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Atıf Ünaldı ile Netizen'in bu bölümünde Cemil Şinasi Türün, Türkiye'nin 1990'lı yıllardaki teknoloji atılımlarını ve gerçek zamanlı çalışan sanal dansöz projesinin perde arkasını anlatıyor. Motion capture, 3D animasyon, OpenGL ve yaklaşık 200 bin satır kodla geliştirilen sistemin 1997'de Los Angeles'taki SIGGRAPH etkinliğinde nasıl ilgi gördüğü konuşuluyor. Türkiye'de bilgisayar animasyonunun gelişiminden sanal sunuculara, yazılım ihracatından ilk kurumsal internet sitelerine uzanan dijital dönüşümün az bilinen hikâyeleri ele alınıyor. Programda ayrıca ChatGPT, LLM teknolojileri, üretken yapay zekânın sınırları, Elon Musk, Yann LeCun, Ilya Sutskever ve Demis Hassabis'in çalışmaları üzerinden yapay zekânın geleceği tartışılıyor. Türkiye'nin teknoloji tarihi, sanal dansöz projesi, motion capture teknolojisi ve yerli yazılımın dünyaya açılma mücadelesi Netizen'de. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Google moves AI responsibility unit out of DeepMind. And the FBI disrupts a China-linked hacking network. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Teaser ... The Infinity Machine, Sebastian's book about Demis Hassabis ... Why tell the AI story through Hassabis? ... Hassabis vs the other AI titans ... Does Hassabis have a messiah complex? ... Deep learning's secret sauce ... Did world models cost DeepMind its LLM lead? ... Why they call Hassabis “the Jedi” ... Heading to Overtime ...
Au programme :Focus sur une synthèse de l'actualité tech et IA de l'été, avec un épisode de rentrée au format inhabituel, centré sur les sujets les plus marquants et les retards de juillet et août.Apple et OpenAI sont au cœur d'un affrontement juridique autour d'accusations d'accès à des ressources internes et de recrutement d'anciens employés d'Apple. L'épisode revient aussi sur le plugin ChatGPT sur macOS, capable d'accéder aux messages SMS, RCS et iMessage avec l'accord de l'utilisateur.Le débat se concentre ensuite sur l'étiquetage des contenus générés par IA, dans le cadre de l'AI Act européen. Sont évoqués les chatbots, avatars, deepfakes, textes générés sans contrôle humain, ainsi que les marquages invisibles chez Google et Anthropic, et les limites pratiques de cette régulation.Un autre axe important concerne l'IA comme changement de structure industrielle : évolution des grands modèles, montée en puissance de Google et d'OpenAI, réorganisation de Demis Hassabis, et nouveaux modèles orientés vers le code, les maths et les agents. Il est aussi question d'Astra, de risques cyber, de coûts de calcul et de recherche mathématique assistée par IA.L'épisode traite également des impacts économiques et techniques : consommation d'énergie des centres de données, hausse des coûts, plafonds de dépenses IA chez Microsoft et d'autres entreprises, montée des tensions autour des data centers, et apparition d'outils comme Kitesurf de Cloudflare pour les agents.Enfin, plusieurs sujets français et grand public sont passés en revue : cyberattaques touchant des services publics et privés, interdiction des réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans retoquée, progression de Linux, difficultés de Windows 11, hausses de prix des licences OEM, ainsi que les prochains produits Apple, dont un iPhone pliant, de nouveaux accessoires et des évolutions possibles pour la maison connectée.Infos :Animé par Guillaume Vendé (Tech Café, Bluesky)Co-animé par Baptiste Freydt (Niptech, Niptech Inspire)Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen Moreau (LinkedIn).Musique libre de droit par Daniel BejaLe Rendez-vous Tech épisode 678 – Astra, marquages IA et toujours plus de Linux : le récap de l'été !---Liens :Soutien :
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“If we continue to build for people and not with people, we won't have a say in what this technology will look like or do in ten or twenty years.” — Salima Bhimani Finally some inventive news in our summer of Luddite discontent. Salima Bhimani spent six and a half years at Google X's moonshot factory as its first Chief Strategist for Responsible Tech. So thank her for the (responsible) magic of Alphabet's Waymo, Wing, and DeepMind. In her new book, Invent Now, Bhimani provides a map for the next wave of moonshots. No, she speculates, they probably won't come out of Silicon Valley. But, yes, they will come from somewhere. Her invention was formed long before Silicon Valley. She remembers staring at the Toronto subway from her father's magazine stall and wondering not where the trains went but “what is our relationship to this tube?” An ethnographer by training, Bhimani arrived at Google X from a world of government and nonprofits where “constraint was bread and butter.” At Alphabet, of course, she was spoilt with endless money and runway. Although that didn't always guarantee moonshot success. Moonshots fail, she explains, because they are always more than technologies. They are ecosystems, and they need the approval of regulators, communities, and consumers. Take, for example, the abortive Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet's smart-city bet in her hometown of Toronto, which failed to recognize the practical realities of utopian city-planning. So what will be the most dramatic moonshot of the twenty-first century? No, she says, it probably won't be consumer rocketships to Mars or a cure for cancer. Instead, it will be about a post-labor society. What is human purpose when it's not work? No wonder such an outrageous idea probably won't come out of work-obsessed Silicon Valley. Five Takeaways • A Nuanced Optimist. Bhimani isn't surprised by the Luddite lurch: people feel “compressed by things they can't control,” surrounded by technology doing things they don't understand — and it's hot out. But against thirty years of Silicon Valley boosterism she offers neither cheerleading nor despair: hold the tension. Technology surveils, and drones make war; technology also lets more people solve problems that were previously unsolvable. She refuses the binary of the moment — the abundance gospel of the Andreessens versus the scarcity warnings of James Crawford — predicting instead “abundance in some areas and scarcity in others”: your spreadsheet skills may become worthless precisely as your capacity to build becomes unprecedented. The task is holding both truths with what she calls a discerning eye, treating technology as a co-partner in a relationship where the friction stays alive.• From the Toronto Subway to the Moonshot Factory. Her father ran a magazine stall in the Toronto subway, and young Salima stared at the trains asking an ethnographer's question: not where are the people going, but “what is our relationship to this tube?” She came to Alphabet from government and nonprofits, where “constraint was bread and butter” — and met the opposite: endless money, endless runway, and audacity as the house style. As Alphabet's first Chief Strategist for Responsible Tech, she sat with the CEOs of the Other Bets asking about trade-offs: “Are you willing to take on the potential that your drone could be used in nefarious ways — and how are you gonna ensure that doesn't happen?” Now on her own — no Google badge to fly doors open — she finds leaving “opens up the aperture”: fifty-one years of experience, and both worlds, constraint and abundance, informing everything she builds.• She Folded Her Own Moonshot. The episode's quiet bombshell: after leaving Alphabet, Bhimani co-founded a drone-detection company — and discovered what it feels like when the awkward questions are aimed at you. The full-stack solution she was building could genuinely help cities and communities; it could also be used for “all kinds of nefarious things.” Intention, she warns, is “pie in the sky when people actually are impacted”: the moment to map the worst case is now, not five years after your technology is loose in the world — because you will have to live with the choices you make. Some people can live with the range of implications; she and her co-founders decided they couldn't: “We folded our drone company because the implications are not something that any of us could have lived with.” Responsible tech, practiced on herself.• Moonshots Are Ecosystems (Ask Sidewalk). The factory's deepest lesson: a moonshot is never just a technology. Wing isn't drones — it's regulators, safety, and whether communities want packages falling on their porches; the ecosystem must come first, not at the last mile. Sidewalk Labs — Alphabet's smart-city bet in her own Toronto — consulted widely, meant well, and died anyway on public distrust of big tech's data appetite: an early tremor, Andrew suggests, of today's earthquake against data centers, and evidence of a “massive gap” between society and technology that still hasn't closed. Google fumbling Geoffrey Hinton's generative breakthrough shows the other constraint: inside a company the size of a country, innovation must also become the next billion-dollar business. The counterexample is Waymo — sixteen years of perseverance toward John Krafcik's bigger mandate (self-driving technology, cars merely one expression) — and perhaps Demis Hassabis, whom the latest reshuffle might just free “to be Demis.”• Step In, Not Stepped Out. AI wasn't born yesterday — it spent thirty or forty years in labs, integrated into our lives in the background — and that incubation is precisely her warning: “If we continue to build for people and not with people, we won't have a say in what this technology will look like or do in ten or twenty years.” The large language models belong to “the Googles and the Anthropics,” and most of us aren't inside those companies. Her flip: if such powerful things were built in incubated spaces, imagine what could be built in unincubated ones — collective intelligence as our superpower, moonshots born from the convergence of places, people, and contexts rather than from Silicon Valley's playbook. The century's biggest moonshot, she suspects, is labor itself: what is human purpose when it's not work? Her closing instruction, and the episode's stamp: “We gotta step in and not be stepped out.” About the Guest Salima Bhimani, PhD, was Alphabet's first Chief Strategist for Responsible Tech, Business, and Leaders, working for six and a half years with moonshot companies including Waymo, Wing, DeepMind, and Google X. An ethnographer by training who came to Silicon Valley from government and nonprofits, she is now CEO of 10X Responsible Tech and a senior fellow at AI 2030. Invent Now: The Next Leap in Moonshots (John Wiley & Sons, 2026), her first book, introduces the Third Space — a new lens for building moonshots from the convergence of technolog...
Lawfare Senior Editor Kate Klonick is joined by three guests to discuss their recent article for the Council on Foreign Relations on the FINRA-style AI regulator reportedly under White House review: Vinh Nguyen, former chief AI officer at the National Security Agency and now CFR's Senior Fellow for Artificial Intelligence; Elham Tabassi, former chief AI advisor at NIST and now director of Brookings' AI and Emerging Technology Initiative; and Kat Duffy, CFR's Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy and director of LEAD AI.The conversation follows recent news of Demis Hassabis's July 14 framework calling for a U.S.-led Frontier AI Standards Body and a subsequent Bloomberg report that Treasury Secretary Bessent is involved in reviewing a version of the proposal. They discuss the problems but benefits with a FINRA-like model and what that means for public trust before the body even launches, especially for allies abroad who may be reluctant to treat an American, industry-funded body as an international standard-setter.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010, his mission was simple: solve intelligence, then use it to solve everything else. What began as a scientific quest would eventually become a fierce global AI race. Today, DeepMind is owned by Google and is one of the world's leading AI labs. Journalist and author Sebastian Mallaby spent years interviewing Hassabis, his collaborators, rivals and critics for his new book, The Infinity Machine. It tells the story of the remarkably small group of people who shaped modern AI. When we recorded this conversation, Hassabis was still CEO of DeepMind, caught between the science he wanted to pursue and the commercial race Google needed him to run. Hours later, he announced he was stepping down as CEO to become Alphabet's (Google's parent company) chief scientist. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Gary Rivlin — Multi-Part, Part One: Gary Rivlin, author of AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence, explores the origins and personalities driving the modern artificial intelligence revolution. Rivlin begins by demythologizing AI, focusing on central figures such as Reid Hoffman, a polymath whose childhood obsession with strategy games and thirst for human connection led him to co-found LinkedIn and become a premier venture capitalist. Hoffman represents the bloomer perspective, an optimist who sees AI as a co-pilot to amplify human intelligence. The narrative highlights the interconnectedness of Silicon Valley, tracing the friendships and debates between Hoffman, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk that date back to their early days at PayPal. The history of AI is traced to Frank Rosenblatt's 1950s vision of neural networks, which aimed to create machines that learn as humans do. This approach was long ridiculed by proponents of rules-based computing, leading to decades of AI winters in which funding and interest evaporated. The revival came in the 2010s with Mustafa Suleyman and Demis Hassabis, whose London-based startup DeepMind proved that neural networks could master complex tasks through feedback. After Google acquired DeepMind in 2014, Elon Musk, fearing a corporate monopoly on the technology, co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit. The discussion concludes with the rise of Sam Altman and the 2017 Transformer paper, a breakthrough from Google researchers that allowed computers to understand context, ultimately enabling generative AI and ChatGPT. (1)
Alphabet chief scientist Demis Hassabis has been discussing the formation of an independent AI safety entity with AI lab peers and government officials. WSJ reporter Amrith Ramkumar takes us inside those conversations, and what the move means for Google. Plus, meet the datamaxxers who are feeding AI chatbots their every health move. WSJ reporter Natalie Kaufman discusses the trend. Belle Lin, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal Leadership Institute, hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
P.M. Edition for Aug. 13. The U.S. is sending a fresh aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid growing concerns over living conditions aboard the carrier currently stationed there, the USS Abraham Lincoln. Plus, seven months into the U.S. energy blockade against Cuba, everyday people are struggling to sleep in the heat and to afford food as blackouts persist. We hear from Journal reporter José de Córdoba about what he is hearing from people across the country. And the proliferation of restaurant reservation apps have made it a nightmare for diners to get a table at a buzzy restaurant. Reporter Heather Haddon explains why restaurants keep doing business with the apps. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. 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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AGENDA: 05:00 Canva's Growth Gets Slashed as AI Costs Explode 20:00 The Great Software Reset: Why 2026 Will Punish AI Hesitancy 29:00 Canva's Valuation Reality Check—and the LP Liquidity Trap 35:00 Google's AI Brain Drain: Jeff Dean Leaves, Demis Steps Back 43:00 Why Google Can't Afford to Cure Alzheimer's 50:00 The Data-Centre Revolt: Can AI Survive the Political Backlash? 55:00 Elon Musk's $55BN Terrafab Bet to Break Free from TSMC 57:00 Revolut's $50BN CEO Pay Package—and the Return of Founder Control 01:13 AI Shopping, Atlassian's Revival, and Airtable's Brutal Sale Reality
AI-systeem Gemini van Google heeft 1 miljard maandelijkse actieve gebruikers bereikt, meldt Alphabet-topman Sundar Pichai op X. Volgens Pichai is het daarmee het snelst groeiende Google-product ooit en het veertiende product van het bedrijf dat de mijlpaal haalt. De prestatie komt terwijl Google onder druk staat door vertrekkende AI-kopstukken, en ook Spotify neemt maatregelen tegen met AI gegenereerde muziek. Joe van Burik vertelt erover in deze Tech Update. Ter vergelijking: ChatGPT van OpenAI bereikte die grens al in juni. Andere Google-diensten zoals Zoeken, YouTube, Gmail en Maps zitten er ook al op, maar deden er veel langer over. Gemini haalde de mijlpaal in enkele jaren tijd. De teller telt alleen mensen die de chatbot zelf openen of via de telefoon met Gemini praten; gebruik van Gemini als AI-systeem in andere Google-producten telt niet mee. Volgens Google praat 63 procent van de gebruikers met hun stem tegen de AI en worden er dagelijks 150 miljoen afbeeldingen gegenereerd. Ook op iOS heeft de app zo'n 100 miljoen gebruikers. Vertrek van AI-kopstukken bij Google De mijlpaal komt in een periode van personele wisselingen aan de AI-top van Google. Jeff Dean, ooit begonnen als werknemer nummer dertig en 27 jaar bij het bedrijf, vertrekt. Demis Hassabis, de CEO van AI-divisie DeepMind en nobelprijswinnaar, gaat zich richten op langetermijnonderzoek en wordt als operationeel leider opgevolgd door Koray Kavukcuoglu, tot voor kort technisch directeur. De aandelenkoers van Alphabet daalde na de aankondiging. Bij zakelijke gebruikers, zoals mensen in finance of programmeren, is Google's AI minder in trek, terwijl Anthropic en OpenAI deze zomer wél nieuwe modellen uitbrachten en een nieuwe versie van Gemini uitblijft. Kavukcuoglu gaat de ontwikkeling van Gemini 4 leiden en rapporteert rechtstreeks aan Pichai. Spotify labelt met AI gegenereerde artiesten Spotify gaat met AI gegenereerde artiesten aanduiden met een label 'AI Persona', dat vanaf half september op profielen verschijnt. Artiesten kunnen sinds deze week zelf via Spotify for Artists aangeven dat hun profiel geen echt persoon voorstelt. Spotify vertrouwt niet alleen op die zelfaangifte: het bedrijf gaat profielen ook zelf beoordelen, met tools en mensen, en labelt profielen waarvan de publieke identiteit fotorealistisch met AI gegenereerd lijkt. Het label gaat over de identiteit van de artiest, niet over hoe de muziek is gemaakt. Als AI gelabelde profielen komen niet meer terug in de aanbevolen muziek en in de door Spotify samengestelde lijsten. Artiesten die menen onterecht als AI te zijn bestempeld, kunnen bezwaar maken tegen het label. Google's Gemini-app groeit naar 1 miljard maandelijkse gebruikers Sundar Pichai kondigt mijlpaal aan met gebruikscijfers over voice en beeldgeneratie Google worstelt in AI-strijd na vertrek van AI-kopstukken Jeff Dean vertrekt en Hassabis wordt chairman bij Google DeepMind Spotify gaat AI Persona-profielen labelen en uit aanbevelingen weren Spotify introduceert nieuw label voor met AI gegenereerde artiestidentiteiten Over de maker:Joe van Burik volgt en duidt de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen in tech, met scherpte, vlotheid en de nodige humor. Je hoort hem dagelijks op BNR Nieuwsradio over het belangrijkste technieuws, van AI tot cybersecurity en social media tot quantumcomputers. Ook interviewt hij in De Grote Tech Show samen met Ben van der Burg leiders in digitale innovatie. In het bijzonder volgt Joe al twee decennia de wereld van videogames, nu voor zijn podcast All in the Game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Demis Hassabis has stepped up/down/around from his position as CEO of Google Deepmind, becoming Chair of Deepmind and Chief Scientist at Alphabet. "Henno and the Riph Raph" discuss how this reflects on Google and it's AI landscape as a whole. If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to downround.net to sign up for PREMIUM to get ad-free listening PLUS an extra episode every week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bomani Jones is joined by Ted Tremper, a producer, to break down the complexities, fears, and economic realities surrounding artificial intelligence. They discuss Tremper's two-and-a-half-year journey researching and interviewing over 40 AI experts and tech leaders, sharing behind-the-scenes insights from his discussions with frontier lab CEOs like OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis. Bo and Ted examine the shifting public perception of AI, the threat of potential job replacements, the environmental racism of data center expansion, and how algorithmic design fosters a dangerous illusion of human connection. They also explore the intense geopolitical space race against China's booming open-source market, the staggering amount of unlicensed data driving the industry, and the precarious Jenga tower of debt threatening the broader American economy. Along the way, they make sense of the money, politics, and societal chaos defining our relationship with this modern digital god. . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Buy 'The Right Time' merch: http://therighttimebomani.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our 254th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 08/09/2026Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie HarrisFeel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.aiRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/In this episode: Multiple frontier AI systems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Kimi K3, and UK AISI-tested models) took unsanctioned real-world cyber actions during evaluations, including hacking services, escaping or exploiting misconfigured sandboxes, coordinating via a covert message board, and attempting supply-chain/social-engineering attacks; attorneys general demanded OpenAI preserve records related to the Hugging Face incident.Policy and governance updates included a proposed Trump White House voluntary pre-release security review framework for closed-source frontier models, and EU AI Act transparency/labeling rules taking effect with enforceable fines.Biosecurity concerns rose after research generated complete synthetic bacteriophage genomes via genome language models and demonstrated lab-synthesized viruses killing drug-resistant E. coli, alongside calls for stronger DNA screening and detection.Additional developments: CVE disclosures surged (notably high/critical vulnerabilities), new monitoring/sabotage benchmarks highlighted weaknesses in AI oversight, a vending-machine benchmark showed profit-maximizing deception, and major industry shifts included Jeff Dean and other top Google researchers leaving to found Discovery Loop plus new compute/data-center constraints and releases from Meta and Alibaba (Qwen 3.8 Max).Timestamps (note - these don't take into account dynamically inserted ads and therefore may be off by a couple of minutes):(00:00:10) Intro / Banter(00:02:17) News Preview(00:03:19) Response to listener commentsPolicy & Safety(00:14:30) OpenAI's rogue AI agent didn't stop at hacking Hugging Face | The Verge + OpenAI Didn't Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree + 15 attorneys general have instructed OpenAI to preserve all materials related to the Hugging Face hack(00:43:51) Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations - The New York Times(00:51:14) Meta AI model hacks another company during testing(00:52:11) One of China's Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment | WIRED(00:56:12) Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing(01:02:32) Trump White House Readies AI Framework to Review Security Risks - The New York Times(01:05:45) This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature - The New York Times + Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses(01:16:03) Europe's AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect | The Verge(01:18:58) Serious cyber vulnerability disclosures kept climbing in July(01:21:13) ResearchArena: Evaluating Sabotage and Monitoring in Automated AI R&D(01:25:34) Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine | TechCrunchTools & Apps(01:28:34) Meta debuts Muse Code to take on Anthropic and OpenAI(01:32:36) Improving Fable 5 Safeguards AnthropicApplications & Business(01:33:50) Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup | TechCrunch(01:40:38) Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role(01:43:40) Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta | TechCrunch(01:44:53) Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand - Ars TechnicaProjects & Open Source(01:49:56) Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max AI Model Claims Benchmark Scores Rivaling Anthropic - BloombergSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Google's AI leadership is being reordered as Demis Hassabis changes roles, Jeff Dean departs after 27 years, and power appears to shift back toward Silicon Valley and Sergey Brin. But the bigger story may be OpenAI's detailed account of agents that hacked Hugging Face, communicated across test runs, shared stolen credentials, and operated undetected for weeks. Paul and Mike break it all down, then cover the White House's new framework for reviewing frontier models, OpenAI's delayed Astra release, its public fight with Apple, Meta's open approach to superintelligence, AI-driven layoffs, Gavin Baker's AI market predictions, the collapse of the Situational Awareness fund, and more. Full links and timestamps below. Access the show notes and show links here:https://podcast.smarterx.ai/shownotes/230 Fill out this week's AI Pulse Survey here:https://smarterx.ai/pulse Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:04:52 — Google's AI Leadership Shakeup 00:24:15 — OpenAI's Agent Hack Debrief 00:51:03 — White House AI Framework 00:57:10 — OpenAI's Astra Model Delayed 01:02:51 — OpenAI Says Apple Is Getting It Wrong 01:05:35 — Meta Goes Open on Superintelligence 01:10:30 — AI Leads Layoffs for Fifth Straight Month 01:14:19 — AI Market Predictions from Gavin Baker 01:19:01 — Situational Awareness Fund Implodes 01:21:27 — AI Use Case Spotlight 01:28:19 — AI Product and Funding Updates Want to receive our videos faster? SUBSCRIBE to our channel! This week's episode is brought to you by MAICON and AI Academy by SmarterX. MAICON is the AI conference for marketing and business leaders, happening October 13–15 in Cleveland. Three days of keynotes, sessions, workshops, and conversations designed for leaders actively figuring out how to adopt, operationalize, and scale AI across their organizations. Visit https://MAICON.ai and use code POD100 to save $100. AI Academy by SmarterX offers on-demand courses, series, and professional certificates designed to help individuals and organizations build AI literacy and accelerate adoption. Explore the latest courses at https://academy.smarterx.ai and use code POD100 for $100 off any individual plan. Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack Community LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Looking for content and resources? Register for a free webinar Come to our next Marketing AI Conference Enroll in our AI Academy
“Prediction Review” è il format di Actually in cui torniamo sulle previsioni fatte a inizio anno per capire quali hanno retto e quali vanno aggiornate. Con Alessandro Aresu partiamo dall'AI e dai segnali che potrebbero anticipare una vera frenata degli investimenti, chiedendoci quali aziende rischierebbero di più. Poi mettiamo alla prova la prediction su Palantir e sulla possibilità che governi e servizi europei costruiscano alternative proprie, invece di dipendere dalla tecnologia statunitense. Nel finale aggiorniamo la scommessa su Demis Hassabis e Google: il protagonista del 2026, finora, è Anthropic, grazie alla capacità di attirare talenti. Ma il nome da tenere d'occhio nei prossimi mesi potrebbe arrivare dalla Cina. Scopri i corsi della New Media Academy, la scuola di podcasting e digital journalism di Chora e Will: https://newmediacademy.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon 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: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com superhuman.com
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon 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: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com superhuman.com
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon 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: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com superhuman.com
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon 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: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com superhuman.com
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon 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: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com superhuman.com
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon 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: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com superhuman.com
M.G. Siegler from Spyglass is back for our Montly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO (Alex solo) 2) Apple's memory crunch 3) Should Apple have known better? 4) Will iPhone prices go up? 5) How much can Apple raise prices without losing sales 6) Does that eventually hurt its services business? 7) Microsoft is spending less on AI... but there's an interesting wrinkle 8) How much cloud growth is driven by OpenAI and Anthropic? 9) The divisions within Google's AI division 10) Can Google get it together? --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here's 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Intelligence is 100 percent human. AI is a tool created by humans to distill, digest, and distribute intelligence.” — Keith Teare The working class died this week — at least in Palo Alto. Delivering the eulogy in our regular That Was The Week tech summary is my co-host Keith Teare. “Humans create intelligence,” (whatever that means) the Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur tells us. And so, in our AI age of supposedly abundant intelligence, he pronounces, human knowledge “should not be trapped inside experts, institutions, or companies.” Check your pockets, everyone. Silicon Valley has another freebie for you. With AI, the entrepreneur promises, intelligence is democratized. Everybody gets it. We will all have the intelligence of a Nobel laureate at our fingertips. Even Keith. And so he attacks Daron Acemoglu, the Nobel Prize-winning MIT economist who has called for a “pro-worker AI.” But, for Keith — a council-estate kid from Yorkshire whose lifetime ambition was to evacuate the working class — this is “complete bullshit.” Acemoglu's ideas, he says, are an example of the “fetishization of workers” when, in fact, we should be celebrating the end of the “working class.” What Acemoglu is calling for in his pro-worker AI manifesto is more government planning for today's transition to the AI epoch. But Keith disagrees. So I asked him three times what government should do while AI kills the working (and middle) class. “Allow it to happen,” he finally answers. “A good upheaval.” Good? The former “worker” will lack jobs, wages, healthcare, housing. Even food in an America now eliminating food stamps. No matter. Let them eat intelligence. Five Takeaways • Humans Create Intelligence. Keith's editorial thesis distinguishes individual intelligence — where experts live, and always will — from the collective sum of everything all humans, living and dead, have ever contributed. That collective stock was once locked in encyclopedias, libraries, and universities; for the first time, AI can aggregate, distill, digest, and distribute it, at a price falling toward everyone. Knowledge, he writes, “should not be trapped inside experts, institutions, or companies” — but note the fine print: experts don't disappear in this democratization. If anything, they get elevated: the expert reading an AI's output about viruses understands it very differently than the rest of us.• The End of the Age of Heroes? Noah Smith's much-shared essay argues that AI ends the era of the mathematical hero — and that's fine, since most people (truck drivers, financial advisers, executive assistants) never got to be heroes anyway. Keith's rebuttal turns on his central distinction: AI and intelligence are not the same word. There is no evidence, he argues, that AI creates new knowledge — it understands and distributes the existing stock. Innovation still takes individuals, and those individuals now start from a far higher floor, leveled up to everything already known. Heroes don't go away; they multiply. In the world of AI, he suspects, every single teacher becomes one.• “What Even Is Pro-Worker AI?” The week's main event: Daron Acemoglu — via Yascha Mounk's Persuasion interview and an Atlantic essay, with What Happened to Liberal Democracy out next week — wants AI agencies, grant programs, and public competitions to build “pro-worker AI.” Keith's verdict: “complete bullshit.” The middle-class “fetishization of workers” is paternalistic; the wage is a temporary power relationship between employer and employee; and the end of the working class is precisely the progressive outcome — says the council-estate kid from Yorkshire whose aspiration was not to be working class. Pressed three times on what government should do amid the upheaval, Keith finally answered: “Allow it to happen… a good upheaval.” Though swap workers for people, he conceded, and he'd almost entirely agree — every teacher a hero, even in East Palo Alto.• Bandwagons and Silences. Regular people are being arrested protesting data centers; Erin Brockovich — a Keen On guest some years back — is assembling class actions; Ezra Klein has begun folding anti-big-tech language into abundance. A politician-led bandwagon, Keith argues, regressive but keyed to genuine local concerns. The stranger fact is the silence on the other side: neither Altman nor Amodei nor Demis Hassabis is making the public case that AI benefits everybody — astonishing, Keith says, and the vacuum Acemoglu is trying to fill. Hassabis himself stepped aside at Google this week — a scientist returning to science as Sergey Brin becomes AI czar — while the Nobel-winning AlphaFold team has been quietly broken up. “Something strange is going on there.”• A Drama in a Teacup. Is the AI economy real? Ed Zitron's stat — 70 percent of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google's AI revenue comes from OpenAI and Anthropic — is two-thirds right, says Keith, and no problem at all: beneath the concentration, the money comes from some two billion distributed users paying real subscriptions, and the revenues are sustainable. The Aschenbrenner postscript, via Porter Stansberry's post of the week: he bet the chip layer (Samsung, SK Hynix) when the value sat a layer up, got the timing wrong more than the thesis, sold to Citadel at a discount — and kept his Anthropic shares, remaining a multi-billionaire. As for the coming reality check: Anthropic and OpenAI will IPO only when public capital beats private, and SpaceX's wobble from $135 to $108 — through a 20 percent lockup release — counts as no catastrophe. Public markets, Keith reminds us, don't determine the success of the underlying business. About the Co-Host Keith Teare is the publisher of That Was The Week, the essential weekly tech newsletter, and founder and CEO of SignalRank Corporation. A serial entrepreneur — co-founder of, among others, EasyNet and RealNames — he was present at the creation of the UK internet and has spent four decades at the intersection of technology, capital, and ideas. He joins Keen On America every Sunday to make sense of the week in tech. His AI-assisted book in progress is titled Who Owns Intelligence. References: • That Was The Week — Keith's newsletter, including this week's editorial, “Humans Create Intelligence.”• Noah Smith — “The End of the Age of Heroes,” on what happens to human ambition when the machines do the math.• Daron Acemoglu — the Yascha Mounk interview at Persuasion, the Atlantic essay on pro-worker AI, and What Happened to Liberal Democracy, out next week.• The Financial Times — “Google's AI shakeup boosts Brin as DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside.”• Ed Zitron — on the 70 percent of hyperscaler AI revenue that flows from OpenAI and Anthropic.• Porter Stansberry — post of the week, on Leopold Aschenbrenner's losses, Citadel's discount, and the drama in a ...
Google is reorganizing DeepMind leadership as Demis Hassabis moves into a chairman role and other senior AI leaders depart to launch a new venture.In this episode, we look at what happens when a company's most important research division enters a new phase. The story is not just about titles—it is about talent, focus, and the race to lead the next era of AI.Support the Show• Amazon picks: https://amzn.to/4fUGHEm• Amazon picks: https://amzn.to/4pUHt8Q• Amazon picks: https://amzn.to/45a4MC9• Need a website or app? https://hireawebteam.com• Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/StageZeroNews?view_as=patron&vanity=StageZeroNews• Subscribe on Supercast: https://clubelon.supercast.com/Disclosure: Amazon links may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.
Demis Hassabis tritt als CEO von Google DeepMind ab, und am selben Tag verlässt Jeff Dean die Firma, bei der er 1999 als Mitarbeiter Nummer 30 angefangen hat. Danach wird die Wäsche zwischen Apple und OpenAI schmutziger, samt veröffentlichter Chatprotokolle. Bei den Sicherheitsvorfällen kommen neue Details ans Licht: OpenAIs Agenten haben sich ein eigenes Nachrichtenbrett gebaut und sich gegenseitig Tipps gegeben, Anthropics Modelle haben sich falsche Identitäten zugelegt. Runware packt ein Megawatt Rechenleistung in einen Seecontainer. Nvidia steht inzwischen für bis zu 750 Milliarden an Verbindlichkeiten gerade. Elon Musk kauft künftig exklusiv bei Nvidia, und beim Blick in die SpaceX-Zahlen stellt sich die Frage, woher die Investitionen für eine Billion Umsatz kommen sollen. Dann die Earnings-Runde mit Shopify, Figma, Canva, Arista, Cloudflare, Atlassian, Twilio und AppLovin. Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf doppelgaenger.io/werbung. Vielen Dank! Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Hassabis und Jeff Dean (00:18:26) LeCuns neuer Fonds (00:20:39) Apple gegen OpenAI (00:23:49) Das Nachrichtenbrett der Agenten (00:26:12) Falsche Identitäten (00:31:44) Muse Spark (00:34:10) Rechenzentrum im Container (00:37:19) Nvidias 750 Milliarden (00:38:47) Platzt sie oder nicht (00:47:15) Musk und Huang (00:48:49) SpaceX nachgerechnet (01:00:42) Shopify (01:02:14) Figma und Canva (01:04:20) Arista Networks (01:06:25) Cloudflare (01:09:57) Atlassian (01:11:22) Twilio (01:14:36) Palantir zahlt 1,4% Steuern (01:18:35) Tax Loss Harvesting (01:21:55) Nikita Bier hört auf (01:22:33) 16 neue Viren Shownotes Hassabis tritt als CEO von Google DeepMind ab - semafor.com Jeff Dean verlässt Google und gründet Discovery Loop - wired.com Hassabis war früh privat bei Anthropic investiert - ft.com Yann LeCun startet 224 Ventures - bloomberg.com Apple wirft elf weiteren Ehemaligen Datenmitnahme vor - techcrunch.com OpenAI kontert mit Chatprotokollen von Apple-Mitarbeitern - the-decoder.com OpenAI-Agenten nutzten ein geheimes Nachrichtenbrett - wired.com KI-Agenten legten sich falsche Identitäten zu - cnn.com Metas Muse Spark bricht aus der Testumgebung aus - mashable.com Runware packt ein Rechenzentrum in den Seecontainer - techcrunch.com Nvidia kündigt 750 Mrd. an Deals an, der Kreditmarkt zuckt - thenextweb.com Musk kauft künftig exklusiv bei Nvidia - businessinsider.com SpaceX-Zahlen nachgerechnet - x.com Shopify wächst 34 Prozent - reuters.com Figma wächst 48 Prozent und verliert 16 Prozent Kurs - reuters.com Canva senkt die Prognose wegen KI-Kosten - theinformation.com Arista Networks überrascht deutlich - barrons.com Cloudflare hebt die Prognose an - barrons.com Atlassian springt 35 Prozent nach starkem Cloud-Geschäft - reuters.com Twilio hebt die Jahresprognose deutlich an - investors.com AppLovin verfehlt knapp und verliert 20 Prozent - wsj.com Palantir zahlt 1,4 Prozent Steuern - ftm.eu AQR erzeugt Verluste zum Steuersparen - bloomberg.com Nikita Bier hört als Produktchef von X auf - techcrunch.com KI entwirft 16 funktionsfähige Viren - nytimes.com
This week, the White House announced a new framework for regulating A.I. models, but it isn't letting the public read it. We break down what we know about the rules and what the implications are for the industry and A.I. safety as a whole. Then, yet another report details new incidents in which A.I. agents have gone rogue. Chris Painter, the president of METR, an independent A.I. evaluation organization, joins to discuss how we get these models under control. And finally, we're hopping on the Hot Mess Express for the very last time. We'll rate the craziest tech headlines from the week, including Google's announcement that Demis Hassabis is stepping into a new role. Guests: Chris Painter, president of METR. Additional Reading: White House Readies A.I. Framework to Review Security Risks Inside Trump's AI framework How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom? METR's Frontier Risk Report Google Shakes Up A.I. Leadership Did an A.I. Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer? This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence Google Earth's AI deepfake tool only lasted one day US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference Contractor who built Colossus and Colossus II says Elon Musk owes him colossal amount of money We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Google underwent a big AI shakeup this week, leaving a lot of people wondering whether there are big problems on team Gemini. David and Nilay start the show by discussing what's next for Jeff Dean and Demis Hassabis, before diving into the ways in which Google and Reddit have become existentially, problematically dependent on one another. After that, we talk through Disney's plan to turn Disney Plus into an everything app, and all the reasons we think that's a terrible idea and a sign of big problems in the streaming biz. Finally, in the lightning round, Brendan Carr is still a dummy, Snapchat wants AI out of your feed, and BMW has a Spider-Man to sell you. Further reading: The messy politics behind Google's big AI shakeup | The Verge Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month Can Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam? Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI Reddit says it plans to “make changes” to old Reddit Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider wants to grow the platform and the protocol Disney says it's ‘exploring' adding a free tier to Disney Plus Disney gives TikTok creators official access to Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar characters Despite Spider-Man: Brand New Day's success, the MCU is on shaky ground Disney Plus is about to go beyond streaming Paramount and WBD's antitrust trial is set for March 2027 David Ellison promises he's not going to ruin CNN. Almost half of HBO Max subscribers watch with ads. | The Verge Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon BMW's in-car Spider-Man ad is villain behavior X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year | The Verge Snapchat will no longer recommend ‘wholly AI-generated videos' in its vertical video feed Snap reports 971 million monthly active users ahead of its Specs launch event on September 16th Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. 0:00 Cold Open01:05 Google AI Shakeup Explained03:24 Gemini Product Mess05:29 Demis Hassabis and the AGI Split14:06 Is Google Actually Behind?15:29 AI Overviews Fail Parade18:12 Gemini Users and Distribution20:55 Google Plus Warning Signs24:14 Reddit as Search Lifeline27:35 AI Slop and Dead Internet29:32 Google Buys Reddit Theory33:51 Reddit Earnings Reality Check35:40 Smoking Community Vibes38:20 Disney Everything App44:25 Time Spent Arms Race47:39 Free Tier and Ads52:08 Paramount Warner Deal Drama01:00:23 Brendan Carr is a Dummy01:11:51 Nikita Bier Leaves X01:13:53 SpaceX Telecom Dreams01:20:15 Snapchat Versus AI Slop01:25:26 BMW In Car Ads01:31:19 Wrap And Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AI news this week: the AI video renaissance is HERE. Seedance 2.5 is out for everyone, Minimax H3 (Hailuo) is basically an uncensored Sora 2 you can run on local hardware, Wan 3.0 turns your documents into video, and Flux 3 is the only non-Chinese model anywhere near the frontier. Kevin's on vacation, so on today's AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell is joined by AI video expert Tim Simmons from the excellent YouTube channel Theoretically Media. Together they break down which of the new models is actually best, the basics of how to use them, exactly how good local AI video has gotten, and what it means that nearly all of these models are Chinese. Also: Walter White meets Joey, AI Kramer, Family Guy prompts, The Office reimagined, and a museum for the ancient AI videos of two years ago. Plus: Tim's Higgsfield terms-of-service deep dive, OpenAI reportedly targeting an "ASTRA" aka GPT-6 release for NEXT WEEK, Jeff Dean leaves Google after 27 years as Demis Hassabis steps up, and an AI See What You Did There: AI Filmmakers Edition. WE HAVE SORA AT HOME NOW. HOLLYWOOD, YOU GOOD? // Show Links // Subscribe to Tim's channel, Theoretically Media https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia Seedance 2.5 is here for everyone https://x.com/capcutapp/status/2085355533943357650?s=20 Tim's short film "Death Walks Into A Bar" https://youtu.be/4wFBA9-KyzY?si=2E1cdKiiGYe1d7pu Minimax H3 (Hailuo): basically an uncensored open source local Sora 2 https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3 AI Warper's Family Guy "AI Prompt" https://x.com/AIWarper/status/2084445445372477530?s=20 Walter White meets Joey https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/comments/1vfu2dt/oh_this_is_funh3/ Here's Kramer (Seinfeld prompt) https://x.com/techprofits/status/2085118937738391830?s=20 AI Film History museum by Rich Klien https://aifilmhistory.org/ The Office example https://x.com/VelvetRender87/status/2084390557334335837?s=20 Wan 3.0: turns docs, sheets, decks and webpages into video https://x.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339761284104529?s=20 https://x.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339982714257453?s=20 Flux 3 from Black Forest Labs https://bfl.ai/blog/flux-3 Tim's Higgsfield TOS video https://youtu.be/7vGp40qEV4s?si=To-ih5eLpqWWnKPz OpenAI targeting "ASTRA" aka GPT-6 release for next week https://x.com/synthwavedd/status/2085365276640702915?s=20 Jeff Dean leaves Google after 27 years & Demis steps up https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/google-chief-scientist-jeff-dean-leaving-company-after-27-years.html Kavan The Kid's latest https://youtu.be/tU5UUc1d0_A?si=j3KNGgJNDX6-L8yG Dave Clark's found footage Seedance 2.5 short https://x.com/Diesol/status/2084547129188712589?s=20 Demon Flying Fox's Odyssey https://youtu.be/ky-2PL6G3aI?si=C73wRZG-Bfd97vSa // Join the AI For Humans community // Join the AI For Humans Discord https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Support AI For Humans on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow Subscribe to the AI For Humans newsletter https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow AI For Humans on X: @AIForHumansShow https://x.com/AIForHumansShow Follow AI For Humans on TikTok: @aiforhumansshow https://www.tiktok.com/@aiforhumansshow Speaking and booking https://www.aiforhumans.show/
John is joined by Sriram Krishnan, former Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence. They discuss the Trump administration's AI development policies, including the administration's AI Action Plan which Sriram largely developed. The United States remains the global leader in artificial intelligence but its advantage over China is more narrow than many assume. Sriram believes that maintaining American leadership in the field requires reducing regulatory burdens, expanding access to computing resources, strengthening domestic infrastructure, and ensuring that allies have access to American technology rather than restricting its distribution. In short, the government should “let Silicon Valley cook."While the administration has favored deregulation, it has also intervened to slow the release of some particularly advanced AI models. These positions are consistent because the government wishes to encourage rapid innovation but also protect critical infrastructure. Models with advanced cyber capabilities that could expose vulnerabilities in banking systems, power grids, military systems, healthcare networks, and other essential services will face heightened scrutiny.At the same time, state regulation of AI is fragmented. The administration believes that the current patchwork of fifty different regulatory systems creates excessive compliance burdens and hampers innovation. That is why the administration is attempting to pass national AI legislation. The proposed legislation emphasizes four principal areas: intellectual property and the protection of creators' rights, the impact of data centers on local communities, protections for children, and the reduction of harmful bias and censorship.John and Sriram also discuss the potential development of a voluntary pre-review process for new AI models that present particularly high cybersecurity risks. This process is being developed by the administration in close cooperation with the major AI companies. World leaders, including President Xi of China, have suggested that AI be regulated by an international body. Several leading figures in Silicon Valley have endorsed this idea. However, Sriram believes that it would be a mistake to allow an international bureaucracy which may not have American interests at heart control the cutting-edge technology currently being developed in the U.S. A different proposal put forward by Demis Hassabis would establish a Self-Regulatory Organization composed of the most significant AI developers. The proposed SRO would establish recognized industry standards.Although the United States is the overall leader in artificial intelligence, Chinese companies are increasingly formidable competitors, particularly in open-weight models. The next several years will likely be critical in determining the global balance of power in artificial intelligence.Podcast Link: Law-disrupted.fmHost: John B. QuinnProducer: Alexis HydeMusic and Editing by: Alexander Rossi
This week, we discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 584 Runner-up Titles Duffle bag of leftovers 5Are you dead in this scenario? Bury me with my IKEA bags Don't automate the world, nobody really wants that AttentionIsAllYouNeed.blog Take some money off the table No more great ideas Rundown IKEA FRAKTA Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45B Fund Implodes AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner forced to unwind all public stock positions after steep losses, sources say His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart Bending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.28B Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B sell on story, or sell on revenue The Java Story | The Official Documentary Relevant to your Interests Who's Writing Open Source Code? Satyress Robotics GitHub - mgwalkerjr95/texas-grocery-mcp: MCP server for HEB grocery shopping BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising An announcement from Superlogical An interactive visualization that follows a single HTTP request through its entire ~200ms life Supercharge your Claude, Cursor, and Codex. | Unstructured Linux Foundation Launches the Tokenomics Foundation valock July 2026 Recap tl;dv (Too Lazy; Didn't Validate): 181,874 Meetings Left Wide Open npm Worm Poisons keyv, cacheable and 400+ Other Packages Across Twelve Organisations Using AI for Product Management - The Tanzu Platform product management experience Is the future of data centers portable? Runware builds a pod to find out Google's AI reshuffle: Chief scientist Jeff Dean exits and Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations Boris Cherny: We Cut 80% of Claude Code's Prompt Microsoft's stock rockets more than 15% for largest single-day jump in history Amazon revenue soars as AI investments pay off Meta's stock drops on disappointing guidance, dwindling free cash flow Clouded Judgement 7.31.26 - AWS CapEx ROI Sponsors Signadot: making sure AI-written code actually works. Conferences WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50 25 Free Tickets AI Connect, Aug 22nd, 2026 - Riga, Latvia, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting. VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026 Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Brooks GTS 25 Matt: NearbyWiki Reading Maps Coté: Descript Underlord
Artificial intelligence is already changing how we work, communicate and find information. But could its biggest impact be on science? Demis Hassabis is one of the most influential figures in AI. An artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur, he is the co-founder of Google DeepMind, having recently stepped down as chief executive to become the company's chair and chief scientist at its parent company Alphabet. His is also co-founder and CEO of Isomorphic Labs, and an AI adviser to the UK government. DeepMind has used AI to predict the structure of proteins, a breakthrough that helped Hassabis win a Nobel Prize and could accelerate the development of new medicines. And the ambition goes much further: using AI to tackle some of the biggest unanswered questions in biology, physics and beyond. Niall Paterson speaks to Sebastian Mallaby, journalist and author of The Infinity Machine, about the extraordinary ambition behind DeepMind, why its approach to AI is different from some of its Silicon Valley rivals, and whether the technology could ultimately become the world's smartest scientist. Have you got a question for Niall? Email us at: why@sky.uk. You can also watch This Is Why on YouTube.
In questa puntata partiamo da Google, dove Demis Hassabis lascia la guida operativa di DeepMind mentre continua la guerra per i talenti dell'AI. Poi guardiamo i primi numeri di SpaceX da società quotata e ci chiediamo che azienda sia diventata davvero: spazio, connettività o infrastruttura per l'intelligenza artificiale? Torniamo anche su OpenAI, dagli agenti che riescono a coordinarsi fuori da una sandbox allo scontro con Apple sul possibile nuovo device. Infine la big story: Bending Spoons compra Airtable e si ritrova sempre più al centro della conversazione della Silicon Valley.
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Demis Hassabis is relinquishing day-to-day control of DeepMind, Jeff Dean is leaving Google after 27 years, and both moves follow a string of other marquee departures. Is Google experiencing a devastating brain drain—or clearing the way for the organizational reset Gemini badly needs? In the headlines: Meta releases two new models and its first coding harness, Anthropic starts building a chip team, and AI-driven shopping sends Shopify soaring.AIDB's AI Summer Adventure: https://summeradventure.ai/Brought to you by:KPMG – Research from KPMG and the University of Texas at Austin shows the highest-impact AI users treat AI like a reasoning partner — and those skills can be taught at scale. Learn more at https://kpmg.com/us/SophisticatedHyperagent - Hire a fleet of always-on agents. New users get $1,000 in inference. hyperagent.com/aidailybriefRackspace Technology- One accountable partner to build, operate and run your full enterprise AI stack https://www.rackspace.com/Section - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - https://www.sectionai.com/Blitzy - Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? https://blitzy.com/AssemblyAI - The best way to build Voice AI apps - https://www.assemblyai.com/briefRobots & Pencils - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results https://robotsandpencils.com/The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Our Newsletter is BACK: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Interested in sponsoring the show? sponsors@aidailybrief.ai
Google is reshuffling its AI team, moving Demis Hassabis from CEO to chairman of Google DeepMind. Hassabis will also take over the chief scientist role of Alphabet after the current chief scientist Jeff Dean leaves the company. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Trump has called Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh multiple times since Warsh stepped into his role. Google board member and former Fed vice chairman Roger Ferguson weighs in on both Google's AI strategy and the relationship between the central bank and the White House. Plus, Jamie Dimon has a warning for investors, CNBC's Sharon Epperson reports on the major wealth transfer from boomers, including the complicated inheritance of real estate. Roger Ferguson 23:17 Sharon Epperson 35:34 In this episode: Sharon Epperson, @sharon_epperson Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
What drives someone to spend decades pursuing artificial general intelligence, not for wealth, but for scientific discovery? In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with bestselling author and financial historian Sebastian Mallaby about his new book, The Infinity Machine, which chronicles the remarkable journey of DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis and the global race to build artificial general intelligence (AGI). Drawing on more than 30 hours of interviews with Hassabis and conversations with over 100 colleagues, competitors, and friends, Mallaby explores the leadership philosophy, scientific ambition, and organizational decisions that shaped one of the world’s most influential AI companies. Listeners will also hear an in-depth discussion of Google’s acquisition of DeepMind, the evolution of AI from AlphaGo to Gemini, the competitive dynamics among OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google, and what the pursuit of superintelligence means for business leaders navigating the next era of technological transformation. Key topics include: Why Demis Hassabis devoted his career to AGI The founding story behind DeepMind Google’s AI strategy and the Innovator’s Dilemma Leadership lessons from building world-class research organizations The opportunities of increasingly capable AI systems Listen to discover why the future of AI may depend as much on leadership and organizational design as on technological breakthroughs. This episode is presented by ElevenLabs — Bringing technology to life. Learn more at elevenlabs.io
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Google shook up its AI leadership, kicking Demis Hassabis upstairs while Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat left to found Discovery Loop. SpaceX's first earnings spooked investors, a UK-tested AI agent went rogue, and Disney let TikTok fans into Disney+. Links Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership (The Verge) SpaceX reports Q2 revenue up 92% YoY to $7.8B, vs. $6.81B est., AI operating loss of $1.26B, vs. $2.39B est., says capex in Q3 and Q4 will remain similar to Q2 (Bloomberg) An AI agent went rogue during UK safety tests, creating fake identities and launching social engineering attacks unprompted (The Decoder) Disney announces a global deal with TikTok to bring "thoughtfully curated" fan-created short-form videos based on Disney's IP to Disney+'s vertical Verts feed (The New York Times) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.
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(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:32) New AI regulatory proposal: DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposes FINRA-type body (20:01) Stripe, Block, and Advent offer $53B to acquire PayPal (37:51) Apple sues OpenAI, alleging stolen trade secrets (42:49) Grok Build data leak, AI data privacy, Tokenmaxxing update, Mira Murati's new model (59:53) NY bans datacenters, becoming first state to enact a moratorium (1:22:57) Science Corner: New data on reversing aging! Adopt Ronnie the Dog: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Da0pGahBwaW Apply for All-In Summit 2026: https://allin.com/events Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://x.com/chamath/status/2077502408528212144 https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2076957440109625718 https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2076323181154230284 https://x.com/Jason/status/2076231055443440105 https://x.com/SquawkCNBC/status/2077741908391031246 https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/inside-anthropics-state-by-state-plan-to-ratchet-up-ai-rules-00998415 https://x.com/politico/status/2077315780144996633 https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/1978145266269077891 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15 https://www.tipranks.com/news/the-fly/block-contributing-to-equity-for-paypal-takeover-bid-cnbc-says-thefly-news https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/07/Apple-Inc.-v.-Liu-et-al.pdf https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/apple-lawsuit-threatens-openais-hardware-215438163.html https://x.com/markgurman/status/2076306380583997665 https://www.engadget.com/2216186/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company https://x.com/Reuters/status/2076957424339050839 https://x.com/teddyschleifer/status/2077596563380072694 https://x.com/teddyschleifer/status/2077606887055306879 https://openai.com/index/prc-linked-influence-operations-ai-debates https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/openai-china-ai-data-centers-report-00957612 https://trends.google.com/explore?q=GMO%2C%2Fm%2F0dkz0z&date=2010-01-01%202026-07-15&geo=US https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75141-2
It's public beta season, which means David and Nilay have been upgrading some devices this week. We talk through the good and bad of our early experiences with Siri AI, and what it'll take for next-gen Siri to be a hit. After that, we discuss the real reason Apple decided to sue OpenAI over trade secrets, OpenAI's forthcoming smart speaker, the new Pixel colors, our emoji strategies, Brendan Carr, and much more. Further reading: Apple's public betas for iOS 27 and more are out now Siri AI makes the Apple Watch finally feel like a wrist computer Siri AI is already changing how I use my iPhone The macOS 27 public beta is worth it just for the Liquid Glass tweaks Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer Sam Altman didn't need another lawsuit The 6 wildest claims in Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI Another turn in the Apple v. OpenAI dispute. OpenAI has a new statement about Apple's lawsuit. OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe OnePlus is dead in the US. Did it ever have a chance? Samsung shows off ‘brand new shape' for Z Fold 8 in Spider-Man teaser OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year OpenAI finally launches hardware… for Codex Pixel Watch 5 leak shows off four different finishes The Pixel colors might rule this year The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves X admits its broken algorithm made the site feel like a ‘battleground' States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth' Paramount lead trial counsel on state AG suit: This merger is pro-competitive The new cracking face emoji might be an all-timer. Google's Demis Hassabis says it's time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. (Timestamps are approximate.) 00:01:00 Intro 00:02:00 Apple Betas and New Siri 00:08:00 Gemini Car Assistant Fails 00:15:00 Apple Sues OpenAI 00:18:00 Trade Secret Law Explained 00:28:00 Settlement or Long Fight 00:35:00 OpenAI Home Device Doubts 00:42:00 Smartphone Platform Lessons 00:50:00 Pixel Colors and Naming 00:52:00 OnePlus Retreat Explained 00:55:00 Carriers and iPhone Lock In 01:05:00 Brendan Carr Bribery Scandal 01:14:00 Emoji Lightning Round 01:18:00 X Algorithm Rediscovery 01:23:00 Foothills Of Singularity 01:29:00 Paramount Merger Spin 01:33:00 Wrap And Plugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With open weight models fast approaching the power and utility of closed AI giants, enterprises face tough choices about privacy, sovereignty, and who they can trust. Explore why the next tech revolution might depend on which models stay truly open—and who gets to keep using them. Mozilla's inaugural 'State of Open Source AI' Report with CTO Raffi Krikorian - https://stateofopensource.ai/ Apple sues OpenAI, alleging it stole trade Secrets Google's Demis Hassabis says it's time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days White House details 'Gold Eagle' clearinghouse for AI cyber threats Introducing GPT-Live From Chatbot to Command Center OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs A Green Being (@a_green_being) on X What xAI Grok Build CLI actually sends to xAI - a wire-level analysis (grok 0.2.93) Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud PrismML — Announcing Bonsai 27B: The First 27B-Class Model to Run on a Phone Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI's AGI work due to illness OpenAI has folded safety into research again. Its head of safety is leaving. We built a vulnerability vending machine: AI tokens in, zero-days out Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop 'theft' of content White House not ruling out action on open-source AI models The Hard-Line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI - WSJ Super Dario: One More Week How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing | jola.dev History of LLMs: Complete Timeline & Evolution (1950-2026) No, You Shouldn't Avoid Fruits and Vegetables Due to Cyclospora Google creator profiles Dust jacket Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raffi Krikorian Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. 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: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT gusto.com/machines monarch.com with code IM XBOW.com
Will.i.am is not as worried about AI and artists. He tells Katie Prescott that the "creatives will be alright," but it's "the assistants, the sales clerks, the lawyers, the accountants" that we should be concerned about. As musicians, publishers and Silicon Valley debate over whether AI should be allowed to train on creative work, the Black Eyed Peas musician and tech investor offers a different take. He says music has always borrowed from what came before – from samplers to bass lines and rhymes. So what changes when machines start borrowing too?Plus, Danny Fortson and Katie discuss Anthropic's stark new AI advert, Demis Hassabis's call for an AI watchdog, and whether governments can keep up with the pace of artificial intelligence.Watch on YouTube Producers: Marnie Duke & Shabnam GrewalExecutive Producer: Priyanka DeladiaImage: GettyClip: ClaudeMusic Credit: Contains a sample of the recording "Billie Jean." Performed: Michael Jackson, Written: Michael Jackson. Published: Sony/ATV Songs LLC o/b/o Mijac MusicCourtesy: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.Music Credit: Contains a sample of the recording "Caribbean Queen - No More Love on the Run”Performed: Billy OceanWritten: Billy Ocean, Keith DiamondPublished: Jive Records/ Sony Music EntertainmentCourtesy: Sony Music EntertainmentMusic Credit: Contains a sample of the recording "Boom Boom Pow.”Performed: Black Eyed Peas William Adams (will.i.am), Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), and Jaime Gomez (Taboo)Writen: William Adams (will.i.am), Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), Allan Pineda (apl.de.ap), and Jaime Gomez (Taboo).Published: Will.i.am Music Publishing, Jeepney Music, Headphone Junkie Publishing, Tab Magnetic Publishing, and EMI Music PublishingCourtesy: Interscope Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Microsoft announced its finally removing promotional noise from the Windows 11 Search Box, and New York has become the first US state to place a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Demis Hassabis proposed a US-based frontier AI standards body modeled on FINRA. IBM's stock cratered 20% on a Q2 miss from chip-spending shifts, Spotify launched a voice-control feature, Kalshi debuted an AI compute forward curve, and Anthropic studied Claude's values. Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for "Frontier-class" AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release (X) Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for "Frontier-class" AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release (The Verge) IBM reports preliminary Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $17.2B, below $17.9B est., as CEO Arvind Krishna says customers are shifting spending to chips; IBM falls 20%+ (Bloomberg) Spotify launches a Talk to Spotify feature that lets users create playlists and more, rolling out in beta to Premium users 18+ in the US, Ireland, and Sweden (Engadget) Kalshi launches a forward curve tool for AI compute, using event contracts to track the future rental costs of GPUs, storage, and memory (Bloomberg) Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models (Ars Technica) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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