Episode Details

Who really profits from AI safety pauses? The log-reading industry's quiet takeover. OpenAI hit pause on training again, but following the money reveals the real winners: the external evaluators, red-team contractors, and forensics firms billing by the hour to audit AI activity—getting paid handsomely whether models pass safety checks or fail them. In a landscape shifting toward Super Intelligence ambitions, the unsexy industry of log readers emerges as the quiet force reshaping AI's trajectory.