Intelligent Machines (Audio)

The sudden US government shutdown of Anthropic's Fable model has tech insiders reeling and rival global labs surging ahead. This episode breaks down the unexpected political power play rattling the future of AI innovation.

• The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense
• Anthropic CEO says government should block dangerous AI
• The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge
• (21) Pete Hegseth on X...

Discover how a homegrown AI agent is outsmarting big-brand competitors, letting users tailor digital assistants with real memory and skills. The future isn't just smarter models, but everyday tech that learns exactly how you work.

• Hermes AI agent's launch, mass adoption, and personalized capabilities
• Open source vs. proprietary AI: model access, privacy, and funding hurdles
• Apple's next-gen Siri and agentic platfor...

AI is upending the movie business, from Amazon's new AI Creators Fund to contract battles that just gave synthetic actors the green light in Hollywood. This episode dives into the real-world impact of generative tools on jobs, creativity, and who gets to tell the next generation of stories.

• AThis is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark
• Anthropic has officially filed to go public
• Google Seeks $80 Billion f...

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in?

• The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity
• Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car
• Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search
• There's a new wa...

Dashlane's CTO pulls back the curtain on how password managers are actually using AI, why it's more complicated than hype suggests, and what the rise of AI-powered code review means for the next wave of digital security.

• Nvidia Rides Blistering Chip Sales to Another Record Quarter
• Mind-Blowing Growth Is About to Propel Anthropic Into Its First Profitable Quarter
• SpaceX Filing Starts Countdown to Massive IPO
• Gemini 3.5 Flash...

British tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker reveals his hands-on approach to filtering the world's information overload with AI, from building custom news-gathering bots to teaching reporters where the human touch still matters. Find out how next-gen tools are reshaping the front lines of reporting, and what gets lost—and found—when machines do the first pass.

• Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebo...

Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches.

• White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
• Elon Musk admits xAI distilled OpenAI models
• Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence.
• OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant update to make ChatGPT smarter ...

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 Wit...

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 Mytho...