Podcasts about Big Tech

Every major social media platform has made the same calculated bet: your child's safety is worth less than their bottom line. And not one of them moved until the lawsuits started hitting the stock price. Dr. Phil speaks with a special education teacher whose entire career was built on protecting children ... and who still couldn't protect her own daughter from a predator who found her through a popular gaming platform. Her attorney, one of the country's leading sexual abuse litigators, breaks down exactly how these platforms were designed to fail your kids. And a child safety advocate who has taken on Meta, Google, and Epic Games explains why this isn't one bad actor ... it's how the entire industry operates. If your child has a phone, a tablet, or access to any screen ...this episode is about your child. Tonight's guests reveal the warning signs every parent needs to know, what to do if something has already happened, and why the only language these platforms have ever responded to is money. The courtrooms are catching up. But are they moving fast enough? https://www.envoytv.com/This episode is brought is brought to you by Preserve Gold, call 844-718-2642 or text ASK PHIL to 50505 for your free wealth protection guide.DeleteMe makes it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online: Join Now: https://JoinDeleteMe.Com/PHILSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The "lesser of two evils" strategy isn't just failing — it's actively handing the deepest red states in America over to the political Left. While conservative media influencers and "Con Inc." obsess over national swing states and pretend to fight the establishment, they remain totally silent as Soros-backed, Big Tech-funded candidates quietly capture GOP primaries in deep-red territory. Because the conservative base is repeatedly told to vote for the "R" to avoid splitting the vote, the Left has found a cheat code: Run as a Republican. It is doing so with increasing success. I'm joined by Rebecca Bextel, a Wyoming Republican activist and donor who is running for governor on the Constitution Party ballot line because the GOP nominee is a Soros Democrat. Bextel explains the math behind her campaign and why she believes the race offers conservatives an opportunity to challenge the conventional Republican-vs.-Democrat framework without splitting the vote. Wyoming provides a useful test case for my broader thesis: If conservatives never challenge Republican candidates in primaries or, where circumstances permit, support alternative candidates in general elections, the Republican Party will continue to deteriorate while conservative voters remain locked into the same electoral choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Jacob Weisberg is the co-founder of Pushkin Industries. He was previously CEO of the Slate Group, co-founder of Panoply, and editor-in-chief of Slate Magazine. He has written for publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Financial Times. He is the author of several books and a lecturer at Yale University. Jacob is vice chair of the Committee to Protect Journalists and a member of the PEN Board, reflecting his long-standing involvement with issues of global press freedom and independent journalism.A devastating reckoning with the people and institutions whose failure to stand up to Trump's brazen grab for authoritarian power has been particularly shocking and consequential It may be scant solace, but history will be particularly harsh to a subset of Trump enablers with a few key things in common: They have money and power. They represent intuitions that are central in determining whether America remains a free, functioning democracy or not. And they absolutely know better. History starts now. In Profiles in Cowardice, Jacob Weisberg has written one of the first defining books of the Trump Era--how this pitch-black political moment happened, why so few resisted, and what it reveals about the character of American leadership. Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and Big Tech. Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, and Wall Street. Brad Karp, Paul, Weiss, and Big Law. Mitch McConnell and the United States Senate. Eight individuals in all, together forming an entwined network of power in America, and a new way to understand how authoritarianism can take root in an open society--not by overthrowing institutions, but by bending and bullying them into submission. The book is a masterful study of the ways people create rationalizations to justify basic human instincts such as greed, vanity and fear--above all fear. Fear is the great enemy of democracy, and the book illuminates how it operates, how it disguises itself, and how it spreads. The book is timeless: its profiles are case studies, but they are also mirrors. They ask readers to examine their own instincts, their own silences, their own thresholds for action. This is not a morality tale with easy villains. It is an attempt to describe the moral mechanics of democratic failure. By studying that failure up close, we may better understand what courage truly requires--and why it is so rarely summoned when it matters most. Listen rate and review on Apple Podcasts Listen rate and review on Spotify Pete On Instagram Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on Twitter Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo  

When does a successful company become a dangerous monopoly? Heaton traces the strange history of American antitrust law, from railroad barons and Standard Oil to Hollywood studios and Big Tech, before diving into the intellectual cage match between Louis Brandeis and Robert Bork. Should regulators worry about corporations getting too big and powerful, or only step in when consumers actually get hurt? Along the way, Heaton encounters natural monopolies, vertical integration, glitter cartels, cowboy boots, suspiciously powerful coffin companies, and the surprisingly difficult question of what even counts as a market.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:04]FlyDubai "Hero Passenger" Story Smells Like Staged 9/11Netanyahu rushes to hype a pilot-stabbing incident near Tel Aviv as his own 9/11, but the "untrained passenger saves the jet" narrative doesn't add up.────────────────────────────────────────[00:16:58]Sen. Slotkin: Trump Doesn't Need a False Flag to Grab Emergency PowersDemocrat and ex-CIA officer warns Trump could invent or exploit any crisis to seize emergency powers before the midterms.────────────────────────────────────────[00:22:55]RAF "Terror Plot" Collapses: No Explosives, Just FuelUK searches find nothing but stolen fuel, yet PM Burnham and Rubio still insist Iran was behind it.────────────────────────────────────────── Interview 1: Tony Arterburn — Wise Wolf Gold ──────────────────────────────────────────[00:30:49]Tether Freezes $550M, Brags It Can Do It to AnyoneArterburn warns stablecoins are the real CBDC backdoor, letting governments freeze funds with a keystroke.────────────────────────────────────────[00:41:33]Knight Coins It: "CCDC" - Crony Capitalist Digital CurrencyTrump's "no CBDC" pledge just relabeled the surveillance-money system as stablecoins tied to Bessent and Musk's X Money.────────────────────────────────────────[00:51:43]China May Already Have More Gold Than the USArterburn says China's 1,200-ton 2026 buying spree, much off the books, could put it ahead of America's reserves.────────────────────────────────────────[00:57:21]2008 Echo: Foreclosures Up 42% as the AI Bubble Props Up MarketsArterburn flags rising defaults and commercial real estate refinancing risk as signs of another 2008-style crack.────────────────────────────────────────[01:16:46]Trump Signs "AI Accord" With Tech CEOs - a 10-Person Panel Will "Self-Police"Knight calls the pact a farce that hands Big Tech a monopoly and legal immunity, not real oversight.────────────────────────────────────────[01:37:34]Anthropic's Prospectus Reveals a $42 Billion Net LossKnight compares the AI giant's books to Enron-level losses as IPO disclosures expose the bubble's fragility.────────────────────────────────────────[01:46:46]Data Center Builders Offer PA Township $10K a Household After Board Rejects Project 3-0After supervisors voted down a 1,300-acre hyperscale project, developers dangle cash and "free" infrastructure to buy approval ──────────────────────────────────────── 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.

Tech companies are working with the fossil fuel industry to push unnecessary data center projects while misrepresenting the climate impact — and governments are letting it all happen. Ketan Joshi joins Paris Marx to discuss how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment, and how it's all playing out in Australia.Ketan Joshi is a climate writer and data analyst based in Oslo working with climate and environmental groups.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.Also mentioned in this episode:Click here to get your first month of Proton Mail for just $1.Preorder Hyperscale to support Paris at hyperscalebook.com.Ketan wrote a report on how Big Tech is greenwashing their destructive climate impacts.Ketan worked with Greenpeace to put out a report on how NVIDIA is greenwashing to hide their climate impacts.Ketan worked with Greenpeace on a report that explores how Australia's data center buildout is completely derailing their renewable energy transition.Support the show

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:04]FlyDubai "Hero Passenger" Story Smells Like Staged 9/11Netanyahu rushes to hype a pilot-stabbing incident near Tel Aviv as his own 9/11, but the "untrained passenger saves the jet" narrative doesn't add up.────────────────────────────────────────[00:16:58]Sen. Slotkin: Trump Doesn't Need a False Flag to Grab Emergency PowersDemocrat and ex-CIA officer warns Trump could invent or exploit any crisis to seize emergency powers before the midterms.────────────────────────────────────────[00:22:55]RAF "Terror Plot" Collapses: No Explosives, Just FuelUK searches find nothing but stolen fuel, yet PM Burnham and Rubio still insist Iran was behind it.────────────────────────────────────────── Interview 1: Tony Arterburn — Wise Wolf Gold ──────────────────────────────────────────[00:30:49]Tether Freezes $550M, Brags It Can Do It to AnyoneArterburn warns stablecoins are the real CBDC backdoor, letting governments freeze funds with a keystroke.────────────────────────────────────────[00:41:33]Knight Coins It: "CCDC" - Crony Capitalist Digital CurrencyTrump's "no CBDC" pledge just relabeled the surveillance-money system as stablecoins tied to Bessent and Musk's X Money.────────────────────────────────────────[00:51:43]China May Already Have More Gold Than the USArterburn says China's 1,200-ton 2026 buying spree, much off the books, could put it ahead of America's reserves.────────────────────────────────────────[00:57:21]2008 Echo: Foreclosures Up 42% as the AI Bubble Props Up MarketsArterburn flags rising defaults and commercial real estate refinancing risk as signs of another 2008-style crack.────────────────────────────────────────[01:16:46]Trump Signs "AI Accord" With Tech CEOs - a 10-Person Panel Will "Self-Police"Knight calls the pact a farce that hands Big Tech a monopoly and legal immunity, not real oversight.────────────────────────────────────────[01:37:34]Anthropic's Prospectus Reveals a $42 Billion Net LossKnight compares the AI giant's books to Enron-level losses as IPO disclosures expose the bubble's fragility.────────────────────────────────────────[01:46:46]Data Center Builders Offer PA Township $10K a Household After Board Rejects Project 3-0After supervisors voted down a 1,300-acre hyperscale project, developers dangle cash and "free" infrastructure to buy approval ──────────────────────────────────────── 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.

One pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other and attempted to crash the aircraft. An FT analysis reveals US Big Tech companies have an outsized influence in Brussels. Plus, RSM, one of the world's largest accounting firms, is exploring a possible initial public offering, and Nike is struggling to compete in China.Mentioned in this podcast:What we know about the Flydubai flight to IsraelBig Tech out-lobbies European companies in BrusselsAuditor RSM explores IPO to ward off private equity-backed rivals How Nike fell off the pace in China Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.comNote: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcastsThe FT News Briefing is produced by Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our editor is Marc Filippino. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT's global head of audio. The show's theme music is by Metaphor Music.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Daniel Skelly breaks down the market as yields stay in focus and Wall Street adds several big-cap tech names to conviction lists. BofA's Vivek Arya explains why he expects the AI spending boom to keep growing for years and what that means for semiconductors and the broader market. Jefferies' Randy Konik reacts to Nike earnings and what the results reveal about the company's turnaround and consumer demand. Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman discusses the state of housing as Wall Street takes a fresh look at homebuilders. Plus, our Sharon Epperson breaks down a potential new path to becoming an accredited investor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Big Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock market. For many, that's a warning sign: the bigger these firms get, the harder they are to challenge, and the easier itbecomes to charge more and deliver less without losing customers. It's the opposite of how competitive markets are supposed to work, and the reason calls to revive antitrust enforcement keep growing louder.But is market power really on the rise? And are monopoliespart of why everything feels so expensive? In this episode, Alejandro talks with Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law & Economics, about what the data actually says on markups, competition and corporate power, and why economists disagree so sharply about it.

Le tournant autoritaire ne viendra pas des chars, il arrive par appel d'offres. iA à l'école, data centers surdimensionnés, fichiers de police : Irénée Régnauld documente la sommation technologique qui s'installe en France sans débat, à quelques mois de la présidentielle.Irénée Régnauld est essayiste, sociologue et doctorant à l'EHESS et à l'INSA Rennes. Il tient le blog Mais où va le Web et a cofondé l'association Le Mouton Numérique.Il publie La Sommation technologique (au temps des catastrophes) chez La Fabrique, où il décortique la fascisation ordinaire de nos outils et plaide pour une véritable démocratie technique.Cyrille Chaudoit et Mick Levy le confrontent à ses propres exemples, de la Cnaf à Mistral, de Périclès aux data centers, et à la contradiction qu'il assume lui-même : le mot technofascisme écrase tout ce que son livre s'emploie justement à déplier.Un épisode qui déplace la question. Non pas pour ou contre l'iA, mais qui décide de l'installer, au nom de quelle promesse, et avec l'argent de qui.Les questions auxquelles répond cet épisode :- Technofascisme : pourquoi ce mot, et pourquoi le circonscrire à la France ?- Vidéosurveillance algorithmique et reconnaissance faciale, est-ce la même chose ? Où en est-on légalement ?- Pourquoi l'iA à l'école ressemble-t-elle davantage à une coupe budgétaire qu'à un progrès pédagogique ?- Qui est Pierre-Édouard Stérin, et que change l'arrivée d'argent réactionnaire dans le financement de la tech ?- Data centers : quelle voie démocratique ?- La peur de l'extinction par l'iA sert-elle le débat ou l'oriente-t-elle ?- Se débrancher, déserter, revenir au réel, une posture de privilégiés ?Chapitrage :

Doug sits down with Jeff Dornik, founder and CEO of PickAx, the algorithm-free social platform built around a simple idea: if you follow someone, you should actually see what they post.They discuss free speech versus “freedom of reach,” why today's social-media model is broken, PickAx's growth, AI and behavioral targeting, and what an algorithm-free platform can offer creators and users.The conversation also turns to the political Right, personality-driven politics, the American church, and whether Christians have sometimes substituted being “winsome” for speaking difficult truths.Don't just follow the conversation. Understand what's driving it.We're in this together. Believe it. For the Republic! Cheers.#PickAx #JeffDornik #FreeSpeech #BigTech #TheRightSide #DougBillings #DeterminedPatriotismSupport the show

What if some of the things we've accepted as normal for childhood aren't actually healthy?Children and teenagers now spend hours each day on devices, carry the internet in their pockets, and increasingly experience friendship, entertainment, and even education through technology. But as Emily Harrison explains, there is an important difference between what is common and what is actually good for children. Emily returns to BaseCamp Live as a wave of lawsuits against major technology and social media companies begins bringing years of internal research and concerns into the courtroom. She and Davies explore what these cases are revealing about addictive design, why simply limiting screen time may not address the deeper problem, and why parents should be cautious about assuming that a product is safe simply because it is widely available. But this conversation isn't ultimately about Silicon Valley or courtrooms. It's about the children in our homes and schools right now.Emily offers practical ways families can introduce technology gradually, create healthy boundaries around phones and social media, and give children increasing freedom without handing them unlimited access. She also shares how schools can rethink responsible technology use and create communities where choosing a different path doesn't have to mean standing alone.The goal isn't to fear technology. It's to recover a vision of childhood shaped by wisdom, relationship, responsibility, and the freedom to grow up without every part of life being mediated through a screen.Special Thanks to our partners who make BaseCamp Live possible:Worldview InstituteWisdom and EloquenceThe Herzog FoundationZipCastLife ArchitectsWisephone by Techless Stay tuned for more enlightening discussions on classical Christian education, and join us next time on BaseCamp Live! Remember to subscribe, leave us a review, and reach out to us at info@basecamplive.comDon't forget to visit basecamplive.com for more info and past episodes.

Are we raising our children, or are Big Tech, big business, and algorithms quietly doing it for us?In this thought-provoking episode of The Child Psych Podcast, psychologist Tania Johnson sits down with Dr. Susan Linn, psychologist, author, and one of the world's leading voices on creative play and the commercialization of childhood. Drawing from her groundbreaking book Who's Raising the Kids?, Susan explores how technology companies, advertisers, toy manufacturers, and even schools have become powerful influences in children's lives—often shaping their values, relationships, attention, and development in ways parents never intended.Together, Tania and Susan unpack what it means to parent in a world where children's attention has become one of the world's most valuable commodities. They discuss why the conversation isn't about blaming parents or banning technology, but about reclaiming childhood through connection, imaginative play, boredom, and real-world experiences. Susan also shares practical, hopeful ways families can resist the pressures of consumer culture and raise children whose identities are shaped by relationships rather than algorithms.In this episode, you'll learn:Why the biggest competition for your child's attention isn't other children—it's an industry built to capture it.How Big Tech and big business influence children's values, relationships, learning, and emotional well-being.Why imaginative play is one of the most important foundations for healthy child development.The hidden ways marketing reaches children through toys, apps, schools, games, and digital media.How parents can reclaim their influence without relying on guilt or fear.Practical ways to foster creativity, connection, and resilience in a commercialized world.Why protecting childhood isn't about eliminating technology—it's about ensuring children have the freedom to be children.If you've ever wondered why it feels harder than ever to compete with screens, devices, and digital entertainment, this conversation will leave you informed, empowered, and inspired. More importantly, it will remind you that parents remain the most powerful influence in a child's life—and that it's never too late to reclaim that role. Dr. Susan Linn is an internationally recognized psychologist, author, ventriloquist, and one of the world's leading advocates for protecting childhood from the harmful effects of commercialism and excessive screen use. Through her research, writing, and advocacy, she has spent decades helping parents understand the importance of play, creativity, and connection in raising healthy, resilient children.To learn more about Dr. Linn or to purchase Who's Raising the Kids? Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest is the man who coined the phrase “net neutrality,” and was invited to work in the Biden White House because of his scholarship on the tech sector. Tim Wu's new book is about how our lives are dominated by tech — but, really, just a handful of tech platforms that have most of the power. They dominate our attention. Wu says they work as wealth extractors, seizing not just money, but our data. So, what can — or should — be done? We discuss the future of big tech in America. In studio:Tim Wu, J.D., author of "The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity"---Connections is supported by listeners like you. Head to our donation page to become a WXXI member today, support the show, and help us close the gap created by the rescission of federal funding.---Connections airs every weekday from noon-2 p.m. Join the conversation with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255) or 585-263-9994, email, Facebook or Twitter. Connections is also livestreamed on the WXXI News YouTube channel each day. You can watch live or access previous episodes here.---Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections.

In her book, national security journalist Sharon Weinberger says we are in the midst of an era in which tech oligarchs are shaping how – and which – wars are fought.

Can AI actually be conscious and why are some of the biggest AI companies in Silicon Valley pushing this idea?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co         Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzIn this episode of Power User, I talk with Washington Post tech reporter Nitasha Tiku about the growing push inside companies like Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI to study AI consciousness, model welfare, digital minds, and whether systems like Claude could ever experience emotions or suffering. We discuss Anthropic's research into Claude's preferences, emotions, and introspection, the rise of the AI welfare movement, Silicon Valley's fascination with machine consciousness, and why executives are increasingly talking publicly about the possibility that AI systems could have an inner life. But there are much bigger questions at stake. What happens if society begins treating AI systems as people? Could chatbots eventually receive rights or legal personhood? Could companies use the idea of AI agency to avoid responsibility for what their products do? And what does all of this mean when people are already forming intense emotional relationships with chatbots and sometimes believing that their AI is sentient?We also unpack the history of the idea of conscious machines, from Alan Turing and ELIZA to modern AI safety culture, effective altruism, Anthropic, Claude, ChatGPT, AI psychosis, robot rights, AI personhood, and the increasingly blurry line between software that sounds human and something people believe actually is human.#AI #Anthropic #Claude #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenAI #ChatGPT #SiliconValley #Tech

This week, Alex and Emily are joined by Keoni Mahelona of Te Hiku Media to discuss Indigenous language technology. They discuss problems that arise when Big Tech tries to bring its "solutions" into this space, and best practices for research and development that center the expertise, cultural norms and goals of Indigenous communities.Keoni Mahelona is the CTO of Te Hiku Media and a Native Hawaiian from the island of Kaua'i. He's a driving force behind the development of sovereign digital technologies that aim to protect and promote Indigenous languages, knowledge, culture, and now democracy.References:Microsoft/IDB paper: "The Performance of Artificial Intelligence in the Use of Indigenous American Languages"Also referenced:Kaitiakitanga LicenseJoanna Radin paper on Indigenous data collectionFresh AI Hell:"Apple Watch's new always-on don't-call-it-transcription feature"Nevada County prosecutors use "AI" and insert errors into criminal casesUW Grand Rounds: "If AI Can Write the Note, Who Does the Thinking?"The "Pro-Human Assembly"Check out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see.Find our book The AI Con here, and MAIHT3k merch here.Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown.Follow us!EmilyBluesky: emilymbender.bsky.socialMastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBenderAlexBluesky: alexhanna.bsky.socialMastodon: dair-community.social/@alexTwitter: @alexhannaMusic by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.

In deze aflevering van De Nieuwe Wereld ontvangt Ad Verbrugge rechtsfilosoof Christiaan Alting von Geusau naar aanleiding van een grote internationale conferentie in Rome over geopolitiek en Artificial Intelligence. Ze bespreken de grote bezorgdheid over de snelheid van AI-ontwikkelingen, het verlies van de menselijke maat, de verwevenheid tussen Big Tech en de overheid, en de noodzaak om niet de technologie zelf, maar het gebruik en de ontwikkeling ervan kritisch te reguleren.---------------------------Steun DNWMaak het geluid van de Nieuwe Wereld mogelijk. Zonder uw steun geen DNW! Word lid of doneer:

Kara and Scott unpack Nvidia's record stock buyback and its new guardrails for rogue AI. Then, they break down Big Tech's prime seats at the state dinner, and the privacy concerns surrounding VoteSafe.org, a voting-information site run by Elon Musk's America PAC. Plus, the GOP's midterm outlook is reportedly “craptastic,” but Scott is still nervous — and Kara gets a kick out of SNL's “Dario Amodei.” Kara and Scott are going on tour! Get tickets at PivotTour.com. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠. Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠. Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠ Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email Pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Worried about AI? Don't trust Flock Security? You might get on a law enforcement list for that. Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw explains Big Tech's push to re-label anti-surveillance camera activists and AI skeptics alike as threats to national security. Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthropic and OpenAI plan IPOs. Their leaders also warn of killer robots and ask Washington to regulate them. Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers ask who profits from the rules. Investor Steve Eisman says the AI labs face open-weight competitors, have no lasting edge, and manufacture a crisis to write regulation in their favor. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asks why executives who fear their own product rush to raise money. Peter compares the push to Dodd-Frank, which some of the largest Wall Street firms backed and which drove out small competitors unable to afford compliance. The hosts play President Trump, Brad Gerstner, and Bill Gates, who calls new AI law "a little bit of overhead." They cover data center power use and local opposition, Eric's figure of more than $300 million in AI company spending on the 2026 midterms, and OpenAI's purchase of the TBPN podcast. They close on tech leaders who praised China for years and now cite China as a threat to win support in Washington. (00:00) Killer robots or a regulatory play (02:10) Executives tell government to stop them (05:09) Investor Brad Gerstner on federal AI review (07:16) Steve Eisman on the manufactured crisis (09:53) Jensen Huang asks why they rush to IPO (11:07) Dodd-Frank and the Wall Street firms behind the law (12:07) Bill Gates on "a little bit of overhead" (14:22) Data centers, power use and local pushback (20:48) AI money in the midterms and the TBPN purchase (22:45) Tech leaders flip on China

For thousands of years, Noah's Ark has been treated either as biblical history or as one of those stories modern man is far too sophisticated to believe. Well, things may be getting awkward. Lauren Witzke, Director of Marketing and Fundraising for Noah's Ark Scans, joins me to discuss the ongoing investigation of the massive boat-shaped Durupınar formation in eastern Turkey near Mount Ararat. We'll get into what their latest scanning and geophysical work appears to be revealing beneath the surface, the reported internal structures and anomalies, why the team believes this could actually be the remains of THE Noah's Ark, and what comes next as they continue testing the site with modern technology. If the evidence keeps pointing where this team believes it's pointing, a whole lot of very confident people may suddenly discover a deep appreciation for “settled science” being unsettled.SPONSORSupermassive Black Coffee is 100% organic gourmet coffee, fire-roasted in a Victorian-era roaster to unlock bold, rich flavor with dark chocolate undertones and a smooth, smoky finish, which is a refreshingly civilized alternative to drinking whatever bean-water the regime-approved coffee cartel keeps pretending is “premium.” Use code JEFF for 20% off and awaken the rebel within, because some mornings require more than caffeine, they require a small act of defiance before checking your inbox and discovering civilization has once again chosen nonsense.https://supermassiveblackcoffee.com/?ref=JEFFBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That's how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That's why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn't controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy

My producer Robby joined me for what was supposed to be a casual free-for-all, which naturally turned into a conversation about deporting illegal immigrants, H-1B visas suppressing American wages, Trump 2.0 putting corporations ahead of individual Americans, whether the GOP deserves your vote simply because Democrats are worse, and Robby's theory that wealthy pro-Israel donors gained enormous influence over Trump after helping him survive the lawfare campaign against him. We also get into the absurdity of calling immigration enforcement “Nazi,” why Americans supposedly “won't do” certain jobs when the real issue is what those jobs pay, and whether an economy held together by cheap labor, debt and political loyalty can keep pretending everything is fine.SPONSOR:Think the mainstream media is manipulating you? Following the Leader pulls back the curtain on the shocking truth behind how global elites use propaganda and mass control to push their agenda—and it's far worse than you imagine. Pre-order your copy today!https://www.gatekeepersonline.com/product-page/following-the-leaderBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That's how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That's why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn't controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy

I joined Dan Nunn on The Nunn Report for a conversation that went way beyond the usual “AI good versus AI bad” nonsense. We got into Trump's push to fast-track AI infrastructure, Big Tech getting subsidies and tax breaks while local communities can get stuck with higher power bills, whether corporations building massive data centers should be forced to fund the infrastructure they consume, and why “winning the AI race against China” cannot become a blank check for centralized power. From there we went straight into the part nobody in Washington seems eager to discuss: AI replacing American workers, mass surveillance, humanoid robots, artificial “friends,” public-private partnerships and a future Silicon Valley openly describes as one where humans may no longer need to work. I'm all for beating China. I'm considerably less excited about winning the AI race only to discover the prize is a surveillance state with robot girlfriends and an electric bill the size of your mortgage.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That's how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That's why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn't controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy

A tiny vibration inside an iPhone has triggered one of the biggest patent fights in U.S. history. A federal jury ordered Apple to pay $5.72 billion after finding that its haptic technology infringed patents held by Taction Technology, producing what the briefing describes as the largest reported patent jury verdict ever. But in high-stakes patent litigation, a massive verdict may be only the beginning. Host Jack Russo examines why billion-dollar awards can shrink or disappear on appeal, how seemingly small issues involving damages, apportionment, and verdict forms can reshape a case, and why litigation finance has made it possible for smaller patent holders to wage years-long battles against Big Tech. With Apple's $5.72 billion verdict now headed into the far less forgiving world of post-trial motions and appeals, the case offers a reminder that patent liability can still reach extraordinary levels, even when the final number remains unsettled. Jack Russo MBA/JD/LLM NITA Master Trial Advocate Certified Appellate Specialist 

Campaign's TV Advertising Summit took place in September, in partnership with Netflix, Sky Media and Dailymotion, questioning how the TV ad landscape has been remodelled, and what advertisers need to do to get ahead.Brands, media owners and agencies spoke at and attended the event, which ended with a session hosted by Lindsey Clay, chief executive of the TV marketing body Thinkbox, with three panellists: Elisabetta Farroni, brand director and executive creative director at Visa; Regan Warner, executive creative director at M&C Saatchi UK; and Aidan McClure, co-founder and chief creative officer at Wonderhood Studios.This episode features a recording of the session, where the panellists take us through their top TV campaigns that have defined the medium, both from their own work and the ads they wished they made.Before the session, Campaign's deputy media editor Shauna Lewis joins tech and multimedia editor to discuss the top takeaways from the day, including competition with Big Tech and how Sky's acquisition of ITV impacts media buying.The ads mentioned:Waitrose & Partners "The perfect gift" by Wonderhood StudiosVisa "Level up your game" by VaynerMedia EMEAThe Department for Education “Get out of the everyday. Get into teaching” by M&C Saatchi Group UKMagnum ad shows how buying copycat ice-cream can destroy a relationshipConfused.com brings familiar sayings to life through puppetryMonzo “Get busy living” by BBH LondonNike “Stairs” by Wieden & Kennedy PortlandAnthropic Super Bowl ad highlights its AI assistant ClaudeTwix "Camping" by Adam & Eve/DDBFurther reading:Netflix UK's Ed Couchman: You can build a whole media plan on SVODChannel 4 calls for 'robust scrutiny' of ITV-Sky mergerUK competition watchdog launches inquiry into Sky/ITV dealWill ITV generate enough ad revenue to earn £200m payout from Sky?'One of the biggest shake-ups in UK TV': the potential impact of Sky-ITV'I don't think advertisers care enough yet': ITV's Kelly Williams on Meta Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peut-on tomber amoureux d'une iA ?De la Chine qui encadre déjà les iA de compagnie à nos vieux réflexes d'anthropomorphisme, plongée dans l'économie de l'affection, où les machines prennent les humains par les sentiments.De l'autre côté de l'écran, la chronique de Naomi Roth qui explore ton rapport à la tech.(c) Trench Tech, LE podcast français qui décrypte les impacts de la technologie sur notre société.SOUTIENS (GRATUITEMENT) NOTRE PODCAST :

Rassegna stampa economico-finanziaria del 29 Settembre 2026, strutturata per macro-temi e basata sulle principali testate giornalistiche nazionali.Mercati, petrolio e tassi: torna centrale la selettivitàTestate: Il Sole 24 OrePetrolio e tassi tornano contemporaneamente al centro dell'attenzione dei mercati. Il greggio recupera terreno, mentre aumentano sensibilmente i rendimenti dei titoli di Stato.I Treasury americani a dieci anni superano il 5%, mentre i rendimenti del Regno Unito si collocano ancora più in alto. Italia e Francia si muovono invece nell'area del 4,5%.Il nuovo scenario non rappresenta necessariamente una cattiva notizia per gli investitori. Dopo anni caratterizzati da rendimenti estremamente bassi, l'obbligazionario torna infatti a offrire cedole interessanti.Diventa però fondamentale costruire le scadenze con gradualità, evitando di concentrare l'intero portafoglio su una sola durata.La parola chiave diventa quindi selettività: distinguere tra aziende solide e indebitate, Paesi credibili e più fragili, investimenti capaci di generare crescita e semplice spesa.Energia e competitività europeaTestate: Il Sole 24 OreSul mercato energetico emerge un forte differenziale tra il Brent europeo e il WTI americano, superiore ai 13 dollari al barile.Il dato mette nuovamente in evidenza una debolezza strutturale dell'Europa: un costo dell'energia superiore rispetto ai principali concorrenti internazionali finisce inevitabilmente per incidere sulla competitività delle imprese.Italia e Repubblica Ceca hanno avanzato sei proposte per modificare il sistema europeo delle emissioni, con l'obiettivo di ridurre almeno parzialmente i costi sostenuti dalle aziende.Per la manifattura italiana, una riduzione strutturale della bolletta energetica potrebbe rappresentare una leva di competitività più efficace rispetto a molti incentivi temporanei.Crescita italiana e conti pubbliciTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Corriere della Sera / MFSul fronte macroeconomico arrivano alcuni segnali incoraggianti. Fitch ha alzato all'1% la previsione di crescita del PIL italiano.Non si tratta di una crescita particolarmente elevata, ma il dato assume maggiore rilevanza in uno scenario caratterizzato da tassi ancora alti e debolezza della domanda internazionale.Il quadro dei conti pubblici appare inoltre compatibile con l'obiettivo di mantenere il deficit 2026 sotto il 3% del PIL.Con rendimenti dei titoli di Stato elevati, la credibilità fiscale diventa ancora più importante: un deterioramento dei conti pubblici può infatti tradursi rapidamente in un aumento del costo di finanziamento del debito.Rimane però una debolezza strutturale. L'industria italiana continua a investire, ma fatica ancora a trasformare pienamente gli investimenti in maggiore produttività e competitività.Export e manifattura: la difesa delle imprese italianeTestate: MFL'export continua a rappresentare una delle principali difese della manifattura italiana.Le imprese maggiormente presenti sui mercati internazionali mostrano generalmente una capacità superiore di reagire alla debolezza della domanda interna.L'internazionalizzazione si conferma quindi una leva strategica non soltanto per aumentare il fatturato, ma anche per diversificare il rischio e aumentare la resilienza delle imprese italiane.Data center e infrastrutture: una nuova filiera industriale per l'ItaliaTestate: la RepubblicaUna delle opportunità più interessanti riguarda lo sviluppo dei data center.In Italia si parla di investimenti potenziali per circa 25 miliardi di euro, una cifra capace di generare effetti che vanno ben oltre il settore tecnologico.Reti digitali, disponibilità energetica, infrastrutture e intelligenza artificiale potrebbero infatti convergere nella creazione di una nuova filiera industriale nazionale.La crescita dell'AI diventa quindi anche una questione infrastrutturale: la capacità di attrarre investimenti dipenderà sempre di più dalla disponibilità di energia, connettività e infrastrutture digitali adeguate.Intelligenza artificiale: dalla narrazione alla produttivitàTestate: Corriere della Sera / Il Sole 24 OreL'intelligenza artificiale entra sempre più direttamente nelle valutazioni economiche sulla produttività.Secondo il Corriere della Sera, l'effetto della tecnologia potrebbe valere circa quattro decimi di punto di produttività. Un impatto apparentemente contenuto, ma significativo se applicato all'intera economia.Nel frattempo Nvidia continua a mostrare una straordinaria capacità finanziaria: Il Sole 24 Ore segnala un nuovo programma di riacquisto di azioni per 150 miliardi di dollari.Meta prepara invece la vendita di strumenti di intelligenza artificiale direttamente alle imprese.L'AI sta quindi progressivamente uscendo dalla fase della semplice narrazione tecnologica per entrare nei bilanci, nei processi aziendali e nella produttività.La vera discriminante sarà capire quali società riusciranno a trasformare gli enormi investimenti attuali in utili sostenibili nel lungo periodo.USA-Cina: diminuisce la pressione sui daziTestate: principali testate economicheSul fronte internazionale arriva un segnale distensivo nei rapporti commerciali tra Stati Uniti e Cina.Washington e Pechino hanno concordato una riduzione dei dazi su beni per circa 60 miliardi di dollari.L'accordo non mette fine alla competizione strategica tra le due potenze, che rimane particolarmente intensa sui semiconduttori e sulle tecnologie avanzate.La riduzione delle barriere commerciali diminuisce però almeno una parte dell'incertezza che grava sul commercio mondiale, rappresentando un segnale positivo soprattutto per le imprese esportatrici.Finanza ed economia reale: CDP, housing e minibondTestate: principali testate economico-finanziarieIl sistema finanziario italiano continua a mobilitare capitali destinati direttamente all'economia reale.CDP ha mobilitato circa 20 miliardi di euro nel primo semestre, mentre Intesa Sanpaolo e BEI mettono in campo 300 milioni di euro destinati all'housing sociale e alle abitazioni accessibili.Interessante anche l'operazione realizzata dal Cotonificio Albini: un minibond da 5 milioni di euro con durata di sei anni, inserito nel programma promosso da CDP, Mediocredito Centrale e Sella.Le risorse saranno utilizzate per ammodernare gli stabilimenti, aumentare l'efficienza e sviluppare prodotti a maggiore valore aggiunto.È un esempio concreto di finanza che non rimane confinata ai mercati, ma viene indirizzata verso investimenti produttivi e crescita dell'economia reale.Executive Takeaways • I rendimenti elevati riportano l'obbligazionario al centroCon i Treasury decennali sopra il 5% e Italia e Francia nell'area del 4,5%, l'aumento dei tassi non rappresenta soltanto un rischio. Dopo anni di rendimenti compressi, le obbligazioni tornano a offrire opportunità di reddito, ma richiedono maggiore attenzione nella gestione delle scadenze.• Energia e competitività restano strettamente collegateIl differenziale di oltre 13 dollari tra Brent e WTI evidenzia ancora una volta lo svantaggio energetico europeo. Per la manifattura italiana, ridurre strutturalmente il costo dell'energia può diventare una delle principali leve di competitività.• L'Italia cresce più delle attese, ma deve aumentare la produttivitàFitch porta all'1% la previsione di crescita del PIL italiano e il deficit appare compatibile con l'obiettivo di restare sotto il 3%. Il problema strutturale rimane trasformare gli investimenti delle imprese in maggiore produttività e crescita.• L'intelligenza artificiale entra nell'economia realeData center per 25 miliardi di investimenti potenziali, effetti sulla produttività, strumenti AI venduti direttamente alle imprese e grandi investimenti delle Big Tech mostrano il passaggio dell'intelligenza artificiale dalla narrazione alla concreta trasformazione dei processi economici.• La selettività diventa la vera strategiaTassi elevati, AI, crescita italiana e minori tensioni commerciali creano contemporaneamente rischi e opportunità. In questa fase diventa fondamentale distinguere tra investimenti capaci di produrre reddito, innovazione e crescita e quelli sostenuti prevalentemente dalle aspettative.

Meta has spent billions betting on artificial intelligence. Now, investors may finally be getting a glimpse of what that investment could become.In this episode of the Long-Term Investing Podcast, Barry Schwartz, President and Chief Investment Officer, and Ernest Wong, Head of Research and Portfolio Manager at Baskin Wealth Management take a closer look at Meta's new AI assistant, Muse, and the rise of agentic AI—technology that doesn't just answer questions, but can actually complete tasks for you, from booking a restaurant to shopping for insurance or cancelling unwanted subscriptions. The bigger question is whether AI agents could eventually change how we shop, search and interact with the internet.That could have major implications beyond Meta. Barry and Ernest discuss why Amazon is pushing back against Muse, the value of controlling customer purchasing data, and how Google and Apple could respond as Big Tech competes to become the AI agent consumers rely on. Could AI agents become a new gateway to online commerce—and what would that mean for some of the biggest companies in the market?They also look at what Muse could mean for the investment case for Meta. After spending heavily on both the metaverse and AI infrastructure, Meta now has a product generating excitement among users. Barryexplains why he remains optimistic about the company's long-term opportunity and why Meta continues to be a holding in the portfolio.Plus, what can investors learn from baseball? Barry and Ernest use Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s massive long-term contract and Moneyball to explore an important investing lesson: past success matters, but ultimately investors are paying for the returns a company can generate in the future. They explain why they look for strong businesses where management is properly incentivized, capital is allocated intelligently and the market may be distracted by the wrong narrative.Is agentic AI the beginning of a new internet—or another technology investors are getting too excited about too soon?

Headlines for September 28, 2026; Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis; “Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed”: How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons; “Valley of Death”: Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA’s Secret Backing of Steve Jobs

Part 2 of conversation with longtime national security reporter and editor Sharon Weinberger, author of the new book Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War.

2957 COVER AMAZING STORIESDoomers Accelerationists And Tech GiantsGary Rivlin, Part Two: Rivlin examines the ethical, commercial, and political debates defining contemporary generative AI, contrasting the "Doomers," who warn of existential risks, with "Accelerationists" advocating unchecked progress, alongside "Bloomers" like Reid Hoffman who push for practical safety. The discussion covers Big Tech dynamics, including Meta's open-source strategy under Mark Zuckerberg, Google's caution, and Mustafa Suleyman's move to Microsoft. It examines OpenAI's corporate melodrama—notably Sam Altman's brief firing over trust concerns—and analyzes global AI competition with China, copyright debates, and shifting regulatory approaches across presidential administrations. (2)

Headlines for September 28, 2026; Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis; “Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed”: How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons; “Valley of Death”: Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA’s Secret Backing of Steve Jobs

Part 2 of conversation with longtime national security reporter and editor Sharon Weinberger, author of the new book Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War.

Why do psychopaths keep winding up in charge, and why do the rest of us keep handing them the keys? Dr. Joseph Sansone joins me to discuss his new book, Psychopathic Authoritarianism: A Disease of the Soul, and his argument that authoritarianism isn't simply a bad political ideology. It's driven by a recognizable psychological pathology. We'll break down the Dark Tetrad of sadism, narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, how those traits manifest in leaders and institutions, what COVID lockdowns, mandates, censorship and propaganda revealed about the leader-follower relationship, and why technocracy, surveillance, globalism and transhumanism should concern anyone who still thinks human beings were created to be free. Apparently, “maybe stop putting psychopaths in charge” is more complicated than it sounds.Order Dr Sansone's book Psychopathic Authoritarianism: A Disease of the Soul on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Psychopathic-Authoritarianism-Joseph-Sansone-PhD/dp/B0H7YR96X7/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0SPONSORThe Deep State and the Globalists don't want you owning precious metals… which is exactly the reason you should get the FREE Gold and Silver Guide from My Gold Guy today to see if investing in gold and silver is right for you.https://mygoldguy.com/jeffBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That's how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That's why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn't controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy

On today's show: Headlines Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain's Housing Crisis “Britain's Gaza Secrets Exposed”: How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons “Valley of Death”: Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA's Secret Backing of Steve Jobs   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

“Kennedy and Trump are taking a wrecking ball to probably the most important thing we have done consistently better than the rest of the world over the last eighty years, and I don't get it.” — Barry Werth Last week on the show, the San Francisco based AI mogul and Eureka Machine author Richard Socher promised a scientific renaissance in which AI will cure everything. Socher's eureka moment, however, may have already occurred. Not with AI, but with big pharma. At least according to Barry Werth who has spent the last thirty-five years writing about American pharma. Indeed, his new book The Age of Cures: How American Scientists Saved Your Life, a twentieth century history of big pharma, completes a trilogy that began with The Billion-Dollar Molecule in 1994. When it comes to medical breakthroughs, Barry Werth isn't particularly optimistic on the AI front. It will add more data to preexisting mountains of data, he warns. And Werth reports that many leading scientific designers of drugs don't think it will change much. Given, however, the hundreds of billions of dollars now being poured into its ecosystem, what today's AI revolution does instead is remind you what a real scientific breakthrough costs, both politically and economically. Thus the significance of The Age of Cures, which The New York Times is already recommending. In his new history, Werth reminds us that ninety years ago there were almost no drugs for anything. Penicillin was discovered by accident in 1928, and by 1941 there was only enough of it to treat a single London policeman — who began to recover, then died when the supply ran out. Cutting edge technology plus state investment changed everything. The engineer and scientific mandarin Vannevar Bush (the guy who also first imagined the internet) persuaded FDR to fund science publicly without conscripting the scientists. And Bush's Office of Scientific Research and Development, the same state institution that fathered the Manhattan Project, made penicillin for D-Day its number one priority. Bush then ensured the arrangement continued in peacetime, which it did, for eighty years. According to Werth, both big pharma's idealism and its now much derided financial ambition were real. George Merck's famous line about medicine being for people, not for profits, is true — as long as we remember that those profits will follow from life-saving drugs. What broke this virtuous cycle, Werth argues, was the Wall Street short-termism of the greed-is-good Eighties that focused only on quarterly profits. So today, the term Big Pharma is mostly used as an insult. Big Tech moguls like Richard Socher should thus read Barry Werth's The Age of Cures with particular care. Further Reading: •       The Age of Cures: How American Scientists Saved Your Life by Barry Werth (Simon & Schuster, September 22, 2026), one of the New York Times' recommended books this week — the third book written, and the first chronologically, in a trilogy that began with The Billion-Dollar Molecule (1994) and continued with The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma (2014).•       “The system that saved your life is being destroyed” — Werth's own excerpt from the book, in Fortune.•       Science, the Endless Frontier — Vannevar Bush's 1945 report to President Truman, still cited today, and the founding document of American public-private science. Reissued by Princeton University Press with essays on what it got right and wrong.•       Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, a recent guest on this show, on the Sacklers and OxyContin, and No More Tears on Johnson & Johnson — the case for the prosecution, raised in this conversation.•       Earlier this week on Keen On: Richard Socher on why AI will unlock a new scientific renaissance — the argument this episode answers. Five Takeaways •       Before the Cures. The premise is a fact most people have forgotten: as recently as eighty or ninety years ago there were almost no drugs for any disease. There were natural substances discovered over the eons, and no established method for finding new medicines. Paul Ehrlich postulated that chemicals could treat disease; it took another twenty years before the sulfa drugs suggested he might be right. The story Werth uses to make it concrete is penicillin. Discovered by accident in 1928 when mould spores drifted into Alexander Fleming's laboratory, it was still so scarce in 1941 — during the Blitz, before America entered the war — that the entire synthesized supply went to one very sick London policeman. He started to recover. They ran out. They harvested what they could from his urine and reinjected it. He died. The British scientists then came to the United States hat in hand, having found no American company willing to take it on.•       Vannevar Bush's Machine. What turned that around is the book's central argument, and its hero is not a chemist. Vannevar Bush was an electrical engineer who had built one of the first room-sized analog computers. Surveying American science in 1940, he and a handful of other administrators found it disorganized and no match for the Germans, who had the best chemistry in the world. Bush went to Franklin Roosevelt alone with a proposal: fund it publicly, but don't draft the scientists into the military as in the First World War; let committees of leading scientists make the decisions, distribute the work widely, and make rivals cooperate. The result was the Office of Scientific Research and Development — better known for fathering the Manhattan Project — whose head of medical research, Alfred Newton Richards, made penicillin for D-Day the number one priority and delivered it. Afterwards Bush wrote Science, the Endless Frontier, the 1945 report arguing the partnership should continue in peacetime. It did. Sustained federal funding, transparency, cooperation between companies, universities and government: that, Werth says, is how America got great at science. AK's summary: cutting edge technology plus state investment changed everything.•       Medicine Is for People. George Merck — whose family had been in the pharmaceutical business in Germany since the 1600s, and who was sent to Harvard to become a chemist before anti-German feeling in the First World War pushed him into the family firm — was on the cover of Time the week Werth was born in 1952, under the line that medicine is for the people. The usual ...

September 28, 2026 — Big Tech is pouring extraordinary amounts of capital into artificial intelligence. But does spending the most money mean capturing the most value?Zach Abraham looks at the AI boom through a different lens after a conversation with the founder of a fast-growing AI startup. Zach argues that smaller, more focused companies may have advantages the hyperscalers don't: greater agility, clearer economics, products built directly around consumer needs, and dramatically less capital required to reach profitability.The founder shared private growth projections with Zach that he uses as one data point — not proof — in his broader argument that the eventual winners in AI may look very different from the companies currently spending the most money. Zach explicitly describes the startup example as only one piece of evidence and says his view could change as new information emerges.Zach also breaks down the continued surge in Treasury yields, weakness in gold and precious metals, the dollar, oil markets, and the latest developments surrounding the Strait.FREE LIVE WEBINAR — THE GAME PLANJoin Zach Abraham live October 1 at 3:30 PM Pacific for The Game Plan — a free webinar on the market risks shaping the rest of 2026, including inflation, energy, interest rates, AI spending, and what investors should be watching next.Register free at KnowYourRiskPodcast.comSchedule your complimentary Know Your Risk Portfolio Review at KnowYourRiskRadio.com

Major social media platforms including YouTube and Meta initially blocked advertisements for an upcoming Elon Musk documentary by filmmaker Alex Gibney, sparking significant public outcry. While these two companies eventually reversed their decision—citing technical errors or temporary restrictions—platforms like TikTok and X have maintained their ban on the film's trailer. Industry experts and observers have criticized the platforms' shifting justifications, suggesting the reversals were motivated by reputation management rather than actual software bugs. These events highlight the lack of transparency in digital content moderation and the inherent risks businesses face when relying on third-party distribution channels. Ultimately, the controversy underscores the immense power tech giants wield over public discourse and the inconsistent application of their advertising policies.

Dr. Brian Keating joins Mike Slater to confront Silicon Valley's ultimate power play: Is Big Tech trying to replace God with AI? Together, they unpack the dangerous hubris driving the tech elite and explore what happens when human engineering attempts to build a digital deity.

Dr. Brian Keating joins Mike Slater to confront Silicon Valley's ultimate power play: Is Big Tech trying to replace God with AI? Together, they unpack the dangerous hubris driving the tech elite and explore what happens when human engineering attempts to build a digital deity.

Abby and Patrick welcome back returning guest Adrian Daub. The occasion is Adrian's latest book, What Tech Calls Governing. A follow-up to his 2020 book What Tech Calls Thinking, an intellectual history of Silicon Valley and critique of tech culture, What Tech Calls Governing unpacks subsequent developments and continuities that go deeper than pundits' loose talk of a “vibe shift.” Indeed, as Adrian explains, recent years have seen Big Tech abandon the rhetoric of not being “evil” and promises of progressive uplift in favor of a rhetoric of inevitability, brazen collaboration with right-wing actors, and vague appeals to half-baked “longterm” utilitarianism. Adrian, Abby, and Patrick reflect on the distinctively gendered aspects of these developments, from the public antics of high-profile tech titans like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to deeper logics of contempt for vulnerability and the celebration of dominance. Along the way, they explore questions of exhaustion, embarrassment, male homosociality, creepiness, narcissism, the indignities of middle age, generational anxieties, and more.References include:Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls GoverningAdrian Daub, What Tech Calls ThinkingPre-order Adrian's forthcoming book, Project 1933: Fascism Then and NowAdrian's podcast, In Bed With The RightFriedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of MoralsNovalis, The Novices of SaisAlbert Burneko, “I Don't Think David Brooks Is Okay, You Guys”Anna Wiener, Uncanny ValleyKate Manne, "A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants" Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you've traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! (646) 450-0847A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Find us online:http://www.ordinaryunhappiness.comX: @UnhappinessPodInstagram: @OrdinaryUnhappinessPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessTheme song:Formal Chicken - Gnossienne No. 1https://open.spotify.com/album/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxOProvided by Fruits Music

All the hard work calling out H-1B fraud is working. H-1Bs are making their way back to their home countries and encouraging others to move back with them. As we have heard previously that Big Tech is recruiting insane numbers of foreigners for cheap labor, now they are begging President Trump to get rid of the new H-1B fee, stating that it is going to hurt the country, when in reality it is only hurting their bottom line. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-Texas) is a threat to Texas and says all kinds of crazy things about Christianity. We just found out who fostered those views: His pastor was caught on hidden camera saying equally crazy stuff. Talarico has claimed that his pastor in Austin, Dr. Jim Rigby, is his role model as a man and Christian. Only days after Sunny Hostin, TV host of “The View,” made an earth-shattering claim that she was the holdout juror in the "Butcher of Tompkins Square Park" trial, It turns out it was all a lie. Articles about the trial resurfaced revealing that the lone holdout juror was a man. The main character syndrome of Sunny is something that is not only irregular but also horrific that she would want to be identified for standing up for someone who committed such awful crimes. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker must be gearing up for a presidential run … because he's finally taking Ozempic. He lost 80 pounds and is somehow still fat. Kamala Harris seems to also be getting ready for a 2028 run, and she makes just about the same amount of sense that she did when she ran the last time, which is not a lot. ► Watch my newest H-1B investigation here:  https://youtu.be/zL7JuOk4nBQ ► Watch my original video featuring Nagarjuna:  https://youtu.be/2vVn35456P4?si=WKMmZdkhJpMTquyh ► Catch up on all my H-1B visa investigations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkJEwf2wliqrtNlYs9D78nmE_Gnja_PpC ► Email me at saratips@blazemedia.com if you have uncovered potential fraud in your area. ► Subscribe to my second YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SaraGonzalesTX?sub_confirmation=1    Timestamps:  00:00 - H-1Bs Head Home to India 14:38 - Talarico's Pastor Caught on Camera 21:10 - Sunny Hostin Lied! 37:05 - JB Fatso Is Still Fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the AI ban about saving humanity, or is it the biggest hoax of our lifetime? Two weeks ago, an Anthropic whistleblower named Jacob Coxon warned that AI could kill everyone on Earth within a decade, and within days Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon, Dario Amodei,Sam Altman, and even Elon Musk were all calling for AI regulation. Jillian Michaels follows the money and finds the same two billionaires behind the warning, the whistleblower, the investigation, and the bill. By the end, you'll know what the AI ban really outlaws, who gets rich when it passes, and the one deadline that decides whether it can still be stopped.IN THIS EPISODE:Anthropic AI Whistleblower Jacob Coxon: Six weeks on the job. A month-old account. 130 million views. The Wall Street Journal ran the story before he hit post. Someone built this alarm long before he pulled it.Bernie Sanders AI Ban and the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act: Twenty years in prison, a corporate death penalty, and a federal agency that can shut down AI on command. Bernie didn't write it. The people who did stand to make billions.Big Tech AI Regulation Playbook: Six steps that turn a scare into a cartel. Climate, Covid, now AI. The moment the moguls beg you to regulate them is the moment you've already lost.Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, and the Paris Climate Accord: The dry run. A number on a screen, a judge who called it alarmist, and the funds Gore built two years before the panic. Emissions hit a record high anyway. You paid for all of it.OpenAI Hugging Face Breach: The "fire" behind the bill. Jillian read the report. Nothing stolen, nothing damaged, fixed with a password change. The men who paid for the investigation are the men paying for the ban.China, Davos, and the Global AI Treaty: Paris died with one signature. This one is built so no president can undo it. Six weeks until it's out of your reach for good.

Guest: Mollie Hemingway Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, senior journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at The Federalist, about the upcoming midterm elections, Big Tech and artificial intelligence, and the decision by the Trump administration to restrict the access of certain media companies from White House grounds. Mollie's most recent book is […]

Maria Ressa is one of the most inspiring journalists of our age, a media leader whose bravery against authoritarianism earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Now, she's focusing her energy on artificial intelligence and Big Tech and how ordinary citizens can reclaim their attention, their time, and their democracies. She's also a co-chair of the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. Ressa joined Ravi Agrawal on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this week at FP's Tech and AI Forum. Plus, Ravi shares his read on what gave him chills, and what gave him hope, this UNGA week. Rockefeller Foundation: New Global Poll: Amid Growing Pessimism, Security Tops Priorities for International Cooperation Preliminary Report of the U.N. Independent International Scientific Panel on AI U.N. Independent International Scientific Panel on AI: Thematic Brief on AI Agents, Misalignment, and the Risk of Losing Human Control Adam Elkus: Are AI and Democracy Compatible? Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze: Can AI Be Regulated? Sarosh Nagar and David Eaves: The World Needs to Know When AI Goes Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, I expose the uncomfortable truths that the rest of the “right-wing” media refuses to touch: The party has spent 11 years suffocating actual right-wing reformist policies. This was all done to protect one man's ego, embracing economic rot, juvenile behavior, misaligned priorities and corruption, and alienating the exact voters required to win. I explain how we cannot limit the postmortem analysis to the stupid Iran war, take Trump out of the equation, and then move onto JD Vance without recognizing both of their culpabilities in the very economic policies that have been hemorrhaging voters for quite a while. From inflation, tariffs, debt, and interest rates to foreign labor, Big Tech, data centers, government spending, and the financialization of the economy, both of them have supported the very corporatist Baby Boomer policies that alienate the young voters they claim to support. I also explain why Republicans are losing independent and low-propensity voters, why the problem goes far beyond conservative voters staying home, and why blaming everything on a single issue risks missing the larger systemic failure. We will not move on from this if we fail to recognize how we got here, Trump's role in it, and how it was a long time in the making.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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