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On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's cybersecurity news, including: Apple ruins exploit developers' week with fresh memory corruption mitigations Feross Aboukhadijeh drops by to talk about the big, dumb npm supply chain attack Salesloft says its GitHub was the initial entry point for its compromise Sitecore says people should “patch” its using-the-keymat-from-the-documentation “zero day” Rogue certs for 1.1.1.1 appear to be just (stupid) testing Jaguar Land Rover ransomware attackers are courting trouble This week's episode is sponsored by open source cloud security tool, Prowler. Founder Toni de la Fuente joins to discuss their new support for Microsoft 365. Time to point Prowler at your OneDrive and Sharepoint! This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Blog - Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research Venezuela's president thinks American spies can't hack Huawei phones | TechCrunch 18 Popular Code Packages Hacked, Rigged to Steal Crypto – Krebs on Security Software packages with more than 2 billion weekly downloads hit in supply-chain attack - Ars Technica Salesloft platform integration restored after probe reveals monthslong GitHub account compromise | Cybersecurity Dive CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports | The Record from Recorded Future News SAP warns of high-severity vulnerabilities in multiple products - Ars Technica The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows. Here's the latest. - Ars Technica Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover threatens to hit British economic growth | The Record from Recorded Future News Cyberattack forces Jaguar Land Rover to tell staff to stay at home | The Record from Recorded Future News Bridgestone Americas continues probe as it looks to restore operations | Cybersecurity Dive Qantas penalizes executives for July cyberattack | The Record from Recorded Future News Cyber Command, NSA to remain under single leader as officials shelve plan to end 'dual hat' | The Record from Recorded Future News GOP Cries Censorship Over Spam Filters That Work – Krebs on Security Risky Bulletin: APT report? No, just a phishing test! - Risky Business Media Post by @patrick.risky.biz — Bluesky

Bio: Josh Dorfman is a climate entrepreneur, author, and media personality. He is the CEO and host of Supercool, a media company covering real-world climate solutions that cut carbon, increase profits, and enhance modern life. Josh was previously the co-founder and CEO of Plantd, a carbon-negative building materials manufacturer, which was named to Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies in 2024. He has founded two modern design sustainable furniture companies, directed Vine.com, an Amazon e-commerce business specializing in natural and organic products, and served as the CEO of The Collider, the nation's first innovation center for climate resilience and adaptation. Additionally, Josh was previously known as The Lazy Environmentalist, a media brand he developed into an award-winning television series on Sundance Channel, a daily radio show on SiriusXM, and two popular books.  His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, TechCrunch, Fast Company, and Reuters. Josh has also made regular appearances on national television and radio programs, including Morning Joe, Fox & Friends, and NPR's All Things Considered, and is the only guest to ever ride a bike onto The Martha Stewart Show. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Session if you can use support growing your impact business. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Plantd site Supercool podcast Bender Innovation site Yaupon Brothers Tea site Josh Dorfman on LinkedIn Paul's Strategy Sessions Pitch an Awarepreneurs episode

Sahil was 18 when TechCrunch published a hit piece calling him a copycat. His co-founder Aaron was 16. They'd just raised $6 million from YC and top VCs for their crypto startup, then got subpoenaed by a state government and watched their business implode. So they fired everyone, moved back to their parents' homes, and spent months cold-calling dentists and lawn care companies to find a real problem. What they discovered: 80% of SMBs still use community banks from 1995. Now Affiniti has 2,000 customers, $10M ARR run rate, and just raised $17M by partnering with trade associations to acquire customers at 25% the cost of traditional fintech. This is the raw story of teenage founders who got punched in the face by Silicon Valley and came back swinging.Why You Should Listen:How getting destroyed on TechCrunch at 18 and subpoenaed by the government led to a $3M revenue pivot in 12 monthsWhy going back to square 0 is often the best moveThe trade association go-to-market strategy that worked for SMB.Why 200 VC rejections and raising $6M in peak 2021 couldn't save their first startup—but taught them everything they needed to know.Get comfortable with bad days—stoicism is the only way to survive.Keywords:Affiniti, Sahil Phadnis, SMB fintech, startup pivot, Y Combinator, teenage founders, Series A, B2B payments, startup failure, trade associations00:00:00 Intro00:01:50 COVID existential crisis at 1600:08:36 Building websites for restaurants00:11:11 Meeting Aaron on Instagram00:15:17 200 VC rejections then raising $6M00:23:03 Getting called a fraud on TechCrunch00:29:15 Firing everyone and moving home00:31:16 Faking toothaches to research SMBs00:40:50 Launching Affiniti00:47:00 The trade association growth hack00:55:03 Raising Series A in 3 weeks00:58:30 Stoicism and bad daysSend me a message to let me know what you think!

Tesla has proposed a new 10-year compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth as much as $1 trillion even as the EV maker's car business stumbles and it sets its sights on humanoid robotics and AI. Also, Snapchat is launching a new Lens that lets users create and edit images using a text-to-image AI generator, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The new “Imagine Lens” is available to Snapchat+ Platinum and Lens+ subscribers. And, Rivian is laying off around 150 workers — its second small staff cut in a matter of months — as the company readies itself for the all-important launch of its more-affordable R2 SUV next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it's expanding its age-estimation technology to all users and partnering with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to provide age and content ratings for the games and apps on its platform. The company said that by year's end, the age-estimation system will be rolled out to all Roblox users who access the company's communication tools, like voice and text-based chat. This involves scanning users' selfies and analyzing facial features to estimate age. Also, Scale AI, which helps tech companies prepare data to train their AI models, filed a lawsuit against one of its former sales employees and its rival Mercor on Wednesday. The suit claims the employee, who was hired by Mercor, “stole more than 100 confidential documents concerning Scale's customer strategies and other proprietary information,” according to a copy seen by TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOLLOW UP: ECG TWEAK AND FIRST BAND 1 CARS ANNOUNCEDThe Government has tightened the loophole where if one vehicle in the range is eligible for the Electric Car Grant (ECG) then all others with the same powertrain configuration are, no matter their price. This has been capped at £42,000. Click this Autocar story link here, to read more. Additionally, the Government has announced the first two cars to be eligible for Band 1 of the grant and thus the full £3750. The Ford Puma Gen-E and the E-Tournio Courier. Click this Motor Trader article to read more. LOTUS CUTS MORE STAFFIn the continued troubling news from Lotus there is the announcement that they are cutting another 550 jobs in the UK, roughly 40%. This follows another poor first half to the year, as sales dropped 42%. If you wish to learn more, click this Autocar article link here. DACIA LOSE A CEO BUT FIND ANOTHERDenis Le Vot has decided to leave as head of Dacia, with Katrin Adt taking over the reigns. This is one of several changes in Renault Group management. To find out more, click this Autocar article link here. STELLANTIS SHELVES LEVEL 3 AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENTStellantis has pulled the plug on deploying their SAE Level 3 autonomous driving system. In February they were saying it was ready to be rolled out. No reasons have been given but the reality of how expensive it is to developing such systems and the flawed path chosen must be part of the reason. To read more, click this Yahoo! Finance article link here. BATTERY RECYCLING CONSORTIUM RAISES £8.1MA consortium, made up of JLR, LiBatt Recycling, WMG at Warwick University and Mint Innovation has secured £8.1 million investment for their battery recycling plans. They intend to perfect recovering lithium, cobalt and nickel from end of life EV batteries. Click this electrive article link here to read more. TESLAMATE SERVERS OPEN TO ALLTeslaMate is a self-hosted data logger for Tesla owners that records all the data that is sent out by the car. A security researcher has discovered he could access thousands of these self-hosted servers and get all the information from the vehicles. To read more, click this link from TechCrunch here. If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST NEW NEW CAR NEWS - Changan Deepal S07Changan are one of the biggest Chinese car makers, but you've probably not heard of them. You will now as they're coming to the UK, with the Deepal S07, a similar size to the Skoda...

When congressional Republicans took a sledgehammer to the Inflation Reduction Act last summer, advanced geothermal startups were largely spared. Drilling for renewable energy appears to be one of the few things that engenders bipartisan support. Now, with the uncertainty settled, geothermal companies are announcing deals that promise to pave the way for broader deployment of their technology. Also, Fizz, the college social app, is expanding into grocery delivery thanks to a new partnership with Gopuff, the startup told TechCrunch exclusively. The partnership will allow students to order anything from late-night snacks to weekly groceries directly within the Fizz app in as fast as 15 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month — part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing to detect mental distress. The new guardrails come in the aftermath of the suicide of teenager Adam Raine, who discussed self-harm and plans to end his life with ChatGPT, which even supplied him with information about specific suicide methods. Also, Instagram is testing a new Picture-in-Picture feature for watching reels, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Tuesday. The feature allows users to watch reels in a small, floating window on their screen while browsing other apps to allow for multitasking. The feature was first spotted by app researcher Radu Oncescu. Users who are part of the test will see a pop-up notifying them about the new feature and how to turn it on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our 220th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 08/30/2025 Check out Andrey's work over at Astrocade , sign up to be an ambassador here Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and co-hosted by Daniel Bashir Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Google's newly released Gemini 2.5 image editing model showcases remarkable advancements, enabling highly accurate modifications of subjects while retaining their original features. Anthropic expands Claude with an AI browser agent for Chrome and adds features to remember past conversations, enhancing the user experience and personalization. NVIDIA and AMD to share revenue from AI chip sales to China with US government, marking a notable shift in export control policies and trade practices. AI companion apps are experiencing substantial growth, with projected revenues expected to reach $120 million by 2025, raising questions about social implications and user engagement. Timestamps + Links: Tools & Apps (00:02:12) Google Gemini's AI image model gets a 'bananas' upgrade | TechCrunch (00:05:32) Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome | TechCrunch (00:08:30) Anthropic's Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations | The Verge (00:11:46) Google Launches AI ‘Guided Learning' Tool to Teach Users (00:14:55) Apple Intelligence's ChatGPT integration will use GPT-5 starting with iOS 26 | The Verge (00:15:39) OpenAI Adds New Features to Codex, Like IDE Extension and GitHub Code Reviews Applications & Business (00:16:49) Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months | TechCrunch (00:18:56) Decart hits $3.1 billion valuation on $100 million raise to power real-time interacti | Ctech (00:20:19) Cohere raises $500M to beat back generative AI rivals | TechCrunch (00:21:25) Pony AI, Nearing Full-Year Robotaxi Goal, Eyes European Markets - Bloomberg (00:22:41) Co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI departs the company | TechCrunch Projects & Open Source (00:24:39) Meta AI Just Released DINOv3: A State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Model Trained with Self-Supervised Learning, Generating High-Resolution Image Features - MarkTechPost (00:27:02) GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (ARC) Foundation Models (00:29:49) China's DeepSeek Releases V3.1, Boosting AI Model's Capabilities - Bloomberg (00:30:36) Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers (00:32:02) Microsoft Released VibeVoice-1.5B: An Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model that can Synthesize up to 90 Minutes of Speech with Four Distinct Speakers - MarkTechPost Research & Advancements (00:33:43) Deep Think with Confidence (00:36:30) Generative AI reshapes U.S. job market, Stanford study shows Policy & Safety (00:41:42) Inside the US Government's Unpublished Report on AI Safety | WIRED (00:44:10) U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China - The New York Times (00:45:13) Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors (00:46:56) AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025 | TechCrunch

Paul Bradley Carr is the author of the new novel, The Confessions. He has written three memoirs about his adventures in and around Silicon Valley. He was the Silicon Valley columnist for The Guardian, senior editor at TechCrunch, and cofounder of PandoDaily. His writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, and National Geographic. He lives in Palm Springs with his family and is the co-owner of The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs. Find out more at PaulBradleyCarr.com, and follow him on Instagram. Paul joins Barbara DeMarco-Barrett to talk about writing female protagonists, outlining, POV characters, how running a bookstore affects his writing, writing with little bits of time, how people really do judge a book by the cover, what sells books, and much more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners! (Recorded on August 29, 2025) Host: Barbara DeMarco-BarrettHost: Marrie StoneMusic: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

TikTok is taking another step towards becoming more than just a platform for infinitely scrolling through short videos. The social media app told TechCrunch that its users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in direct messages or group chats. In other tech news, Meta hosted several AI chatbots with the names and likenesses of celebrities without their permission, according to Reuters. The unauthorized chatbots that Reuters discovered during its investigation included Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson, and they were available on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. And, xAI doesn't want its secret recipe for Grok to get out, and it's filing a lawsuit to make sure of that. In a lawsuit filed last week, xAI claimed that former employee Xuechen Li stole the company's confidential info and trade secrets before joining the team at OpenAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conifer is pioneering a revolutionary approach to electric powertrains by eliminating dependence on rare earth materials while maintaining superior performance. In a recent episode of Category Visionaries, we spoke with Ankit Somani, Co-Founder of Conifer, about the company's mission to make electric powertrains as simple and manufacturable as internal combustion engines. Their breakthrough technology addresses critical supply chain vulnerabilities while enabling faster, more cost-effective electrification across industries from two-wheelers to delivery vehicles and robotics. Topics Discussed: The fundamental challenges with current electric powertrain manufacturing and rare earth material dependencies Conifer's approach to creating modular, rare earth-free electric powertrains with 90% commonized components The company's manufacturing-first design philosophy that prioritizes scalability and cost reduction Strategic go-to-market approaches for hardware companies selling to technical buyers Building brand trust and long-term customer relationships in hardware markets Earned media strategies that generated significant inbound demand without paid advertising The geopolitical implications of rare earth material supply chain constraints GTM Lessons For B2B Founders: Start with manufacturing constraints, not just product design: Ankit emphasized that their team approached hardware development backwards from typical startups. Instead of designing first and figuring out manufacturing later, they started by solving the hardest constraints: "Can you actually source the materials and manufacture it cheaply first and use that to then guide your design?" This manufacturing-first approach enabled them to create products that could scale economically from day one. B2B hardware founders should prioritize understanding their manufacturing and supply chain limitations before finalizing product specifications. Target technical champions who feel the pain daily: Rather than selling through traditional procurement channels, Conifer went directly to the end designers who were "perplexed with here's so many options I need to qualify." These technical users became their champions within customer organizations. As Ankit explained, "Use that to matrix in rest of the organization" rather than becoming just another commodity option in a sea of vendors. B2B founders should identify the specific technical roles that experience their problem most acutely and build champion relationships there first. Leverage geopolitical timing for category creation: Conifer's success was amplified by aligning their rare earth-free value proposition with growing geopolitical concerns about supply chain dependencies. Ankit noted: "The most important thing is what is happening in the world that you can most closely associate with where you could have a differing opinion." They positioned themselves as the alternative when the market was actively seeking solutions to rare earth dependencies. B2B founders should identify macro trends that create urgency for their solution and time their messaging accordingly. Build conviction for multi-year hardware cycles: Unlike software where you can iterate quickly based on customer feedback, hardware requires longer-term conviction. Ankit shared: "In a hardware product you have to have at least a two year view because that's the true cycle of making the product, proving the product and put it into production." Their decision to stick with rare earth-free technology, even when customers suggested alternatives, proved crucial when market conditions validated their thesis. Hardware founders must develop conviction in their core technical bets and resist the temptation to pivot based on short-term customer requests. Use physical demonstrations as your primary sales tool: Conifer's marketing strategy centers on putting working products in customers' hands rather than relying on presentations. As Ankit explained: "When you give a product in people's hands and within two minutes they realize the value of it without going through a bunch of PowerPoint." Their approach involves integrating systems into customer vehicles so prospects can "touch and feel" the performance difference. 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TechCrunch will announce the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 list on August 27, 2025, featuring selected early-stage startups that will present at Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco from October 27 to 29. The event will include live pitches and demonstrations, with the Top 20 finalists competing for a $100,000 prize and the Disrupt Cup. Previous winners include Salva Health, recognized for early breast cancer detection technology, and geCKo Materials, noted for advancements in adhesive technology. The program is led by Isabelle Johannessen and is sponsored by Google Cloud.Learn more on this news by visiting us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Friday Five for August 22, 2025: Field Notes on OBBBA, Spotify, and TikTok D. Power Medicare Advantage Member Satisfaction Survey Sonder Health Plans Inc. Termination Short-Term Medical Plan Regulation Update Judge Vacates HHS MA Commissions Lawsuit   Get Connected:

When Meta selected a site in Louisiana for its largest data center to date, it signed a deal with Entergy to power the site with three massive natural gas power plants. Earlier this week a state regulator approved Entergy's plans. The power plants are expected to come online in 2028 and 2029, and at full strength, they'll generate 2.25 gigawatts of electricity. Ultimately, the AI data center could draw 5 gigawatts of power as it's expanded. The power plant project has been controversial among Louisianans.  Waymo has been granted a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the first such approval granted by the city. The company told TechCrunch it plans to start testing “immediately.” And a former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer's network after leaving the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event. Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses. Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated. And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled! Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com threatlocker.com/twit pantheon.io

Palantir shares have soared this year, making the data analytics company one of the most valuable listed US tech groups. The FT's Tabby Kinder explains how a paradigm shift in Silicon Valley helped propel Palantir to new heights and why many think it will be among the biggest winners of more US federal spending on national security, immigration and space exploration – even as others have started questioning its valuation.Clips from Bloomberg, CNBC, FOX Business, HBO, More Perfect Union, Newsweek, TechCrunch, Palantir Vision, The 92nd Street Y, New York - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:Palantir becomes a ‘Trump trade' as investors bet on higher defence spendingHow Donald Trump's spending bill will boost Silicon Valley's defence companiesPalantir lifts outlook as AI boom sends quarterly revenue to $1bnPalantir's ‘revolving door' with government spurs huge growth- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Follow Tabby Kinder on X (@Tabby_Kinder) and Saffeya Ahmed on X (@saffeya_ahmed) or follow Saffeya on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Get help with Y Combinator from a 3x alum, learn about the newest VC in Oregon, and hear how Oregon regional innovation hubs fare from state funding. Plus I go off on a rant of sorts

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From defying conventional PR tactics to crushing KPIs, the Bospar team navigated Intel's RealSense launch with precision, leading to:2.2 billion reach4X website traffic increase90-day LinkedIn goals hit in 12 hoursCoverage in CNBC, Reuters, TechCrunch, Fortune, and more!Eric Chemi chats with RealSense's Mike Nielsen and the PR and Social Media experts who crafted the winning strategy for this high-stakes spin-out.

Our 219th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 08/08/2025 Check out Andrey's work over at Astrocade , sign up to be an ambassador here Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI reveals GPT-5, a consolidated model combining all previous versions, marking notable improvements and introducing a new infrastructure and product update. Multiple major releases from leading AI labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google reflect the ongoing competitive landscape with significant business updates and new model capabilities. Discussions on geopolitical influences in AI development highlight China's evolving stance on AI safety and governance, contrasting with U.S. approaches and raising concerns over export bans and international cooperation. Papers from leading AI entities such as OpenAI and Anthropic delve into the complexities of AI alignment and safety, proposing new methodologies for auditing and mitigating risks in model behaviors. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:10) Intro / Banter (00:02:14) Plug: Astrocade rolls out AI agent-powered game creation experience so anyone can create games Tools & Apps (00:03:07) OpenAI's GPT-5 is here (00:17:02) Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.1 With Agentic, Coding and Reasoning Upgrades (00:21:06) Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel | TechCrunch (00:24:04) Grok Imagine, xAI's new AI image and video generator, lets you make NSFW content | TechCrunch Applications & Business (00:26:35) Meta, Microsoft stocks rise on strong earnings and AI spending boom (00:29:17) OpenAI to Establish Stargate Norway With 230MW Data Center - Bloomberg (00:32:12) Anthropic Revenue Pace Nears $5 Billion in Run-Up to Mega Round — The Information (00:37:18) OpenAI Hits $12 Billion Annualized Revenue (00:40:06) Noma Security raises $100 million to defend against AI agent vulnerabilities | Ctech Projects & Open Source (00:42:13) OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2 (00:53:13) Falcon-H1: A Family of Hybrid-Head Language Models Redefining Efficiency and Performance (00:57:39) Meta CLIP 2: A Worldwide Scaling Recipe (01:01:12) BFL and Krea release FLUX.1 Krea: Open image model designed for realism Research & Advancements (01:02:33) Google's Newest AI Model Acts like a Satellite to Track Climate Change | WIRED (01:04:50) Google's new AI model creates video game worlds in real time (01:10:55) AlphaGo Moment for Model Architecture Discovery (01:17:22) METR evaluates Grok 4 Policy & Safety (01:20:05) Estimating Worst-Case Frontier Risks of Open-Weight LLMs (01:23:14) Anthropic's AI 'Vaccine': Train It With Evil to Make It Good - Business Insider (01:27:26) Anthropic unveils 'auditing agents' to test for AI misalignment | VentureBeat (01:28:31) Optimizing The Final Output Can Obfuscate CoT (Research Note) (01:31:23) Why China isn't about to leap ahead of the West on compute (01:33:15) Inside the Summit Where China Pitched Its AI Agenda to the World | WIRED (01:38:47) Nvidia H20 GPUs reportedly caught up in U.S. Commerce Department's worst export license backlog in 30 years — billions of dollars worth of GPUs and other products in limbo due to staffing cuts, communication issues | Tom's Hardware (01:42:35) Response to listener comments

AI-generated “brain rot” videos are popping up all over the internet and getting a lot of attention. Currently gaining traction among younger users, these clips feature wild characters, like a shark wearing sneakers and a ballerina with a cappuccino for a head. One startup driving this trend is OpenArt, founded by two former Google employees in 2022. It touts around 3 million monthly active users. In other news, OpenAI astounded the tech industry for the second time this week by launching its newest flagship model, GPT-5, just days after releasing two new freely available models under an open source license. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went so far as to call GPT-5 “the best model in the world.” That may be pride or hyperbole, as TechCrunch's Maxwell Zeff reports that GPT-5 only slightly outperforms other leading AI models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI on some key benchmarks, and slightly lags on others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Sloan is a true outsider entrepreneur—a former lawyer turned unconventional inventor and e-commerce mogul. Best known for launching the AutoBlow (the world's best-selling robotic male pleasure device), Brian has built a multi-million dollar business at the strange intersection of crowdfunding, product invention, adult e-commerce, and viral marketing. With over 20 patents and stunts covered everywhere from TechCrunch to Playboy, his story is a lesson in how creativity and opportunism can outperform more “vanilla” high-earning careers. Top 3 Takeaways Embrace Unconventional Niches: Some of the most lucrative opportunities are in spaces “polite” society ignores—if you can spot supply/demand gaps and bring professionalism, the rewards can be enormous. Learn by Doing, Iterate Relentlessly: You don't need every skill in-house. Build on existing products, use global suppliers, and aggressively learn the skills you need to move forward. If You Can't Buy Attention, Earn It: In “taboo” or restricted industries, PR stunts, viral content, and direct response marketing can build a brand when paid ads won't touch you. Notable Quotes “Everyone asked—are you sure? What if you fail? What will you fall back on? But I knew I wanted to compete on my own terms.” “It's not about being interested in the niche—it's seeing signals, buyer demand, and then figuring out how to serve it.” “I invented by necessity. If you can get people 70–80% of the way, the right partners can bring it home—and you don't need an engineering degree to do it.” Connect with Brian Sloan: Products: autoblow.com

The Friday Five for August 8, 2025: Ritter Insurance Marketing Summits Linda Yaccarino Enters Health Industry iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 Public Beta Takeaways New Instagram Features 2025 MA Enrollment Stats & Trends   Register to Attend Ritter Insurance Marketing Summits Work with Ritter Insurance Marketing – the FMO that powers the Agent Survival Guide Podcast!   Linda Yaccarino Enters Health Industry: “eMed® Population Health Announces Appointment of Former X (Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino as New Chief Executive Officer.” Emed.Com, eMed, 5 Aug. 2025, www.emed.com/media/exploring-glp1. Capoot, Ashley. “Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino Takes Helm at Digital Health Company eMed.” CNBC.Com, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025, www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/former-x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-takes-helm-at-digital-health-company-emed.html. Roy, Sriparna, and Sneha S K. “Former X CEO Yaccarino Takes Helm at GLP-1 Focused Telehealth Firm eMed.” Reuters.Com, Reuters, 5 Aug. 2025, www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/former-x-ceo-yaccarino-takes-helm-glp-1-focused-telehealth-firm-emed-2025-08-05/. Silberling, Amanda. “Linda Yaccarino Joins Health Tech Platform eMed as CEO after Leaving X.” Techcrunch.Com, TechCrunch, 5 Aug. 2025, techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/linda-yaccarino-joins-health-tech-platform-emed-as-ceo-after-leaving-x/.   iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 Public Beta Takeaways: “Apple iOS 26 Will Screen Cold Calls.” Collincadmus.Com, Collin Cadmus, www.collincadmus.com/blog/apple-ios-26-will-screen-cold-calls. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025. Teague, Katie. “Can You Download the iOS 26 Beta Today? Here's a Comprehensive List of All Compatible iPhones.” Engadget.Com, Engadget, 6 Aug. 2025, www.engadget.com/mobile/can-you-download-the-ios-26-beta-today-heres-a-comprehensive-list-of-all-compatible-iphones-191854920.html. Stimac, Blake. “iOS 18 vs. iOS 26: How Much Does Liquid Glass Impact Your iPhone's Look?” CNET.Com, CNET, 4 Aug. 2025, www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ios-18-vs-ios-26-how-much-does-liquid-glass-impact-your-iphones-look/. Halton, Clay. “I Tried the iOS 26 Beta—These 5 Features Make My iPhone Feel Like New Again.” Pcmag.Com, PC Mag, 5 Aug. 2025, www.pcmag.com/news/i-tried-the-ios-26-beta-these-5-features-make-my-iphone-feel-like-new-again. McAuliffe, Zachary. “Say Goodbye to Spam Calls With Call Screening in iOS 26.” CNET, cnet.com, 5 Aug. 2025, www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/say-goodbye-to-spam-calls-with-call-screening-in-ios-26/.   New Instagram Features: “How to Repost a Reel or a Post on Instagram.” Help.Instagram.Com, Instagram, help.instagram.com/1059575985490156. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025. Gallaga, Omar. “Instagram Adds New Features, Including Reposts and Maps.” CNET.Com, CNET, 6 Aug. 2025, www.cnet.com/news/social-media/instagram-adds-new-features-including-reposts-and-maps/. Pathak, Khamosh. “Instagram's Latest Update Added Reposts and a Snap Map Clone.” Lifehacker.Com, Lifehacker, 6 Aug. 2025, lifehacker.com/tech/instagram-added-reposts-and-snap-map-clone. Malik, Aisha. “Instagram Takes on Snapchat with New ‘Instagram Map.'” Techcrunch.Com, TechCrunch, 6 Aug. 2025, techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/instagram-takes-on-snapchat-with-new-instagram-map/. Heathera. “New Instagram Features to Help You Connect.” About.Fb.Com, Meta Newsroom, 6 Aug. 2025, about.fb.com/news/2025/08/new-instagram-features-help-you-connect/.   2025 MA Enrollment Stats & Trends: Ochieng, Nancy, et al. “Medicare Advantage in 2025: Enrollment Update and Key Trends.” KFF.Org, KFF, 28 July 2025, www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-enrollment-update-and-key-trends/.   Resources: 5 Things About ICHRA 5 Things From the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill 2026 D-SNP Market Snapshot 2026 Maximum Broker Commissions for Medicare Advantage & Medicare Part D How to Organize a Turning 65 Seminar on a Budget ICHRA vs. QSEHRA vs. Group Health Plans: Sales Opportunities for Insurance Agents The One Big Beautiful Bill: What Health Insurance Agents Should Know The Pros and Cons of Working with Regional and National Carriers   Follow Us on Social! Ritter on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/RitterIM Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/ritter.insurance.marketing/ LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ritter-insurance-marketing TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@ritterim X, https://x.com/RitterIM and YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/user/RitterInsurance     Sarah on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjrueppel/ Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/thesarahjrueppel/ and Threads, https://www.threads.net/@thesarahjrueppel  Tina on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-lamoreux-6384b7199/ Send feedback, questions, and topic suggestions to ASGPodcast@Ritterim.com or call 1-717-562-7211 and leave a voicemail.   Not affiliated with or endorsed by Medicare or any government agency.

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Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techishThis week on Techish, host Michael Berhane teams up with TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis to unpack how AI is shaking up the fashion and film industries. They also cover Vinod Khosla's take on ditching traditional careers, Figma's IPO, why former FCC chair Lina Khan's feels vindicated, and why Apple is in need of a shake-up. And for our Patreon listeners: could the UK's new Online Safety Act spell the end of free speech?Chapters00:36 Guess's AI Model in Vogue Sparks Backlash08:17 Billionaire Investor Says Ditch the Idea of a Fixed Career13:21 Figma Goes Public 20:10 Is It Time for Tim Cook to Step Down?27:05 The UK's Online Safety Act: The End of Free Speech? [Patreon-Only]Follow Dom on Instagram (@dominicmadori) and subscribe to her Substack, The Black Cat. Extra Reading & ResourcesThe Brutalist and Emilia Perez's voice-cloning controversies make AI the new awards season battleground [The Guardian] Amazon's Alexa Fund Invests in ‘Netflix of AI' Start-Up Fable, Which Launches Showrunner: A Tool for User-Directed TV Shows [Variety]Vinod Khosla says young people should plan their careers for flexibility instead of one profession [Business Insider, $] Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny [TechCrunch] Support the show————————————————————Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2———————————————————— Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techishhttps://www.instagram.com/techishpod/https://www.instagram.com/abadesi/https://www.instagram.com/michaelberhane_/ https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/Email us at techishpod@gmail.com

On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's cybersecurity news: Did the SharePoint bug leak out of the Microsoft MAPP program? Expel retracts its FIDO bypass writeup The mess surrounding the women-only dating-safety app Tea gets worse Broadcom customers struggle to get patches for VMWare hypervisor escapes Aeroflot gets hacked by the Cyber Partisans, disrupting flights This week's episode is sponsored by Push Security. Satisfied Push customer Daniel Cuthbert from Santander Bank joins on their behalf. He explains how having telemetry about identity from inside the browser is a key pillar for investigating intrusions in the browser-centric future. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Microsoft Probing Whether Cyber Alert Tipped Off Chinese Hackers Microsoft says Warlock ransomware deployed in SharePoint attacks as governments scramble | The Record from Recorded Future News What we know about the Microsoft SharePoint attacks | Cybersecurity Dive An important update (and apology) on our PoisonSeed blog Tea User Files Class Action After Women's Safety App Exposes Data A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users' DMs About Abortions and Cheating Top Lawyer for National Security Agency Is Fired From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944 VMware prevents some perpetual license holders from downloading patches Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel - Ars Technica КИБЕРУДАР ПО АЭРОФЛОТУ РФ!v Treasury sanctions North Koreans involved in IT-worker schemes | Cybersecurity Dive Minnesota governor activates National Guard amid St. Paul cyberattack | StateScoop Outage was result of cyberattack, Post Luxembourg says Clorox files $380 million suit blaming Cognizant for 2023 cyberattack | Cybersecurity Dive Cisco network access security platform vulnerabilities under active exploitation | CyberScoop Arizona woman sentenced to 8.5 years for running North Korean laptop farm | The Record from Recorded Future News Cybercrime forum Leak Zone publicly exposed its users' IP addresses | TechCrunch

Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techishThis week, Techish host Michael Berhane teams up with TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis to break down why Silicon Valley is leaning into the intense 996 work culture. They also dive into  Black beauty brands like Ami Colé struggling to stay afloat. Flo's privacy trial, and Mira Murati's $2 billion seed round. And for the Patreon subscribers: why the Tea app is in hot water and the dark side of tech's H-1B visas.Chapters00:43 Silicon Valley Embraces Controversial 996 Workweek07:11 Black-Owned Beauty Brand Ami Colé Shuts Down13:33 Period-Tracking App Flo's Data Privacy Lawsuit17:46 Former OpenAI CTO Raises $2 Billion With No Product23:08 The Tea App Is In Hot Water [Patreon-Only]31:25 Are Tech Companies Exploiting H-1B Visa Holders? [Patreon-Only]Extra Reading & ResourcesSilicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China's Controversial ‘996' Work Schedule [Wired] Why I Am Closing Ami Colé My beauty brand offered Black women shades they couldn't find elsewhere. Why wasn't that enough? [The Cut] Sephora or Against? [Puck, $]As class action trial looms, Meta and Flo could face 'mind-boggling' damages [Reuters]Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising [FT] Plus follow Dom on Instagram (@dominicmadori) and subscribe to her Substack, The Black Cat.Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show————————————————————Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2———————————————————— Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techishhttps://www.instagram.com/techishpod/https://www.instagram.com/abadesi/https://www.instagram.com/michaelberhane_/ https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/Email us at techishpod@gmail.com

What is “manipulative design”? How does this concept differ from “dark patterns”? How could we expand website and mobile app monitoring to a company's ad stack?  Boltive's Christine Desrosiers has joined us for another Privacy Tech interview. She is an operations and product professional with 20 years of experience building best-in-class publisher ad stacks and ops teams, and integrating ad and site stacks with Privacy Tech. She is involved in a number of industry working groups and advisory boards, working to raise the bar on privacy, security and transparency.  References: Christine Desrosiers on LinkedIn Boltive: monitor security and privacy compliance across the consumer front end (including publishing and AdTech) Jessica B. Lee, Chair of Loeb & Loeb LLP's Privacy, Security & Data Innovations practice Global Privacy Enforcement Network: 2024 “sweep” on deceptive design patterns FTC, ICPEN, GPEN Announce Results of Review of Use of Dark Patterns Affecting Subscription Services, Privacy (FTC, July 2024) Bringing Dark Patterns to Light (FTC, September 2022) Daniel Solove, A Taxonomy of Privacy (UPenn Law Review, January 2006) - see “decisional interference” Website Privacy Controls (New York State Attorney General) FTC study finds ‘dark patterns' used by a majority of subscription apps and websites (TechCrunch, July 2024) FTC vs. Amazon (“Roach Motel” pattern through the internally called “Illiad” process for consumers to cancel their Amazon Prime membership) California SB 690: A new hope for CIPA litigation overload? (Norton Rose Fulbright) Daniel Solove: On Privacy and Technology (Masters of Privacy, March 2025) Max Anderson (Ketch): Privacy Tech spotlight I – the future of CMPs, value vs. hype in privacy compliance SaaS (Masters of Privacy, April 2025) Daniel Barber (DataGrail): Privacy Tech spotlight II – widespread non-compliance, opt-out challenges, and shadow AI (Masters of Privacy, May 2025) Cillian Kieran (Ethyca): Privacy Tech spotlight III – compliance as an engineering challenge (Masters of Privacy, June 2025) Vaibhav Antil (Privado): Privacy Tech spotlight IV - from trust to evidence (Masters of Privacy, July 2025)

Interview with Steven Johnson Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (21) Jeff Wang on X: "To put it mildly, the past week at Windsurf has been crazy. There have been a lot of different rumors and reports, so I want to share a transparent account of how it actually went down. Before I start, I just want to say that Varun and Douglas were great founders and this" / X Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears OpenAI partners with Oracle to built out 4.5 gigawatts in data center capacity SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground (21) Alexander Wei on X: "1/N I'm excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO)." / X It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces A new study just upended AI safety 'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' Tesla results Total Party Kill Twin Peaks as it is meant to be seen Attack of the clever crows Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Johnson 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 shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: smarty.com/twit agntcy.org

Interview with Steven Johnson Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (21) Jeff Wang on X: "To put it mildly, the past week at Windsurf has been crazy. There have been a lot of different rumors and reports, so I want to share a transparent account of how it actually went down. Before I start, I just want to say that Varun and Douglas were great founders and this" / X Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears OpenAI partners with Oracle to built out 4.5 gigawatts in data center capacity SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground (21) Alexander Wei on X: "1/N I'm excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO)." / X It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces A new study just upended AI safety 'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' Tesla results Total Party Kill Twin Peaks as it is meant to be seen Attack of the clever crows Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Johnson 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 shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: smarty.com/twit agntcy.org

Interview with Steven Johnson Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (21) Jeff Wang on X: "To put it mildly, the past week at Windsurf has been crazy. There have been a lot of different rumors and reports, so I want to share a transparent account of how it actually went down. Before I start, I just want to say that Varun and Douglas were great founders and this" / X Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears OpenAI partners with Oracle to built out 4.5 gigawatts in data center capacity SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground (21) Alexander Wei on X: "1/N I'm excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO)." / X It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces A new study just upended AI safety 'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' Tesla results Total Party Kill Twin Peaks as it is meant to be seen Attack of the clever crows Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Johnson 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 shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: smarty.com/twit agntcy.org

Interview with Steven Johnson Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (21) Jeff Wang on X: "To put it mildly, the past week at Windsurf has been crazy. There have been a lot of different rumors and reports, so I want to share a transparent account of how it actually went down. Before I start, I just want to say that Varun and Douglas were great founders and this" / X Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears OpenAI partners with Oracle to built out 4.5 gigawatts in data center capacity SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground (21) Alexander Wei on X: "1/N I'm excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO)." / X It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces A new study just upended AI safety 'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' Tesla results Total Party Kill Twin Peaks as it is meant to be seen Attack of the clever crows Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Johnson 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 shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: smarty.com/twit agntcy.org

Interview with Steven Johnson Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (21) Jeff Wang on X: "To put it mildly, the past week at Windsurf has been crazy. There have been a lot of different rumors and reports, so I want to share a transparent account of how it actually went down. Before I start, I just want to say that Varun and Douglas were great founders and this" / X Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears OpenAI partners with Oracle to built out 4.5 gigawatts in data center capacity SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground (21) Alexander Wei on X: "1/N I'm excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO)." / X It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces A new study just upended AI safety 'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' Tesla results Total Party Kill Twin Peaks as it is meant to be seen Attack of the clever crows Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Johnson 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 shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: smarty.com/twit agntcy.org

Our 217th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 07/17/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. In this episode: **OpenAI's new ChatGPT agent**: The episode begins with a detailed discussion on OpenAI's latest ChatGPT agent, which can control entire computers and perform a wide range of tasks, showcasing powerful performance benchmarks and potential applications in business and research. **Major business moves in the AI space**: Significant shifts include Google's acquisition of Windsurf's top talent after OpenAI's deal fell through, Cognition's acquisition of Windsurf, and several notable hires by Meta from OpenAI and Apple, highlighting intense competition in the AI industry. **AI's ethical and societal impacts**: The hosts discuss serious concerns like the rise of non-consensual explicit AI-generated images, ICE's use of facial recognition for large databases, and regulations aimed at controlling AI's potential misuse. **Video game actors strike ends**: The episode concludes with news that SAG-AFTRA's year-long strike for video game voice actors has ended after reaching an agreement on AI rights and wage increases, reflecting the broader impact of AI on the job market. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:10) Intro / Banter (00:02:49) News Preview Tools & Apps (00:03:29) OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you (00:07:11) Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases new Kimi AI model that beats ChatGPT, Claude in coding — and it costs less (00:09:36) Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new 'Kiro' AI software development tool – GeekWire (00:12:33) Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users (00:15:51) Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research' mode | TechCrunch (00:17:46) I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk's AI girlfriend (00:21:32) Uber is close to completing its quest to become the ultimate robotaxi app | The Verge Applications & Business (00:24:02) OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf's CEO is going to Google | The Verge (00:28:09) Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf | TechCrunch (00:28:46) Anthropic hired back two of its employees — just two weeks after they left for a competitor. | The Verge (00:28:46) Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta | WIRED (00:28:46) Meta Hires Two Key Apple (AAPL) AI Experts After Poaching Their Boss - Bloomberg (00:31:31) Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round | TechCrunch (00:33:20) Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (00:34:55) SpaceX commits $2 billion to xAI as Musk steps up AI ambitions: Report | World News - Business Standard Research & Advancements (00:35:59) A former OpenAI engineer describes what it's really like to work there | TechCrunch (00:38:23) Reasoning or Memorization? Unreliable Results of Reinforcement Learning Due to Data Contamination Policy & Safety (00:42:14) Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI granted up to $200 million from DoD (00:43:08) California State Senator Scott Wiener Pushes Bill to Regulate AI Companies - Bloomberg (00:43:58) AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars | WIRED (00:45:55) Inside ICE's Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images Synthetic Media & Art (00:48:47) Video game actors' strike officially ends after AI deal

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Just about every big tech company made splashes in AI this week.↳ Google acqui-hired a company that OpenAI failed to straight up acquire↳Microsoft is investing $4 billion into AI training↳ OpenAI is going after the AI browser space↳ and Meta reportedly spent more than $200 million on one employeeSheeeeesh. It's been a whirlwind. Don't get left behind. We'll help you be the smartest person in AI at your company.Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion:Thoughts on this? Join the convo and connect with other AI leaders on LinkedIn.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:OpenAI's AI Browsers vs. Google ChromePerplexity's Comet Browser Launch StrategyXAI's Controversial Grok4 Alignment IssuesTeacher Union's AI Training PartnershipMicrosoft Elevate AI Training InitiativeNVIDIA's $4 Trillion Market Cap MilestoneGoogle Acqui-hires Windsurf for DeepMindMeta's $200M Apple AI Talent AcquisitionTimestamps:00:00 "Everyday AI: Weekly News Recap"05:36 Perplexity's Comet: Agentic Browser Shift06:49 AI-Powered Browsing with Perplexity's Comet10:44 "Grok 4: Aligns with Musk's Views"15:37 AI Workshops for Teachers Nationwide18:32 Microsoft's Elevate Program: AI Access & Trust19:51 AI Strategy and Training Partners23:13 Google Hires Wind Surf Executives29:04 AI Updates: Claude's MCP and Google Gemini31:36 AI Developments: Browsers, Training, Market MovesKeywords:Google acquihire, Windsurf, OpenAI browser, Perplexity, agentic browsers, Meta superintelligence, AI news, Google Chrome dominance, ChatGPT users, Chromium, computer vision, AI agents, reservation booking, AI services, market dominance, browser wars, anthropic, Claude, Perplexity's Comet, AI powered web, conversational interface, AI assistant, natural language, OpenAI's GPT, anthropic claw, Grok four, XAI, Elon Musk AI, AI benchmarks, content moderation, Grok controversy, AI alignment, TechCrunch, contentious questions, AI partnerships, educational AI, American Federation of Teachers, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft funding, ethical AI, Elevate Academy, NVIDIA market cap, AI chips, Google DeepMind, AI coding, Apple AI executive, AI metrics, Anthropic, Microsoft layoffs.Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Square keeps up so you don't have to slow down. Get everything you need to run and grow your business—without any long-term commitments. And why wait? Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at square.com/go/jordan. Run your business smarter with Square. Get started today.

Our 216th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 07/11/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. In this episode: xAI launches Grok 4 with breakthrough performance across benchmarks, becoming the first true frontier model outside established labs, alongside a $300/month subscription tier Grok's alignment challenges emerge with antisemitic responses, highlighting the difficulty of steering models toward "truth-seeking" without harmful biases Perplexity and OpenAI launch AI-powered browsers to compete with Google Chrome, signaling a major shift in how users interact with AI systems Meta study reveals AI tools actually slow down experienced developers by 20% on complex tasks, contradicting expectations and anecdotal reports of productivity gains Timestamps + Links: (00:00:10) Intro / Banter (00:01:02) News Preview       Tools & Apps (00:01:59) Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 4 alongside a $300 monthly subscription | TechCrunch (00:15:28) Elon Musk's AI chatbot is suddenly posting antisemitic tropes (00:29:52) Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser | TechCrunch (00:32:54) OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks | TechCrunch (00:33:27) Replit Launches New Feature for its Agent, CEO Calls it ‘Deep Research for Coding' (00:34:40) Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents (00:36:07) Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes that upset users | TechCrunch       Applications & Business (00:39:10) Lovable on track to raise $150M at $2B valuation (00:41:11) Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here's what we know so far (00:46:35) Elon Musk confirms xAI is buying an overseas power plant and shipping the whole thing to the U.S. to power its new data center — 1 million AI GPUs and up to 2 Gigawatts of power under one roof, equivalent to powering 1.9 million homes (00:48:16) Microsoft's own AI chip delayed six months in major setback — in-house chip now reportedly expected in 2026, but won't hold a candle to Nvidia Blackwell (00:49:54) Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after Meta poached Daniel Gross (00:52:46) OpenAI's Stock Compensation Reflect Steep Costs of Talent Wars       Projects & Open Source (00:58:04) Hugging Face Releases SmolLM3: A 3B Long-Context, Multilingual Reasoning Model - MarkTechPost (00:58:33) Kimi K2: Open Agentic Intelligence (00:58:59) Kyutai Releases 2B Parameter Streaming Text-to-Speech TTS with 220ms Latency and 2.5M Hours of Training       Research & Advancements (01:02:14) Does Math Reasoning Improve General LLM Capabilities? Understanding Transferability of LLM Reasoning (01:07:58) Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (01:13:03) Mitigating Goal Misgeneralization with Minimax Regret (01:17:01) Correlated Errors in Large Language Models (01:20:31) What skills does SWE-bench Verified evaluate?       Policy & Safety (01:22:53) Evaluating Frontier Models for Stealth and Situational Awareness (01:25:49) When Chain of Thought is Necessary, Language Models Struggle to Evade Monitors (01:30:09) Why Do Some Language Models Fake Alignment While Others Don't? (01:34:35) Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers (01:35:40) Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews (01:36:41) The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is unlawful': Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI app from their stores (01:37:30) Virology Capabilities Test (VCT): A Multimodal Virology Q&A Benchmark

Amanda Silberling joins Mikah Sargent this week for Tech News Weekly! X is piloting the use of AI chatbots to generate Community Notes. The Supreme Court's porn ruling and what it means for internet privacy. Microsoft tests using AI to diagnose medical cases. And what's new with the Nothing Phone 3? Amanda shares the story she wrote for TechCrunch about how the social media company, X, is testing an AI program that can help generate Community Notes for its posts. Mikah talks about the Supreme Court's ruling on a Texas law requiring age verification to access adult websites and what this could mean for internet privacy in the future. Mikah also shares research that Microsoft conducted on utilizing AI to help diagnose medical cases that even expert physicians struggle to figure out. And Andrew Lanxon of CNET joins the show to talk about the Nothing Phone 3 and what he experienced from his hands-on with the device. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Guest: Andrew Lanxon Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security cachefly.com/twit

A Mexican drug cartel spies on the FBI using traffic cameras and spyware — because "ubiquitous technical surveillance” is no longer just for dystopian thrillers. Graham digs into a chilling new US Justice Department report that shows how surveillance tech was weaponised to deadly effect.Meanwhile, Carole checks the rear-view mirror on the driverless car industry. Whatever happened to those million Tesla robotaxis Elon Musk promised by 2020? Spoiler: they're here — sort of — but they sometimes drive into oncoming traffic.Plus: Leighton House, heatwave survival gadgets, and an unflushable toilet situation (not what you think).All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.Episode links:Mexican drug cartel hacker spied on FBI official's phone to track and kill informants, report says - TechCrunch.Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance - US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.Tesla driver tells police he was using 'self-drive' system when his car hit a parked police vehicle - AP News.‘Lidar is lame': why Elon Musk's vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered - The Guardian.Tesla invited influencers to test its robotaxi. Here's what they had to say - USA Today Europe.Elon Musk Hails 'Successful' Tesla Robotaxis Launch in Austin Amid Reported Glitches - eWEEK.A Fatal Tesla Crash Shows the Limits of Full Self-Driving - Bloomberg.The Arab Hall at Leighton House.Spandau Ballet's “Gold” - shot at Leighton House!Shark FlexBreeze Fan With InstaCool Mist Attachment - Shark.Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)Sponsored by:Vanta– Expand the scope of your security program with market-leading compliance automation… while saving time and money. Smashing Security listeners get $1000 off!Trelica by 1Password- Access Governance for every SaaS app.