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Jack Altman joins Speedrun to discuss product-market fit, customer feedback, hiring, fundraising, and the realities of building an enduring company. Drawing on his experience building Lattice from startup to multi-billion-dollar company, Altman explains how founders should think about customer requests, when to pivot, and why some of the hardest decisions come from balancing conviction with market feedback. He shares lessons from the early days of Lattice, including finding product-market fit, building a sales motion, hiring the first employees, and navigating the tradeoffs that emerge as companies scale. The conversation also covers fundraising, co-founder relationships, startup momentum, and what Altman looks for today as an investor at Alt Capital. Resources: Follow Jack Altman on X: https://x.com/jaltma Stay Updated:Find a16z on YouTube: YouTubeFind a16z on XFind a16z on LinkedInListen to the a16z Show on SpotifyListen to the a16z Show on Apple PodcastsFollow our host: https://twitter.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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Oorlog? Chipbubbel? Inflatie, hogere rentes en rooie borden? Joh, paar nachtjes slapen en je baadt weer in het groen. Welkom in de bullmarkt van 2026. We bespreken alle chiplosers die vrijdag in het rood belandden en vandaag weer vleugeltjes kregen op de beurs. Intel doet een megadeal met Google. Marvell mag misschien wel de S&P 500 in. Broadcom plust omdat het wel genoeg afgestraft was en ook de Nederlandse chipbedrijven wisten weer dikke procenten toe te voegen aan hun waarderingen. Verder moeten we écht praten over die meute gnoes uit de Lion King die in Zuid-Korea over de beurs banjeren. De Kospi-index daalde 8.3 procent vannacht. Honderden miljarden dollars aan rijkdom in een avondje weggevaagd. Arend Jan vertelt hoe hij tóch belegt in die malle bende ten oosten van China en natuurlijk filosoferen we nog even over het einde van de geheugentekorten. Overigens is er één index die het nog veel beter deed dan die landelijke indexen vorig jaar. De Euro Stoxx Bank Index knalde zelfs die dikke 75% van Zuid-Korea makkelijk voorbij in 2025. Daarom barst er nu een nieuwe boardroom battle los in Italië. Kemphanen Banco BPM en Intesa Sanpaolo strijden om de oudste bank ter wereld: Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Zou het dan toch kunnen? Europese bankenconsolidatie, binnen de landsgrenzen? We zullen het zien. Verder in deze aflevering: Hoe Deense afvalprikkenboer Zealand Pharma grote broer Novo Nordisk uitdaagde en... verloor omdat patiënten massaal begonnen te braken Handel in voorkennis, want de AFM waarschuwt firma's die zich bezighouden met fusies en overnames dat er criminelen op pad zijn die koersgevoelige informatie proberen te ontfutselen. Genoeg reden voor Arend Jan om nog eventjes herinneringen op te halen over oude schandalen. Te gast: Arend Jan Kamp van Stockwatch.nl en de podcast Het Beurscafé BNR Beurs is een journalistiek onafhankelijke productie, mede mogelijk gemaakt door Saxo. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro. Jorik Simonides is presentator van BNR Beurs, economieredacteur en verslaggever bij BNR. Hij wordt er vooral blij van als het een keer níet over AI gaat. Je hoort hem ook in de BNR-podcast Moerdijk: dorp van de rekening. Milou Brand is presentator van BNR Beurs, freelance podcastmaker en columnist bij het Financieele Dagblad. Jochem Visser is presentator van BNR Beurs, maakt Beursnerd XL en is redacteur bij de podcast Onder Curatoren. Vraag hem naar obscure zaken op financiële markten en hij vertelt je waarom het eigenlijk nóg leuker is dan je al dacht. Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je in een kleine 25 minuten bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. We blijven niet alleen bij de AEX of Wall Street, maar vertellen je ook waar nog meer kansen liggen. En we houden het niet bij de cijfers, maar zoeken ook iedere dag voor je naar duiding van scherpe gasten en experts. Of je nu een ervaren belegger bent of net begint met je eerste stappen op de beurs, de podcast biedt waardevolle inzichten voor je beleggingsstrategie. Door de focus op zowel de korte termijn als de lange termijn, helpt BNR Beurs luisteraars om de ruis van de markt te scheiden van de essentie. Van Musk tot Microsoft en van Ahold tot ASML. Wij vertellen je wat beleggers bezighoudt, wie de markten in beweging zet en wat dat betekent voor jouw beleggingsportefeuille.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why does a credit-risk model built in 1968 still attract 5,000 hits a day on Bloomberg? And more importantly, what does it tell us about today's market? In this episode, NYU Stern Professor of Finance Emeritus Edward Altman — inventor of the Z-score and a Turnaround Time favorite — returns for a wide-ranging conversation with James H.M. Sprayregen, vice chairman of global strategy and growth at Hilco Global. Professor Altman shares the story behind the model's creation, reasons why it has endured for nearly 60 years, and the role it played in his testimony against the General Motors bailout in 2008. He and Sprayregen then unpack the four stages of the credit cycle and explain why today's market sends mixed signals: benign on the fixed-rate high-yield side, stressed on the floating-rate side. The conversation turns to the $2.5 trillion private credit market and the gap between published default rates of under 2% and Professor Altman's "shadow" default rate, which, once payment-in-kind exercises and non-accruals are included, climbs closer to 10%. They also dig into the roughly 60% LME re-default rate his research suggests, and of course, what all of it means for banks, insurers, pension funds, and the broader question of systemic risk. To learn more about turnaround management, news, and experts, visit turnaround.org. Episode Links View Professor Altman's slides here. Our episode is sponsored by EisnerAmper. Learn more about Ed Altman. Learn more about James H.M. Sprayregen. Learn more about the Turnaround Management Association at turnaround.org. Our music is by Kit and the Calltones.
Duda Salabert em entrevista a Breno Altman - Programa 20 Minutos
Hace apenas dos décadas, la inteligencia artificial pertenecía a los laboratorios y a la ciencia ficción. Hoy ocupa el centro de la competencia geopolítica global, redefine la economía, transforma la guerra, desafía a los Estados y plantea preguntas fundamentales sobre el futuro de la humanidad. En este episodio del Bestiario Político exploramos la carrera tecnológica entre Estados Unidos y China, el poder de los chips, los centros de datos, la energía, los nuevos actores corporativos y las profundas implicaciones políticas de la IA.¿Estamos ante una revolución tecnológica más, o frente al nacimiento de una nueva era de la civilización?Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bestiario-politico--2866580/support.
Elon Musk spent weeks trying to dismantle OpenAI in one of the most consequential tech trials in modern history. The jury took less than two hours to end it. In this episode of The Valley Current®, Jack Russo breaks down the stunning finale of Musk v. Altman, where a courtroom fight over the future of artificial intelligence suddenly turned into a ruthless battle over timing, credibility, and legal deadlines. As testimony from billionaires, OpenAI insiders, and Microsoft executives rocked Silicon Valley, the case ultimately hinged on a brutal question: did Musk wait too long to sue? The verdict may have cleared the runway for massive AI and SpaceX IPO ambitions, but it also exposed deep fractures inside the AI industry over safety, power, and profit. The lawsuit is over. The war over who controls AI is just beginning. Jack Russo Managing Partner Jrusso@computerlaw.com www.computerlaw.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackrusso "Every Entrepreneur Imagines a Better World"®️
“AI represents successful capitalism. What we have alongside that is unsuccessful government. Government has no plan — left or right.” — Keith Teare It's the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, there was an unambiguous end game — the defeat of Nazi Germany. But today, end games are more controversial, especially in terms of harnessing the AI revolution to benefit everyone. For Keith Teare, publisher of That Was the Week, the AI end game requires an “Institute of the Future.” Everyone from Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to Elon Musk and Sam Altman should hammer out a plan to harness AI for the benefit of society. Keith offers the internet governance organisation ICANN as a model for this institute. It will shape the future for all of our benefit, he promises. So a D-Day for AI? I'm sceptical of this type of Brave New World-style technocracy. Firstly, Sanders, Warren, Musk and Altman agree on very little. And Musk and Altman hate each other. I'm also dubious that AI will or can benefit everyone. As Keith notes, some professions — teachers, for example — will be decimated by AI. Where I agree with Keith, however, is that we need a new politics for this new age. Political parties, rather than institutes, of the future. Innovation rather than ICANN. Five Takeaways • The Anthropic IPO Slip — and Why SpaceX Now Looks Small: Anthropic accidentally filed for its IPO this week — what the New York Times described as a slip. The terms of SpaceX's unconventional $75 billion IPO were also revealed. Keith's observation: SpaceX now looks small by comparison. He tried to buy SpaceX shares this week through his brokerage and expects to get none — the demand will be way bigger than the supply, and the price will go up from the offering. San Francisco real estate is already feeling the Cerebras effect: 800 employees are now millionaires. The three big IPOs — Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX — will compound that on a much larger scale. • Successful Capitalism, Unsuccessful Government: Keith's framework for the week: AI is capitalism working. Resources are directed to money-making opportunities via the profit motive, which coincides with innovation and, at least in the short term, creates lots of jobs. That is successful capitalism. Alongside it: unsuccessful government. The Trump administration went from hands-off to requiring all AI models to be submitted for a 30-day assessment before launch — in the same week. No plan. No endgame. Everyone has an opinion. Nobody states what outcome they want. • Keith's PhD: Why Capitalism Is Never Static: Andrew challenges Keith's authority to pronounce on these matters. Keith reveals: he has a PhD from the University of Kent in Canterbury — on why capitalism is never static, and why new entrants always eclipse what went before. Andrew: that was the 1970s, Keith. Does a fifty-year-old PhD give you authority? Keith: it's a useless criticism. You could say that to anyone about anything. The exchange is revealing: the argument is not about credentials but about frameworks. And Keith's framework — capitalism as dynamic, government as static — has at least the virtue of consistency. • Credit to Bernie and Warren: At Least They're Having the Conversation: Andrew expects Keith to trash Bernie Sanders (50% government ownership of AI companies) and Elizabeth Warren (high taxation of AI profits). Keith surprises him: at least they're having the conversation. His criticism is not that they're wrong to want wealth distribution but that their framing — tax, centralise, spend — is unattractive to most people and captured by the interests of the old economy: teachers' unions, trade unions, legacy coalitions that can't think freely about a future without teachers as they currently exist. • An ICANN for AI: Keith's One Concrete Prescription: Andrew pushes Keith for one concrete thing politicians should do this year. Keith's answer: create an Institute for the Future. Bring Musk, Altman, Amodei, Sanders, Warren, and everyone else to the table with a clear mandate — define the future you want, agree actual outcomes, seek governmental authority to implement them. His model: ICANN, the global internet governance body, which disagrees constantly and still makes decisions. Andrew's verdict: Keith wants to create an ICANN for society. Interesting idea. History's jury is out. About the Guest Keith Teare is a British-American entrepreneur, investor, and publisher of the That Was the Week newsletter. He is a co-founder of TechCrunch and Andrew's regular TWTW co-host. He holds a PhD from the University of Kent. References: • That Was the Week by Keith Teare. • Noah Smith, “We Need Liberal Nationalism to Come Back” — referenced in the conversation. • The Economist, “American Capitalism Has Taken an Apocalyptic Turn” — referenced in the conversation. • Ben Thompson on Google becoming a capital company; John Battelle on Google reinventing itself from search to data infrastructure — both referenced. • ICANN — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Keith's model for AI governance. About Keen On America Nobody 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 2,900 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: (00:31) - Introduction: D-Day, June 6, and the Anthropic IPO slip (02:26) - What is the endgame? AI is no longer just a tech story (03:46) - Successful capitalism, unsuccessful government (04:49) - Atomisation and the absence of proper conversation (05:33) - Andrew challenges Keith's authority (06:42) - Keith's PhD: capitalism is never static (07:13) - Bernie Sanders: 50% ownership of AI companies (07:30) - At least they're having the conversation (07:55) - The old economy framing: tax, centralise, spend (08:25) - What gives Keith the authority? (09:00) - Jack Clark and the call to slow down (10:00) - The Trump administration at war with itself (15:00) - Andrew Yang and universal capital distribution (20:00) - ...
The pope takes a stand against AI enslaving us. Ben riffs. Ishmael Reed joins the conversation from Oakland. Yes, that Ishmael Reed. One of America's greatest writers—novelist, poet, essayist, playwright and song writer. And one of Ben's heroes since like forever. The conversation flows from Musk to Thiel to Altman to Vance to Vivek, to Django to Lin Manual Miranda. Hamilton was no hero, people. Finally, how did Trump defeat Harris? Painting her as a Promiscuous Jezebel is how. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
DOCKET ALERTS: Never one to let a good crisis go to waste, Republicans are insisting that the lone gunman at the White House Correspondents Dinner means that Trump can — in fact, must! — build his illegal ballroom. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tweeted out a demand for the National Historic Trust to drop its lawsuit. The Trust told him to get bent. Trump's shakedown of the IRS hit a snag as a federal judge in Florida said she may not have jurisdiction over a case where the plaintiff and the defendant are the same person — Donald Trump. And EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is being so weird at Congress. Is he bad at law, or just lying? MAIN SHOW: It's a courtroom brawl between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the past and future of AI. Musk claims he was swindled out of seed money by claims that OpenAI would be operated as a non-profit, only to watch the company pivot to a trillion-dollar for-profit enterprise. The jury is empaneled, and the trial begins this week. The Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in Chatrie v. US. The case involves law enforcement's use of "geofencing" data to find criminal suspects based on their cell phone location data. Should the government have to get a warrant to collect that info? What should those warrants look like? Court Side-Eyes Trump's Plan To Sue Himself And Loot The Treasury https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/court-side-eyes-trumps-plan-to-sue Shuffle Up And Deal [Subscriber Bonus Episode] https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-subscriber-up-156633231 Musk v. Altman https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69013420/musk-v-altman National Trust rejects Trump demand to drop ballroom suit in wake of shooting https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/27/trump-ballroom-national-trust-lawsuit/ Oral argument in Chatrie v. US [geofencing warrants] https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-112_o758.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
The Unconventional Path: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Stories and Ideas With Bela and Mike
In this episode of The Unconventional Path: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Stories and Ideas, hosts Bela Musits and Mike Wasserman dive deep into a powerful yet often overlooked strategy for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs): fractional communications. While many entrepreneurs are familiar with the concept of a fractional CFO or HR firm, the idea of a fractional Chief Communications Officer (CCO) is a game-changer for companies looking to scale efficiently and manage their reputation with precision.Our guest, Joshua Altman, shares his journey of starting and running a fractional communications business designed specifically for SMBs. For businesses that may not have the budget or the need for a full-time marketing executive, a fractional CCO provides high-level expertise to shape perception and build long-term trust with stakeholders. Joshua explains that his role goes beyond traditional branding or marketing; he takes an integrated, big-picture view of how a company's messaging impacts its growth and stakeholder confidence.Throughout the interview, we explore:The Fractional Advantage: Joshua discusses how hiring a part-time expert can be significantly more cost-effective than a full-time marketing hire while delivering measurable, high-level results.The Story-Narrative-Brand Framework: Learn Joshua's specific process for helping businesses discover what they truly want to communicate. He breaks down the critical differences between a company's story (the facts), its narrative (how it answers market questions), and its brand (the tangible elements like websites and marketing materials).Innovating with Novel Products: For companies launching entirely new products that the public doesn't yet understand, Joshua stresses the importance of involving a communications team early in the product development roadmap. He discusses how to lay the groundwork months in advance to educate potential customers and shape their purchasing decisions.Offloading Communication Tasks: Many SMB presidents or VPs of operations find themselves handling communication by "happenstance" because there is no dedicated staff. Joshua explains how his firm steps in to take these critical tasks off their hands, allowing leadership to focus on their primary roles of running the business.If you are a business owner looking for innovative ways to manage your messaging and improve your communication process in a measurable way, this conversation is packed with actionable advice on how to use communications as a strategic tool for success.Connect with The Unconventional Path:Our podcast is now available on YouTube. Simply search for "The Unconventional Path" to subscribe and never miss an episode.We're always on the lookout for interesting guests to feature on our show. If you know someone who has an inspiring story, unique perspective, or valuable expertise to share, please let us know. We're eager to connect with potential guests who can bring fresh insights and engaging conversations to our audience.We also love hearing from our listeners! Your questions, comments, and suggestions are incredibly valuable to us. Send us an email at bela.and.mike@gmail.com with your thoughts, and we'll do our best to address them in a future episode. Whether you have a question about a specific topic, feedback on a recent episode, or ideas for future content, we want to hear from you. Your engagement helps us shape the show and deliver content that resonates with our listeners.Thanks for listening,Bela and MikeSEO Search Terms: Fractional Chief Communications Officer, SMB growth strategies, entrepreneurship podcast, fractional CCO vs CMO, small business branding, communications strategy for startups, market penetration for SMBs, cost-effective marketing, building stakeholder trust, business narrative framework, product development roadmap, Bela Musits, Mike Wasserman, Joshua Altman, The Unconventional Path podcast.
Scripture warns of a Great Apostasy. Our Lady of Fatima promised that her Immaculate Heart would triumph, but not before a period of suffering, confusion, and persecution. Father James Altman joins John-Henry Westen to argue that the signs are all around us: a Church in crisis, a hierarchy lost in ambiguity, and a world preparing to welcome a false savior.The conversation spans Fatima's delayed consecration of Russia, the ignored request to consecrate France to the Sacred Heart, and the prophecies of saints like Hildegard, Padre Pio, and Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Sheen, in particular, foresaw that the laity would one day restore the Church while clergy and bishops abandoned their posts.Altman is blunt: this is not the time for complacency. The synodal church, the replacement of confession with "listening centers," the normalization of sin, the silence of cardinals, all of it points to a spiritual collapse foretold centuries ago. But prophecy is not meant to inspire fear. It is meant to prepare.The end is not the end of the world. It is the end of the world. And for those who remain faithful, the triumph of the Immaculate Heart is already certain. The question is whether Catholics will be ready when the Antichrist makes his entrance.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/ +++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.
Een nieuw #nerdland maandoverzicht, live @ Nerdland Festival! Met deze maand: Mecha robots! Pluto! Happy Birthday AI! Musk vs. Altman! Spitsfietsbeltechnologie! Schorpioenen! De "T-rex handtas"! Taiji! En veel meer... Shownotes: https://podcast.nerdland.be/nerdland-maandoverzicht-juni-2026/ Gepresenteerd door Lieven Scheire met Hetty Helsmoortel, Kurt Beheydt, Peter Berx, Marian Verhelst, Els Aerts, Jeroen Baert, Bart Van Peer en Natha Kerkhofs! Opname & montage door Jens Paeyeneers. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:52) Dit was het Nerdland festival (00:05:13) AI wordt 70 jaar oud op 18 juni! (00:08:30) ROBOT NIEUWS (00:10:17) Unitree kondigt grote mecha aan (00:15:38) Unitree lanceert app store voor humanoids (00:16:38) Robothand loopt graag rond op zijn vingers (00:21:33) Man neemt vliegtuig met zijn robot naast hem in een stoel (00:24:22) Gravitational Wave Detection in China (00:31:17) Start-up maakt sjakossen van dinosaurusleer (00:38:25) Finding Satoshi documentaire (00:42:31) SPACE NEWS, met nieuwe jingle (00:45:40) Jared Isaacman wil van Pluto weer een planeet maken (00:51:09) Chinese ruimtevaart gaat in stroomversnelling (00:57:55) SILICON VALLEY NEWS (00:58:29) Real Housewives of Silicon Valley: Rechtszaak Musk vs OpenAI (01:02:32) Starship V3 lancering (01:06:18) SpaceX gaat naar de beurs (01:07:10) Tesla Full Driving in Nederland, Lieven gaat testen (01:09:20) Nieuws over de fietsbel (01:16:48) Waarom cicades moddertorens bouwen (01:23:50) Schorpioen wapent exoskelet met metaal (01:27:26) AI NEWS (01:28:12) Talkie LM: AI getraind op pre-1930 teksten (01:31:57) RECALLS EN SCHAAMTELOZE ZELFPROMOTIE (01:32:03) Brainbee komt naar België (01:34:09) Lieven gaat op tour met een nieuwe show over Robots, tickets en tourdata op lievenscheire.be (01:35:25) Hetty gaat opnieuw op Missie, tickets & tourdata op hettyhelsmoortel.be (01:36:25) Jeroen komt met een eerste solo-tour, tickets via jeroen-baert.be (01:38:29) Tijdens de kerstvakantie opnieuw Nerdland voor Kleine Nerds! Tickets via nerdland.be (01:39:14) SPONSOR: Delaware (01:43:20) Einde van het Nerdland festival
Em 1984, Steven Altman foi encontrado morto na oficina do padrasto. Doze anos depois, sua mãe, Mary Ann Hayes, também morreu em circunstâncias que foram oficialmente encerradas pela polícia.Por quase trinta anos, Robin Altman tentou aceitar a versão oficial. Mas uma descoberta inesperada na internet fez com que ela começasse a investigar o passado da própria família — e, ao acessar documentos policiais, encontrou detalhes que levantaram ainda mais perguntas.Como Mary Ann, que estava se recuperando de dois pulsos quebrados, teria conseguido causar a própria morte sozinha? Por que havia mais de uma marca no pescoço? E por que Steven foi encontrado com hematomas que pareciam não combinar com a explicação oficial?Neste episódio do Casos Reais, contamos a história das mortes misteriosas de Steven Altman e Mary Ann Hayes — um caso cheio de dúvidas, suspeitas e perguntas que seguem sem resposta até hoje.⚠️ Este episódio aborda temas sensíveis de saúde mental. Se você estiver passando por um momento difícil, procure ajuda. No Brasil, o CVV atende gratuitamente pelo número 188, 24 horas por dia.Sugira casos: casosreaispodcast.com.brApoie e receba episódios antes: apoia.se/casosreaisSiga: @casosreaisoficial | @erikamirandasRoteiro: Lucas AndriesEdição: Publi.tv - Produtora de vídeos
Ian Altman discusses common blind spots in the use of AI in B2B sales, emphasizing the importance of avoiding proprietary information leakage through tools like ChatGPT and Copilot. He highlights issues with using general-purpose AI for specific sales questions and the potential for AI models trained on Reddit discussions to provide unreliable answers. Altman promotes the Same Side Selling Academy's AI tool, the Same Side Coach, which is tailored to sales strategies and protects intellectual property. He encourages the use of AI for general tasks but advises using specialized tools for specific sales applications to prevent competitors from accessing valuable information.Biggest MistakesAsking detailed proprietary questions in public AI tools, exposing informationAsking general-purpose AI very specific strategic sales questions, getting generic answersCopying and pasting AI responses without reviewing or modifying themBest PracticesProtect intellectual property; avoid feeding proprietary data into broad AI systemsUse AI for transcription, note-taking, and meeting summaries as appropriateUse a domain-tuned LLM (Same Side Coach) trained on sales-specific data
Anti-AI ZineLA's Cinerama is slow to be reopened - call to actionFancy Butt Cushions Litter Courtroom - Musk v. Altman v. Butt CushionsAtari Buys RPG Game, Wizardry, ViceBuddhist Robot MonkVibe-Coding Has (surprise! surprise!) Gaping Security Holes, Futurism, Jon ChristianSting Says That Connecting with Community Is What Will Save Us, Twitter-source Send us Fan MailSupport the showSupport Curious Cat, an independent, human-made podcast!Anxious about AI? Take two minutes to contact your local politician and ask them to tap the brakes on this technology. Still worried? Contact one of the orgs below and get involved. But for today, hug your kid, cook food and really breathe in deep as it simmers, walk in nature, brush a cat, donate to the food bank, brew a cup of tea, or draw a five-minute portrait of your dog. ***Is AI the Devil? on Substack!***Hero Organizations:80,000 HoursCenter for Humane TechnologiesState of Surveillance, an organization that helps foster online privacyBuy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!
As Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Microsoft, and OpenAI collide in a California federal courtroom, one person may now hold more influence over the future of artificial intelligence than anyone in Silicon Valley: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. In this episode of The Valley Current®, Jack Russo and the Computer Law Group LLP unpack the explosive final day of testimony in the liability phase of the Musk v. Altman trial, including revelations that Microsoft's true OpenAI commitment could exceed $100 billion. But the real story is the judge herself, forcing billionaire founders, elite lawyers, and AI executives to battle under a brutal 22-hour clock while trillion-dollar questions about power, profit, and the future of AI race toward closing arguments. The courtroom drama may be ending, but the consequences for Silicon Valley are only beginning. Jack Russo Managing Partner Jrusso@computerlaw.com www.computerlaw.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackrusso "Every Entrepreneur Imagines a Better World"®️
Mamdani skipped the Israeli Day Parade and Ami is relieved. He breaks down the thought experiment that ends every Israel debate, calls out Megan Kelly, and welcomes Judge Roy Altman.Mamdani became the first NYC mayor in history to skip the Israeli Day Parade. Ami's take is the opposite of what you'd expect: he's glad. He decodes Mamdani's calculated anti-Zionist language, walks through the thought experiment that ends every Israel debate, and fires at Megan Kelly for comparing her Israel shift to discovering she had cancer while calling out Candace Owens' Russia trip for what it really was.Then federal Judge Roy K. Altman joins the show. He's the author of the New York Times bestseller Israel on Trial and a former sexual violence prosecutor. Using his three-bucket courtroom evidence framework, he exposes the Nicholas Kristoff NYT hit piece on Israeli prison abuse — and explains why the NYT killed a Hamas rape report the day before it ran that piece. Israel scores three. The New York Times scores zero.Support the show: patreon.com/AmisHouse
Ryan, Dana, and Nathalie Rodriguez discuss Florida's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, which alleges the company misrepresented ChatGPT's safety and seeks to hold Altman personally liable, while raising broader questions about AI accountability, consumer protection, and the responsibilities of technology companies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marina Silva em entrevista a Breno Altman | Programa 20 Minutos
──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:00] AI Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem by Defying Conventional Wisdom — Which Is What Science Is Supposed to Do OpenAI's model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture in 32 hours; Princeton mathematicians said they would have accepted the paper without hesitation. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:00] Sam Altman: 'Homo Sapiens Will Be the First Species to Design Our Own Descendants' — Knight: This Is Luciferian Religion The Guardian identifies Silicon Valley transhumanism as a full religion — Larry Page wants digital beings to spread across the galaxy; Musk calls humanity 'a biological bootloader.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:00] Man Arrested for Organizing a Facebook Protest Against a Data Center — Police Said a Comment by Someone Else Was a Threat Fusion center police charged a Virginia man with stalking for planning a public protest and arrested him while he asked them to quote the supposed threat. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:38:00] Fusion Centers Are Classifying Data Center Protesters as Anti-Tech Extremists — Trump's Memo Targets 'Anti-American Beliefs' Wired obtained fusion center documents showing a national shift to surveilling AI opposition; Trump's security memo instructs DOJ to target anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-capitalist beliefs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Transhumanists Don't Know What Consciousness Is — But They Want to Transfer It Into a Machine to Live Forever Zoltan Istvan couldn't say whether it would be him or a copy; Altman subscribed to a startup to upload his brain to the cloud; Musk concedes it would only be a copy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:05:00] 99% of Corporate Executives Plan AI Job Cuts in Two Years — Two-Thirds Want to Eliminate Human Roles Entirely The 2026 Mercer Global Talent Trends report: 825 executives surveyed, 99% expect headcount reductions, only 32% believe humans and machines can work in optimal combination. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:14:00] Trump's Name Was Removed From the Kennedy Center by Court Order — He Claimed He Canceled His Involvement The statute forbids naming the center for anyone other than Kennedy; Trump raged from the golf course and said 'I canceled my involvement' — the judge canceled it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:00] Nine Acts Booked for Trump's 250th Celebration — All But Two Canceled, So He Said He'd Perform and He's More Popular Than Elvis Trump said he needs only a microphone to draw a bigger crowd than Elvis in his prime and posted AI slop of himself dunking on the New York governor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:00] A Couple Paid $640 for a Trump Watch That Arrived Saying 'RUMP' — the T Was Missing From the Face A radio ad using Trump's voice sold the watches as limited edition, one of 250 — fine print discloses no connection to the Trump Organization. Knight: sold out — he has sold us out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:42:00] Pam Bondi Testified Under a Throat Bandage — She Recalled Nothing, Praised Blanche, and Refused to Mention Trump Bondi has cancer with a good prognosis — unlike the Trump administration she served. She answered every question by saying she did not recall or telling the committee to ask Blanche. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:00] AI Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem by Defying Conventional Wisdom — Which Is What Science Is Supposed to Do OpenAI's model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture in 32 hours; Princeton mathematicians said they would have accepted the paper without hesitation. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:00] Sam Altman: 'Homo Sapiens Will Be the First Species to Design Our Own Descendants' — Knight: This Is Luciferian Religion The Guardian identifies Silicon Valley transhumanism as a full religion — Larry Page wants digital beings to spread across the galaxy; Musk calls humanity 'a biological bootloader.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:00] Man Arrested for Organizing a Facebook Protest Against a Data Center — Police Said a Comment by Someone Else Was a Threat Fusion center police charged a Virginia man with stalking for planning a public protest and arrested him while he asked them to quote the supposed threat. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:38:00] Fusion Centers Are Classifying Data Center Protesters as Anti-Tech Extremists — Trump's Memo Targets 'Anti-American Beliefs' Wired obtained fusion center documents showing a national shift to surveilling AI opposition; Trump's security memo instructs DOJ to target anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-capitalist beliefs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Transhumanists Don't Know What Consciousness Is — But They Want to Transfer It Into a Machine to Live Forever Zoltan Istvan couldn't say whether it would be him or a copy; Altman subscribed to a startup to upload his brain to the cloud; Musk concedes it would only be a copy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:05:00] 99% of Corporate Executives Plan AI Job Cuts in Two Years — Two-Thirds Want to Eliminate Human Roles Entirely The 2026 Mercer Global Talent Trends report: 825 executives surveyed, 99% expect headcount reductions, only 32% believe humans and machines can work in optimal combination. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:14:00] Trump's Name Was Removed From the Kennedy Center by Court Order — He Claimed He Canceled His Involvement The statute forbids naming the center for anyone other than Kennedy; Trump raged from the golf course and said 'I canceled my involvement' — the judge canceled it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:00] Nine Acts Booked for Trump's 250th Celebration — All But Two Canceled, So He Said He'd Perform and He's More Popular Than Elvis Trump said he needs only a microphone to draw a bigger crowd than Elvis in his prime and posted AI slop of himself dunking on the New York governor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:00] A Couple Paid $640 for a Trump Watch That Arrived Saying 'RUMP' — the T Was Missing From the Face A radio ad using Trump's voice sold the watches as limited edition, one of 250 — fine print discloses no connection to the Trump Organization. Knight: sold out — he has sold us out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:42:00] Pam Bondi Testified Under a Throat Bandage — She Recalled Nothing, Praised Blanche, and Refused to Mention Trump Bondi has cancer with a good prognosis — unlike the Trump administration she served. She answered every question by saying she did not recall or telling the committee to ask Blanche. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
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AP correspondent Jennifer King reports Florida is suing OpenAI, alleging deceptive practices and harm to state residents.
“I don't look to companies to be moral guides. I want them to be good companies. When you invest in the stock market, you want them to be growing fast and making profit. That's it. There's nothing more to it.” — Keith Teare If it's Saturday, it must be our weekly tech show. Before we went live, That Was the Week publisher Keith Teare told me it wasn't a big news week. He was wrong, of course (as he often is). The really BIG news this week, which Keith conveniently missed, is that Anthropic overtook OpenAI as the world's most valuable AI startup. Dario Amodei's AI startup raised $65 billion this week, putting its valuation at $900 billion, way ahead of OpenAI's last round at $730 billion. Keith says, without any proof, that they've cooked their numbers. Which makes this week's news even tastier. The more interesting story, for Keith at least, is Sam Altman's latest pivot: that humans need stakes in the AI platforms whose wealth they help create. Rather than Patagonia-style moral corporations (which Keith says would make him “throw up”), it should be the responsibility of the state or government to make capitalism more moral. But even slippery Sam got outpivoted this week by Anthropic, who sent a co-founder to Rome to do a deal with the Pope. Leo XIV's new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” is Anthropic's papal pivot. It's the smart model for value investing in the AI age. Five Takeaways • Anthropic Tops OpenAI — But the Numbers May Be Wrong: Anthropic raised $65 billion this week at a $900 billion valuation, overtaking OpenAI's last round at $730 billion. The VCs backing it — Green Oaks, Sequoia, Altimeter, Dragoneer — are credible. Andrew's argument: they've seen the books. Keith's counter: the VCs are playing a different game. They expect two to three times their money at IPO and they'll probably get it — not because the revenue numbers are solid, but because the only way is up right now. The real test: the S-1, which requires audited accounts. Keith's prediction: the revenue numbers will look different when the SEC sees them. • Dario's Credibility Problem — But Claude 4.8 Is Fantastic: Keith has consistently characterised Dario Amodei as “slightly juvenile” and has long been sceptical of Anthropic's public positioning. This week he cites Om Malik and the All In podcast in support of the revenue numbers critique. But he is careful to separate the man from the product: Claude 4.8, released two days ago, is “fantastic.” At SignalRank, Keith's firm, Claude rebuilt an entire agent valuation workflow in an hour that would have taken days manually. Andrew's observation: Andrew is now Anthropic's newest fan. He has replaced Spurs with Anthropic as his team. • Altman's Pivot: From UBI to Ownership: Sam Altman has shifted his public narrative on AI and labour. Previously: UBI — universal basic income — as the answer to mass unemployment. Now: ownership. Humans need to own stakes in the AI platforms whose wealth they help generate. Not welfare. Not redistribution. Ownership. Keith's verdict: it's an interesting and significant move. More interesting than Amodei's continued fearmongering about AI devastation. Andrew notes that Altman seems to have genuinely grown up in the last two months. His tone is markedly different. • Patagonia Capitalism Would Make Keith Throw Up: The week's interview of the week: Eric Ries on Incorruptible, arguing that great companies stay great by choosing a higher moral purpose — the Patagonia model. Keith's response: it would make him throw up. He doesn't want companies to be moral guides. He wants them to be profit machines. Moral guidance is the job of politics. And politics, he acknowledges, is massively disappointing. He does agree with Ries on one thing: Sundar Pichai, as an individual, should care about the future. But Google's job is to make money. That's it. • Where Does Moral Guidance Come From? The Populists: Andrew's closing question: if not corporations, not politicians, not the pope — where does moral guidance come from? Keith's reluctant answer: the populists. Because the people care. They care about the future. And in the absence of politicians they can trust, they go elsewhere. Keith sees this as inevitable rather than desirable. Populism is the unintended consequence of political failure. The people filling the gap that broken institutions left. It's not a solution. It's a symptom. About the Guest Keith Teare is a British-American entrepreneur, investor, and publisher of the That Was the Week newsletter. He is a co-founder of TechCrunch and Andrew's regular TWTW co-host. References: • That Was the Week by Keith Teare. • Om Malik, “The Copy and the Guru” — the post on Anthropic's revenue numbers referenced in the conversation. • All In Podcast — referenced for the Anthropic S-1 revenue discussion. • Episode 2921: Eric Ries on Incorruptible — the interview of the week discussed in the show. • Episode 2915: Keith Teare on capitalism and AI — the preceding TWTW, referenced at the opening. About Keen On America Nobody 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 2,900 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: (00:31) - Introduction: ten days since the last TWTW (01:01) - The big news: Anthropic tops OpenAI at $900 billion (01:53) - Keith's reaction: both true and BS (02:22) - OpenAI is further ahead on IPO filing (03:15) - Om Malik and the revenue numbers: what does misleading mean? (03:41) - The All In podcast and Dario's credibility (04:21) - Anthropic's $65 billion raise: the VCs' game (04:42) - But Claude 4.8 is fantastic: the SignalRank story (06:16) - Dario vs Sam: who's more grown up? (07:00) - Altman's pivot: from UBI to ownership (08:00) - Keith admits he was wrong about OpenAI's dominance (09:47) - What did Keith get wrong? (10:36) - Corporate vs consumer AI dominance (15:00) - Agentic AI: the big theme in Keith's newsletter (20:00) - The pope: Leo XIV and AI (25:00) - Moral cap...
There Are No Girls on the Internet is a weekly podcast hosted by Bridget Todd. Every week, we break down the tech and internet stories that deserve more attention — especially when they're about AI, power, gender, race, and who actually gets hurt when systems fail. This week: Elon Musk using a Hollywood casting decision to push white nationalist conspiracy theories. The government is surveilling people who oppose data centers as potential terrorists. The DOJ is going after a billionaire who helped fund E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump. And researchers who study online hate speech being threatened with deportation. If that sounds like your thing — Apple Podcasts | Spotify | and come back every week. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE WATCHING THIS WEEK:
Inside a packed federal courtroom, some of the richest and most powerful figures in artificial intelligence are testifying under oath, and their testimony may be helping and hurting OpenAI at the exact same time. In Round 9 of Musk v. Altman, billionaire witnesses including Ilya Sutskever, Satya Nadella, and Bret Taylor stepped before a federal judge and nine jurors to defend the future of OpenAI, but several of their admissions may have handed Elon Musk critical ammunition. In this episode of The Valley Current®, Jack Russo breaks down the courtroom psychology, billion-dollar financial conflicts, explosive testimony about Sam Altman's leadership, and the growing legal battle over whether OpenAI's nonprofit mission was quietly transformed into one of the most commercially powerful companies on Earth. The stakes are no longer just personal reputations. They may determine the future structure of the AI industry itself. Jack Russo Managing Partner Jrusso@computerlaw.com www.computerlaw.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackrusso "Every Entrepreneur Imagines a Better World"®️
Elon Musk may still lose this case on a technicality, but Day 8 of the Musk v. Altman trial delivered some of the most damaging testimony OpenAI has faced yet. In this episode of The Valley Current®, Jack Russo breaks down the explosive "witness wall" built by former OpenAI insiders, who described a culture of deceit, broken oversight, and a company racing toward commercial dominance while leaving its nonprofit mission behind. Musk's legal team then deployed a high-powered expert witness to turn those insider accusations into a direct attack on OpenAI's governance structure and future IPO ambitions. But after eight days of devastating testimony, the entire case may still hinge on one brutal reality: Musk may have recognized the problem years too early to win in court. Jack Russo Managing Partner Jrusso@computerlaw.com www.computerlaw.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackrusso "Every Entrepreneur Imagines a Better World"®️
REMINDER! Join us TONIGHT at 6pm CT for happy hour live with Cory Haala, author of “When Democrats Won the Heartland.”Other than the fact that they are such blood-sucking greedheads, why have today's multibillionaires, high-tech barons of AI become so despised by so many grassroots Americans?By “so many,” I mean they've sparked a hell-raising mass revolt, originating in farm country, spreading through working-class suburbs, into community colleges, and other centers of Middle America – now including environmental, religious, and democracy movements.This is a genuine populist rebellion of workaday families against the corporate oligarchy of Musk, Zuckerberg, Altman, Bezos, and other “geniuses” of artificial intelligence. The billionaires are racing to install millions of supersmart A.I. robots in nearly every workplace, from manufacturing to health care, farming to finance.Amazingly, the tech elites consider themselves to be “humanitarians,” for they say turning work over to A.I. would free humans to… well, do what? Geniuses can't bothered with such mundane details, so they're not interested of soon-to-be displaced masses of people who'll be “made redundant.”So – hello – people are revolting (in the very best sense of that term). Interestingly, some of the strongest backlash is coming from a huge group generally assumed to be politically apathetic or enthusiastic about all technology: Young people. Columnist Michelle Goldberg reports that several tech honchos who've given college commencement speeches this month were startled when they launched into gushing praise for the glorious future promised by A.I. They were practically driven off-stage by roaring cascades of boos from the students!The pain that A.I. profiteers are imposing is one thing, but an even greater cause of this spreading revolt is the imperious arrogance and stupidity of royal elites who think ordinary people don't matter. Did these oligarchs never hear about the revolution of 1776?Do something!To stay on top of the rapid development of AI and its impact on the public interest, check out the work of the AI Now Institute, ainowinstitute.org.Jim Hightower's Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimhightower.substack.com/subscribe
Gary Rivlin details the dramatic November 2023 firing of Sam Altman by OpenAI's nonprofit board in AI Valley. The board alleged Altman gave "short shrift" to the company's original trust and safety mission in favor of rapid growth. This decision nearly destroyed the $90 billion startup when 700 employees threatened to resign in protest. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella intervened, offering to hire the entire team to stabilize the company's future. Within five days, Altman was reinstated as CEO, signaling a definitive shift from OpenAI's idealistic roots to a competitive corporate structure. This melodrama highlights the internal tension between safety-focused researchers and executives pushing for market dominance. (7/8)1906 LA L FIESTA DE LOS ANGELES
Keach Hagey details Altman's trajectory from a Stanford dropout to a central figure in Silicon Valley. After launching the app Loopt, Altman used his masterful storytelling skills to impress investors and Steve Jobs, despite the company's eventual commercial failure. Recognizing investing as his "superpower," Altman became the president of Y Combinatorin 2014, leading successes like Airbnb and Stripe. The source also explores Altman's relationship with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, noting how he adopted Musk's "mission-driven" philosophy. Furthermore, Altman's interest in Georgism and universal basic income shaped his vision. (3/4)DECEMBER 1954
Keach Hagey explores Sam Altman's upbringing in St. Louis, Missouri. She describes Altman's parents: Jerry, an idealistic real estate developer, and Connie, an ambitious dermatologist and entrepreneur who served as the family's primary breadwinner. Altman was recognized early for his brilliance and attended the progressive John Burroughs School, which emphasized a moral responsibility to improve the world. While deeply interested in technology like ham radio and coding, his defining characteristic was an unsettling ability to charm and connect with others. The segment concludes with Altman's decision to attend Stanford University. (2/4)FEBRUARY 1949
Keach Hagey addresses the development of ChatGPT and the subsequent power struggle at OpenAI. She explains how Altman's shift from prioritizing AI regulation to commercial monetization triggered a conflict with the nonprofit board, leading to his temporary firing. The board cited management issues and Altman's tendency to "bend the truth" as reasons for the dismissal. Additionally, a major falling out occurred with Elon Musk, who unsuccessfully attempted to take control of OpenAI or merge it with Tesla. The interview concludes with unresolved warnings from AI pioneers regarding the existential dangers of AGI. (4/4)MQY 1956
In AI Valley, Gary Rivlin explains how OpenAI transitioned from a $10 million nonprofit endeavor to a multi-billion dollar enterprise. The immense cost of specialized chips and million-dollar salaries for machine learning talent rendered the original nonprofit model unsustainable. Consequently, Altman orchestrated a "for-profit subsidiary" to attract massive capital, notably from Microsoft, which invested $1 billion in 2019 and later an additional $10 billion. Rivlincharacterizes Altman as a charming and brilliant strategist who now prioritizes winning the global AI race over the company's original safety mission. This shift underscores the intense competition to become the next trillion-dollar company in the AI sector. (2/8)1903 SANTA BARBARA
Gary Rivlin introduces his book AI Valley, highlighting the pivotal 2017 "transformer" paper by Google researchers that allowed computers to understand language contextually. This breakthrough became the foundation for OpenAI'sChatGPT, as the transformer architecture solved previous struggles with natural language processing. Rivlin details Sam Altman's rise through Y Combinator, an influential "startup machine" that provided seed money and intensive training for successful companies like Airbnb. Initially founded in 2015 as an idealistic nonprofit with Elon Musk, OpenAIaimed to develop safe AI for humanity. However, Altman eventually steered the company toward a "capped-profit" model to secure the billions of dollars required for talent and computing power. (1/8)1848 SAN DIEGO
Google is rewriting the rules of search, CBS News Radio just died after 99 years, and billionaires now own the newsrooms. This episode dives into what happens when technology giants tighten their grip on how we get information. Google's new Universal Cart wants to follow your entire shopping journey across the internet Hands-On With All of Google's New Upcoming Android XR Smart Glasses New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch show U.S. Invests $2 Billion and Takes Stake in Quantum Firms Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman GM Driver Data Privacy Lawsuit: California Fines GM $12.75 Million A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide 'Creepy' Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn't Actually Work, FTC Says Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Larry Magid, Marshall Kirkpatrick, and Jacob Ward Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: outsystems.com/twit superhuman.com meter.com/twit box.com/AI doppel.com mill.com/TWIT
Google is rewriting the rules of search, CBS News Radio just died after 99 years, and billionaires now own the newsrooms. This episode dives into what happens when technology giants tighten their grip on how we get information. Google's new Universal Cart wants to follow your entire shopping journey across the internet Hands-On With All of Google's New Upcoming Android XR Smart Glasses New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch show U.S. Invests $2 Billion and Takes Stake in Quantum Firms Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman GM Driver Data Privacy Lawsuit: California Fines GM $12.75 Million A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide 'Creepy' Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn't Actually Work, FTC Says Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Larry Magid, Marshall Kirkpatrick, and Jacob Ward Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: outsystems.com/twit superhuman.com meter.com/twit box.com/AI doppel.com mill.com/TWIT
Harmonizing the Brand Symphony: Unified Messaging Architecture with Joshua AltmanIn a recent episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur Podcast, host Josh Elledge sat down with Joshua Altman, the Managing Director of Beltway Media, to dissect the communication breakdowns that quietly dilute the market authority of growing businesses. Operating near the strategic hub of Washington, D.C., Joshua brings an elite corporate perspective to executive storytelling, utilizing frameworks refined through his work with organizations like the Department of Justice and Dow Jones. This conversation provides an essential strategic overview for small-to-mid-sized business owners and startup founders who struggle with siloed corporate messaging—where PR, outbound sales, internal culture, and digital marketing pull the brand narrative in completely different directions.The Architecture of Consistency: Eliminating Communication Silos through Fractional OversightThe primary point of friction holding back a company's market positioning is rarely the quality of the product itself, but rather a fragmented brand narrative where different departments are singing completely different songs. Joshua Altman explains that when small-to-mid-sized businesses scale rapidly, marketing pipelines, product documentation, and client-facing communication channels organically decouple from the founder's original vision. This lack of messaging unity introduces friction into the sales funnel, confuses key stakeholders, and erodes consumer trust at critical touchpoints. By treating brand communication as an interconnected corporate ecosystem, companies can deploy fractional oversight to synthesize every piece of collateral—from investor pitch decks to automated social content—into a unified, harmonious voice that commands premium industry credibility.To systematically align an organization's public footprint, executives must look beyond basic content calendars and embrace advanced narrative auditing tools. Beltway Media champions the "Four Languages Model," a comprehensive audit framework that forces an enterprise to map and evaluate how its core message is consumed across four distinct dimensions: what audiences read, see, hear, and experience. When an organization meticulously reviews its visual identity, written copy, audio media, and physical customer service touchpoints simultaneously, it can instantly isolate the messaging gaps that cause prospect attrition. This data-driven alignment moves corporate communications away from reactive, ad-hoc task management and into a highly optimized, proactive corporate asset that builds predictable long-term value.Furthermore, building an authoritative presence in a crowded digital marketplace requires executive leadership to actively step onto media platforms, particularly through strategic podcast guesting. Many founders and technical executives initially resist media appearances out of perfection paralysis or a lack of formal broadcasting experience; however, modern audiences aggressively favor unscripted, human transparency over clinical corporate polish. Leveraging podcast appearances allows a leader to deliver an authentic narrative that remains discoverable online for years, generating a continuous pipeline of warm, incoming referrals. When advanced technological infrastructure and strategic media exposure are paired with a unified communications framework, an enterprise can effectively bridge the gap between complex internal data and compelling external impact.About Joshua AltmanJoshua Altman is the Managing Director of Beltway Media and a premier corporate communications strategist with a career spanning both high-level public sectors and corporate private markets. Drawing from deep analytical experience with the Department of Commerce and various enterprise networks, Joshua specializes in translating complex corporate missions into concise, authoritative brand narratives. Outside of his advisory work, he is a dedicated community volunteer, managing dog adoption coordination initiatives throughout the greater Washington, D.C. area.About Beltway MediaBeltway Media is an elite strategic advisory firm that provides specialized fractional Chief Communications Officer (CCO) services, messaging audits, and narrative design for startups and mid-market organizations. The consultancy eliminates executive administrative debt by bringing public relations, internal branding, corporate documentation, and digital media pipelines under a single, unified oversight structure. Through science-backed auditing frameworks and hands-on execution playbooks, Beltway Media helps high-growth organizations establish absolute messaging consistency to accelerate investor trust and market share.Links Mentioned in This EpisodeBeltway Media Official Leadership Page: beltway.media/leadershipJoshua Altman on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joshuaialtmanKey Episode HighlightsThe Symphony Analogy of Branding: Understanding why individual department communication channels must be structurally harmonized to prevent brand dilution.The Fractional CCO Advantage: Accessing high-level enterprise messaging governance and PR strategy without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.The Four Languages Model: A comprehensive structural framework to audit and align what your audience reads, sees, hears, and experiences across your entire sales funnel.The Multi-Dimensional Messaging Audit: Practical exercises for founders to benchmark their internal communication maturity and spot brand misalignments.The Long-Tail Media Asset Loop: Leveraging podcast guesting to build permanent, searchable authority assets that drive compounding inbound attention.ConclusionThe conversation with Joshua Altman emphasizes that clear, consistent communication is the ultimate driver of enterprise trust and market differentiation. 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Musk v Altman was nominally about OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, and how it went about that change. But really, the suit seems mostly to have been about Elon Musk being mad at Sam Altman — or at OpenAI, for being successful without him — and wanting him punished in some way. Verge reporter Liz Lopatto spent the last month covering the trial, in all its chaos, and joins Decoder to ask: In a courtroom full of untrustworthy, unreliable people all fighting with each other, did anyone even have a reputation left to lose? Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Links: Elon Musk loses his case against Sam Altman | The Verge Musk v. Altman proved AI is led by the wrong people | The Verge Musk v. Altman accomplished nothing but airing dirty laundry | The Verge Elon Musk's worst enemy in court is Elon Musk | The Verge Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy | The Verge Subscribe to The Verge to access the ad-free version of Decoder! Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt and edited by Ursa Wright. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are the mainstream media and left-wing politicians weaponizing legal terms against Israel? In this segment, Brian Kilmeade sits down with U.S. District Court Judge Roy K. Altman, author of Israel on Trial. Judge Altman breaks down the strict legal definitions of "genocide" and "apartheid," pointing to high-level military reports that thoroughly debunk these accusations. He also exposes how Israel's advanced defense technology benefits the U.S. military and details a massive, historic shift in public opinion taking place within Lebanon and the Gulf States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The court battle that has gripped Silicon Valley for three weeks is over - for now - after the jury found Elon Musk had left it too late to sue the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman. The billionaire slammed the court verdict as a "technicality" and vowed to appeal. Musk had accused Altman of breaching a non-profit contract by shifting the ChatGPT-maker to a for-profit company after Musk donated $38m early in OpenAI's history. Also: Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing for a visit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have linked 118 deaths to the current Ebola outbreak in the east of the country. A BBC investigation reveals allegations of rape and sexual misconduct behind the scenes of Married At First Sight UK. An exclusive interview with Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras who was handed a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking and weapons offences before he was pardoned by Donald Trump. How an Interpol campaign to identify cold cases led to the arrest of a suspect in the murder of a teenage girl in Germany 25 years ago. And is Pep Guardiola about to leave Manchester City?The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
The Musk v. Altman jury unanimously rejected Musk's claims on statute of limitations grounds. Andrej Karpathy joined Anthropic's pre-training team. Polymarket partners with Nasdaq on private company markets, Blackstone and Google form a TPU venture, and KPMG embeds Claude into tax advisory. Musk v. Altman: the jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman, as he filed them outside of a three-year statute of limitations (CNBC) Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to help launch a team focused on using Claude to accelerate pre-training research; he helped found OpenAI and worked at Tesla (Axios) Polymarket partners with Nasdaq to launch markets tied to private company milestones, including IPO timing, valuations, earnings, and secondary market activity (The Block) Blackstone announces a joint venture with Google to create a US company that will offer customers Google TPU access, and makes a $5B initial equity commitment (WSJ) KPMG partners with Anthropic to embed Claude into its tax and advisory platforms; KPMG's tax and legal services unit saw revenue grow ~8% YoY to $9.3B in 2025 (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A long and bitter legal battle between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman has culminated in victory for the OpenAI boss. Musk has vowed to appeal the verdict. But what did the trial reveal about big tech and the global AI race. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian US tech and power reporter Nick Robins-Early - watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Senator Bill Cassidy became the latest Republican casualty in President Trump's campaign against disloyal members of his party, losing his primary in Louisiana after voting to convict Trump following the January 6th insurrection.The World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency over a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has already killed more than 80 people and spread to neighboring Uganda.A jury in California has begun deliberating in Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, with Musk claiming he was misled when he helped found the company as a nonprofit.Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Carmel Wroth, Kara Platoni, Mohamad ElBardicy and HJ Mai.It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.Our director is Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.(0:00) Introduction(01:54) Cassidy Loses Louisiana Primary(05:35) Ebola Outbreak(09:14) Musk Sues Altman Over OpenAISee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
FOLLOW UP starts with merchandise promotion and YouTube begging reminiscent of 2007, before GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen gets thoroughly criticized by eBay after proposing a $56 billion takeover plan that eBay called “neither credible nor attractive,” which is corporate-speak for “please stop emailing us at 3 a.m.” Meanwhile, California residents might finally receive a small settlement check from Grubhub worth about half a burrito, just as Americans realize they dislike AI data centers even more than nuclear plants because nobody wants a warehouse full of GPUs boiling away the local water supply. Lake Tahoe residents are learning their electricity now goes to AI processing plants instead of people, xAI keeps adding methane turbines despite being sued over them, and SpaceXAI employees are fleeing Elon's “sleep under your desk forever” lifestyle as if it were the last helicopter out of Saigon.IN THE NEWS, we start gently with the revelation that everyone at the Musk v. Altman trial is sitting on luxury butt cushions because apparently the singularity requires lumbar support, before plunging straight into the abyss: fake AI crypto journalists haunting Forbes and HuffPost like SEO poltergeists, OpenAI launching “Daybreak” so the robots can now secure the software they helped break, Anthropic trying to stop AI from becoming evil by feeding it morality fan fiction, and Google catching AI-generated zero-day exploits in the wild because cyberpunk novels were apparently instructional manuals. Waymo robotaxis are experimenting with driving into floodwaters, a family is suing OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly advised their son to mix drugs with fatal results, graduating students booed an executive for praising AI as if she were announcing the arrival of cholera, and Meta continues its speedrun toward becoming the world's largest scam mall while simultaneously demanding everyone trust its shiny new “encrypted AI chats.” Also: Meta is testing Grok-for-Threads, somebody created an AI poop-analysis startup that quietly sells your bowel movements to data brokers, GM got nailed for selling driver data, Lime still somehow exists and wants an IPO, and Japan's first 3D-printed house shows that the future will at least look cool even as society collapses.MEDIA CANDY features Spotify celebrating twenty years of collecting your listening habits into a psychological profile you absolutely didn't care about during the CD era, plus The Punisher: One Last Kill ironically looking like unfinished PlayStation cutscenes, Good Omens Season 3, Devil May Cry Season 2, NBC somehow turning Wordle into a TV show because every executive has fully given up, shorter waits for Severance Season 3, and Rings of Power returning in November to continue spending the GDP of a small nation on elf misery.APPS & DOODADS checks in with Apple as it prepares Siri app integrations that developers already suspect will become subscription-based hostage situations. TikTok is testing an ad-free tier in the UK because, somehow, ads weren't already enough punishment. Venmo is finally realizing that public payment feeds are insane. There's a Wikipedia clone made entirely of AI hallucinations, and an iPad arm mount sturdy enough to survive the upcoming climate wars.AT THE LIBRARY wraps up with Clowns (First Contact), Dungeon Crawler Carl, the demise of another Goodreads competitor, Kindle alternatives for those trying to escape Amazon's panopticon, and a reminder that Douglas Adams has now been gone for 25 years, which remains, in the immortal words of the man himself, widely regarded as a bad move.Sponsors:DeleteMe - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use promo code GOG at checkout.Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/grumpyCleanMyMac - Get Tidy Today! 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Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt CushionsFour Financial Journalists Accused of Being Fake AI-Generated Puppets That Shill Crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and MoreDaybreak is OpenAI's response to Anthropic's Claude MythosAnthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”Google announces its first-ever discovery of a zero-day exploit made with AIWaymo Admits Its Robotaxis Have a Small Issue With Driving Into FloodwatersFamily sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT advice led to accidental overdoseGraduation Speaker Says AI Is ‘The Next Industrial Revolution,' Immediately Drowned Out by Booing StudentsMeta is facing another lawsuit over scam ads on Facebook and InstagramAfter Killing Encrypted DMs, Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Trust His New Encrypted AI ChatHey @meta.ai is that true? Threads is testing a Grok-like AI featureInternet of Shit: AI Poop Analysis App Offered to Sell Me Database of Its Users' PoopsGM agrees to pay $12.75 million to settle California lawsuit over misuse of customers' driving dataThe electric scooter rental company Lime has filed for IPOThis startup built Japan's first 3D-printed two-story home. It wants to solve the country's construction crisisAPPS & DOODADSApple wants apps to integrate with Siri in iOS 27, but one fear holds some back: reportTikTok is rolling out an ad-free option in the UKVenmo's redesigned app offers more discreet payments by defaultNew Wikipedia Clone Made Entirely of AI HallucinationsYICOSUN iPad Mount Tablet Holder, 3-Section Foldable Adjustable Aluminum Alloy Arm with Rotating Clamp Base, Heavy Duty Desk Bracket for iPad Tablet Phone Portable Monitor, Bed Office KitchenMEDIA CANDYSpotify is celebrating its 20th birthday with a Wrapped-like feature that covers your entire time on the appThe Punisher: One Last KillHere's the Real Deal With That Viral Shot From 'Punisher: One Last Kill'Good Omens Season 3 - The FinaleDevil May Cry Season 2NBC is turning Wordle into a TV showAdam Scott Promises the Wait for ‘Severance' Season 3 Won't Be Nearly as Long‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Is Returning in NovemberAT THE LIBRARYClowns (First Contact) by Peter CawdronDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanTome, another Goodreads booktracker rival, shuts downBookshop.orgKoboSmashwordseBooks.comKobo E-readersONYX BOOXThe Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy OmnibusCLOSING SHOUT-OUTS'Revenge of the Nerds' Actor Donald Gibb Dead at 71See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The blockbuster lawsuit between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman has wrapped up. The three-week trial has exposed some of the inner workings and personal feuds behind Silicon Valley's artificial intelligence boom. WSJ's Angel Au-Yeung explains what happened during the trial and what the verdict could mean for the future of AI. Hosted by Jessica Mendoza. Further Listening: - The Unraveling of OpenAI and Microsoft's Bromance - A Data Center Revolt in MissouriSign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices