how a single piece of thought leadership can be transformed into blog posts, LinkedIn articles, short-form video clips, podcasts, email newsletters, and even white papers. By using a structured content calendar strategy, professionals can multiply their marketing output without constantly creating from scratch. Joshua outlines a practical framework for modern content marketing built around four engagement pillars: what clients read, see, hear, and experience. He emphasizes planning ahead, avoiding platform dependency, and leveraging existing material to build consistent visibility across channels like LinkedIn, YouTube, email marketing, and professional blogs. For lawyers, consultants, and financial advisors looking to grow their brand and generate inbound business, this episode delivers tactical guidance on scalable content marketing, personal branding, and strategic media repurposing. Visit: https://therainmakingpodcast.com/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/jghfwLIYgNU ----------------------------------------

Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, and a lot of loose 90s fabric star in 1994's Disclosure—an erotic thriller directed by Barry Levinson and based on a novel by Michael Crichton. Big Mouth's Nick Kroll and Emily Altman join Paul and Jason to talk all about the virtual reality CD-ROMs, the big sex scene, all the Dennis Miller-isms, and so much more. (Ep. #223 Originally Released 09/26/2019) • Get up to 20% off tix to see Jason in ALL OUT on Broadway with code ALLOUTPOD at AllOutBroadway.com• Go to hdtgm.com for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more• Have a Last Looks correction or omission? Call 619-PAULASK to leave us a voicemail!• Submit your Last Looks theme song to us here• Join the HDTGM conversation on Discord: discord.gg/hdtgm• Buy merch at howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/• Order Paul's book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of Trauma• Shop our new hat collection at podswag.com• Paul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheer• Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheer• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer• Subscribe to Enter The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: unspooledpodcast.com• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast• Instagram: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & @junediane• Twitter: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & msjunediane • Jason is not on social media• Episode transcripts available at how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodesGet access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using the link: siriusxm.com/hdtgm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we talk about OpenAI, nudify apps, and CSAM.We also discuss Elon Musk, SpaceX, and humanistic technology.Recommended Book: Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith ButlerTranscriptxAI is an American corporation that was founded in mid-2023 by Elon Musk, ostensibly in response to several things happening in the world and in the technology industry in particular.According to Musk, a “politically correct” artificial intelligence, especially a truly powerful, even generally intelligent one, which would be human or super-human-scale capable, would be dangerous, leading to systems like HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. He intended, in contrast, to create what he called a “maximally truth-seeking” AI that would be better at everything, including math and reasoning, than existing, competing models from the likes of OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.The development of xAI was also seemingly a response to the direction of OpenAI in particular, as OpenAI was originally founded in 2015 as a non-profit by many of the people who now run OpenAI and competing models by competing companies, and current OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk were the co-chairs of the non-profit.Back then, Musk and Altman both said that their AI priorities revolved around the many safety issues associated with artificial general intelligence, including potentially existential ones. They wanted the development of AI to take a humanistic trajectory, and were keen to ensure that these systems aren't hoarded by just a few elites and don't make the continued development and existence of human civilization impossible.Many of those highfalutin ambitions seemed to either be backburnered or removed from OpenAI's guiding tenets wholesale when the company experienced surprising success from its first publicly deployed ChatGPT model back in late-2022.That was the moment that most people first experienced large-language model-based AI tools, and it completely upended the tech industry in relatively short order. OpenAI had already started the process of shifting from a vanilla non-profit into a capped for-profit company in 2019, which limited profits to 100-times any investments it received, partly in order to attract more talent that would otherwise be unlikely to leave their comparably cushy jobs at the likes of Google and Facebook for the compensation a non-profit would be able to offer.OpenAI began partnering with Microsoft that same year, 2019, and that seemed to set them up for the staggering growth they experienced post-ChatGPT release.Part of Musk's stated rationale for investing so heavily in xAI is that he provided tens of millions of dollars in seed funding to the still non-profit OpenAI between 2015 and 2018. He filed a lawsuits against the company after its transition, and when it started to become successful, post-ChatGPT, especially between 2024 and 2026, and has demanded more than $100 billion in compensation for that early investment. He also attempted to take over OpenAI in early 2025, launching a hostile bid with other investors to nab OpenAI for just under $100 billion. xAI, in other words, is meant to counter OpenAI and what it's become.All of which could be seen as a genuine desire to keep OpenAI functioning as a non-profit arbiter of AGI development, serving as a lab and thinktank that would develop the guardrails necessary to keep these increasingly powerful and ubiquitous tools under control and working for the benefit of humanity, rather than against it.What's happened since, within Musk's own companies, would seem to call that assertion into question, though. And that's what I'd like to talk about today: xAI, its chatbot Grok, and a tidal wave of abusive content it has created that's led to lawsuits and bans from government entities around the world.—In November of 2023, an LLM-based chatbot called Grok, which is comparable in many ways to OpenAI's LLM-based chabot, ChatGPT, was launched by Musk's company xAI.Similar to ChatGPT, Grok is accessible by apps on Apple and Android devices, and can also be accessed on the web. Part of what makes its distinct, though, is that it's also built into X, the social network formerly called Twitter which Musk purchased in late-2022. On X, Grok operates similar to a normal account, but one that other users can interact with, asking Grok about the legitimacy of things posted on the service, asking it normal chat-botty questions, and asking it to produce AI-generated media.Grok's specific stances and biases have varied quite a lot since it was released, and in many cases it has defaulted to the data- and fact-based leanings of other chatbots: it will generally tell you what the Mayo clinic and other authorities say about vaccines and diseases, for instance, and will generally reference well-regarded news entities like the Associated Press when asked about international military conflicts.Musk's increasingly strong political stances, which have trended more and more far right over the past decade, have come to influence many of Grok's responses, however, at times causing it to go full Nazi, calling itself Mechahitler and saying all the horrible and offensive things you would expect a proud Nazi to say. At other times it has clearly been programmed to celebrate Elon Musk whenever possible, and in still others it has become immensely conspiratorial or anti-liberal or anti-other group of people.The conflicting personality types of this bot seems to be the result of Musk wanting to have a maximally truth-seeking AI, but then not liking the data- and fact-based truths that were provided, as they often conflicted with his own opinions and biases. He would then tell the programmers to force Grok to not care about antisemitism or skin color or whatever else, and it would overcorrect in the opposite direction, leading to several news cycles worth of scandal.This changes week by week and sometimes day by day, but Grok often calls out Musk as being authoritarian, a conspiracy theorist, and even a pedophile, and that has placed the Grok chatbot in an usual space amongst other, similar chatbots—sometimes serving as a useful check on misinformation and disinformation on the X social network, but sometimes becoming the most prominent producer of the same.Musk has also pushed for xAI to produce countervailing sources of truth from which Grok can find seeming data, the most prominent of which is Grokipedia, which Musk intended to be a less-woke version of Wikipedia, and which, perhaps expectedly, means that it's a far-right rip off of Wikipedia that copies most articles verbatim, but then changes anything Musk doesn't like, including anything that might support liberal political arguments, or anything that supports vaccines or trans people. In contrast, pseudoscience and scientific racism get a lot of positive coverage, as does the white genocide conspiracy theory, all of which are backed by either highly biased or completely made up sources—in both cases sources that Wikipedia editors would not accept.Given all that, what's happened over the past few months maybe isn't that surprising.In late 2025 and early 2026, it was announced that Grok had some new image-related features, including the ability for users to request that it modify images. Among other issues, this new tool allowed users to instruct Grok to place people, which for this audience especially meant women and children, in bikinis and in sexually explicit positions and scenarios.Grok isn't the first LLM-based app to provide this sort of functionality: so called “nudify” apps have existed for ages, even before AI tools made that functionality simpler and cheaper to apply, and there have been a wave of new entrants in this field since the dawn of the ChatGPT era a few years ago.Grok is easily the biggest and most public example of this type of app, however, and despite the torrent of criticism and concern that rolled in following this feature's deployment, Musk immediately came out in favor of said features, saying that his chatbot is edgier and better than others because it doesn't have all the woke, pearl-clutching safeguards of other chatbots.After several governments weighed in on the matter, however, Grok started responding to requests to do these sorts of image edits with a message saying: “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these features.”Which means users could still access these tools, but they would have to pay $8 per month and become a premium user in order to do so. That said, the AP was able to confirm that as of mid-January, free X users could still accomplish the same by using an Edit Image button that appears on all images posted to the site, instead of asking Grok directly.When asked about this issue by the press, xAI has auto-responded with the message “Legacy Media Lies.” The company has previously said it will remove illegal content and permanently suspend users who post and ask for such content, but these efforts have apparently not been fast or complete, and more governments have said they plan to take action on the matter, themselves, since this tool became widespread.Again, this sort of nonconsensual image manipulation has been a problem for a long, long time, made easier by the availability of digital tools like Photoshop, but not uncommon even before the personal computer and digital graphics revolution. These tools have made the production of such images a lot simpler and faster, though, and that's put said tools in more hands, including those of teenagers, who have in worryingly large numbers taken to creating photorealistic naked and sexually explicit images of their mostly female classmates.Allowing all X users, or even just the subset that pays for the service to do the same at the click of a button or by asking a Chatbot to do it for them has increased the number manyfold, and allowed even more people to created explicit images of neighbors, celebrities, and yes, even children. An early estimate indicates that over the course of just nine days, Grok created and posted 4.4 million images, at least 41% of which, about 1.8 million, were sexualized images of women. Another estimated using a broader analysis says that 65% of those images, or just over 3 million, contained sexualized images of men, women, and children.CSAM is an acronym that means ‘child sexual abuse material,' sometimes just called child porn, and the specific definition varies depending on where you are, but almost every legal jurisdiction frowns, or worse, on its production and distribution.Multiple governments have announced that they'll be taking legal action against the company since January of 2026, including Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Britain, France, India, Brazil, and the central governance of the European Union.The French investigation into xAI and Grok led to a raid on the company's local office as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations that the company is knowingly spreading child sexual abuse materials and other illegal deepfake content. Musk has been summoned for questioning in that investigation.Some of the governments looking into xAI for these issues conditionally lifted their bans in late-January, but this issues has percolated back into the news with the release of 16 emails between Musk and the notorious sex traffic and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, with Musk seemingly angling for an invite to one of Epstein's island parties, which were often populated with underage girls who were offered as, let's say companions, for attendees.And this is all happening at a moment in which xAI, which already merged with social network X, is meant to be itself merged with another Musk-owned company, SpaceX, which is best known for its inexpensive rocket launches.Musk says the merger is intended to allow for the creation of space-based data centers that can be used to power AI systems like Grok, but many analysts are seeing this as a means of pumping more money into an expensive, unprofitable portion of his portfolio: SpaceX, which is profitable, is likely going to have an IPO this year and will probably have a valuation of more than a trillion dollars. By folding very unprofitable xAI into profitable SpaceX, these AI-related efforts could be funded well into the future, till a moment when, possibly, many of today's AI companies will have gone under, leaving just a few competitors for xAI's Grok and associated offerings.Show Noteshttps://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-darker-and-more-dangerous/https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867874/stripe-visa-mastercard-amex-csam-grokhttps://www.ft.com/content/f5ed0160-7098-4e63-88e5-8b3f70499b02https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/29/millions-creating-deepfake-nudes-telegram-ai-digital-abusehttps://apnews.com/article/france-x-investigation-seach-elon-musk-1116be84d84201011219086ecfd4e0bchttps://apnews.com/article/grok-x-musk-ai-nudification-abuse-2021bbdb508d080d46e3ae7b8f297d36https://apnews.com/article/grok-elon-musk-deepfake-x-social-media-2bfa06805b323b1d7e5ea7bb01c9da77https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/elon-musk-spacex-xai.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557johttps://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/indonesia-conditionally-lifts-ban-on-grok/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr58dlnne5ohttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/grok-x-ai-elon-musk-deepfakes.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAIhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPThttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipediahttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/musk-and-investors-offering-97point4-billion-for-control-of-openai-wsj.html This is a public episode. 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What happens when a legendary music venue prioritizes live music over food and drink? Join host Buzz Knight on this episode of takin' a walk as he dives deep into the heart and soul of The Bottom Line, a Greenwich Village landmark that shaped the landscape of American music. Buzz welcomes Alan Pepper and Billy Altman, co-authors of the compelling book Positively Fourth and Mercer, which chronicles the rich history of this iconic venue. Alan, the visionary owner of The Bottom Line, shares fascinating insights into the unique concept that made the venue a haven for music lovers. With a focus on creating an intimate, theater-like experience, The Bottom Line became a stage for legendary musicians, including Bruce Springsteen and Darlene Love. As the conversation unfolds, listeners will be captivated by the emotional connections formed through music and the bittersweet memories surrounding the venue's closure in 2004. Buzz Knight, known for his engaging music conversations, guides the discussion as Alan and Billy recount their journeys interviewing over 100 artists for the book. They explore the diverse range of genres showcased at The Bottom Line, offering listeners a glimpse into the vibrant tapestry of rock music history, jazz music, and even country musicthat resonated within its walls. The episode highlights the cultural impact of music and the role of FM radio in nurturing an audience for these diverse styles. Throughout the episode, listeners will discover not only the stories behind iconic songs but also the lasting legacy that The Bottom Line has left on the New York music scene. Buzz Knight's friendly style makes this music history podcast a delightful journey for anyone passionate about exploring music history. As they reflect on the past, Alan and Billy also offer a forward-looking perspective on how the spirit of The Bottom Line continues to inspire new generations of artists and music lovers. Whether you're a fan of indie music, classic rock, or simply love music storytelling, this episode of takin' a walk is sure to resonate with you. Tune in to hear inspiring artist interviews, emotional healing through music, and the stories behind the songs that have shaped our lives. Don't miss this chance to walk down memory lane with Buzz Knight, Alan Pepper, and Billy Altman as they celebrate the magic of The Bottom Line and its enduring influence on the music world. #bruce springsteen #inspiring icons #music legends #music history podcast #New York Music History Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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