Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Are you ready for a world where true personal computing is under threat? This week's candid conversation with Framework CEO Nirav Patel tackles why owning your own AI hardware matters more than ever—and what's at risk if we don't.

• Alphabet tops Q1 estimates on strong Google Cloud growth
• Is OpenAI Falling Further Behind in the A.I. Race?
• OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model
• OpenAI Breaks Free From Exclusive AI Pact With Mic...

Game designer and Atlantic writer Ian Bogost joins to argue that the true joy of technology is not frictionlessness, but the small sensory pleasures and constraints that keep us tethered to real life. Discover how AI could push us back into the world, not just behind our screens.

• CSA and Security Experts on Mythos Planning
• Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist
• Mozilla Used Anthropic's Myth...

When renowned photographer Craig Mod coded his own AI-powered Twitter, the lines between art, tech, and community blur in surprising ways. This episode explores what happens when creative minds take AI into their own hands—and why the next wave of software might feel more like a home-cooked meal.

• Sam Altman's Blog About Firebombing
• OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
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A secretive AI called Mythos is already finding zero-day exploits that humans missed for decades, but Anthropic claims it is too risky for public release. Hear what leading security experts think could happen if this technology escapes the lab.

• Claude Mythos Preview System Card - Claude Mythos Preview System Card.pdf
• Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
• Meta Employees Vie for AI 'Token Legend' Status
• Meta r...

What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even seasoned journalists are wrestling with these tools.

• Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
• (Il)Legal Python Port
• Claude Code Unpacked
• Spinner Verbs
• RANK SPECULATION: Capybar...

Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick joins the panel to showcase a new AI-powered tool that doesn't just summarize articles—it thinks like a journalist, flagging what's truly new and revealing the patterns that matter. If you want to stay several steps ahead in the AI race, this episode is a must-listen.

• Malware autodownloaded by AI agents
• Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was "inevitable" on its apps
• We're ...

Who gets to define what intelligence means in the age of AI, and why are tech companies so keen to shift blame onto their creations? This episode digs into moral outsourcing, agency, and the urgent need for independent oversight in the world of artificial intelligence.

• Nvidia Unveils NemoClaw Agent Software
• Nvidia's NemoClaw is OpenClaw with guardrails
• Jensen just put Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into...

Apple's legendary evangelist Guy Kawasaki reveals how signal messaging and open-source AI are rewriting playbooks for privacy, immortality, and activism. Hear candid stories and sharp opinions from someone who has shaped—and challenged—today's tech giants.

• OpenAI robotics hardware lead resigns
• ChatGPT returns to the top of the App Store after DoD controversy
• OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Thr...

A principled stand by an underdog AI company ignites a mass migration of users, shakes up Silicon Valley talent wars, and leaves even the tech giants recalculating their moves. Hear how one weekend suddenly redrew the lines on ethics, leadership, and who controls the future of AI.

• Interview with Dan Patterson of Blackbird.ai
• Stratechery: Anthropic and Alignment
• SAMA's prevaricating, panicked posts
• Google employees call for...