Episode Details

Did you see Ring's Super Bowl ad and see happy puppies reunited with their owners? Or did you see the seeds of a complete, always-on surveillance nightmare coming for us all? David and Nilay discuss which is the right answer, why so many people don't want to trust tech companies, and why Ring might not care much about the difference. After that, the hosts discuss the ads coming to ChatGPT, the surprising number of AI executives quitting their jobs and issuing dire warnings on the way out, and the fake ad for OpenAI gadgets. In the lightning round, it's time for an extra long Brendan Carr is a Dummy, the latest Ferrari EV, the future of Siri, and more.

Further reading:

• Jeffrey Epstein’s digital cleanup crew 

• Jeffrey Epstein might not have created /pol/, but he helped carry out its mission

• Amazon Ring’s lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance 

• Wyze is sticking it to Ring

• Sen. Markey calls on Amazon to “discontinue” Ring monitoring features

• Ring’s new Search Party feature is on by default; should you opt out?

• Ring launches upgraded cameras with Retinal Vision 4K recording

• What the Guthrie case reveals about your ‘deleted’ doorbell footage 

• FBI releases recovered footage from Nancy Guthrie’s Nest cam 

• OpenAI’s first hardware slips to 2027

• OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax 

• Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger 

• OpenAI reportedly disbanded its Mission Alignment team

• OpenAI fired exec who opposed ‘adult mode’ 

• Read an Anthropic AI safety lead's exit letter: 'The world is in peril'

• Opinion | I Left My Job at OpenAI. Putting Ads on ChatGPT Was the Last Straw.

•  What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

• ChatGPT’s cheapest options