Podcast Episodes

OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach; plus, Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development

The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security d…

2 weeks ago

WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators, Feedly attributes weeklong slowdown to bug, and Amazon is destroying rare texts to train AI

-WordPress.com Education lets teachers offer their students free domains, plugin support and professional website-building tools.

-Feedly's CEO said …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’; plus, a Tennessee woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.

Also, the woman claimed that AI tools are …

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts—Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng—debated regulation, open-source access, and how Ame…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models; plus, as AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model

For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it — but the …

3 weeks ago

Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision; Claude Code’s auto mode will be on by default

Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide be…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, ind…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn’t it; plus, China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries

Ford's CEO has described the new Ford Fathom as a "Model T moment" for the company. But the EV pickup is unlikely to live up to lofty expectations, a…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales; plus, Zoox will begin charging for robotaxi rides in Vegas; and, Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team

-Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled ye…

3 weeks, 6 days ago