Episodes
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Why Peacock is making a huge bet on YouTube
NBCU believes broadcast’s broad reach has become more valuable, not less, because it can feed Peacock while Peacock sends new audiences back to NBC and Bravo.
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Inside Anthropic’s trillion-dollar AI gamble
Anthropic’s current financial profile is unusually strong for a frontier AI lab: Brookhart says it has more than $70 billion in ARR, roughly 85% inference gross margins, and about 11% non-GAAP EBIT margins.
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Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren't you?
Machine Gods will be video-first because Roose and Casey Newton see YouTube as the most important and relatively stable media platform, while still distributing the show in audio form elsewhere.
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Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
AI progress over the past years has been rapid, with capabilities that can disrupt society in fundamental ways, including cybersecurity, biology, and job markets.
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JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
Governments cannot solve all AI and privacy issues on their own; collective action and federal regulation are necessary.
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Why Elon Musk wants to sell you cell service
SpaceX has spent over $20 billion acquiring spectrum and is planning to build both satellite and terrestrial networks.
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Benn Jordan thinks the surveillance problem is much bigger than Flock
Benn Jordan believes the core problem with surveillance isn’t just the technology but the lack of transparency and accountability in private and government systems.
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Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Sam Altman's reputation has shifted from a promising innovator to a figure associated with dishonesty and dysfunction within Silicon Valley.
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Another billionaire thinks he can fix Warner Bros.
Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. is part of a long history of failed acquisitions, with previous owners unable to transform the assets successfully.
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OpenAI has a Muse problem
The evolution of AI agents has moved from ideation in 2022 to deployment in 2023, with 2026 marking the start of genuinely useful consumer AI agents.
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Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
AI is considered the next major computing platform, and it poses significant security threats that require specialized, strong regulatory oversight.
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The AI warnings are getting louder
AI headlines have become more alarming recently, but much of this is driven by viral media and industry warnings rather than new technologies.
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How Utah locals fought Kevin O'Leary's AI data center
The Utah project demonstrates how rapid grassroots opposition can change development plans for large tech infrastructure.
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The SaaSpocalypse that wasn't, with Atlassian's CEO
AI is significantly enhancing the speed, reliability, and quality of enterprise workflows, especially in complex processes like sales and engineering.
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Can Cloudflare save the web from AI?
Bot traffic now exceeds 50% of all internet activity and could surpass human traffic within five years, fundamentally changing how the web functions.
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I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg
Meta’s passive surveillance glasses raise privacy and social norm concerns similar to those previously caused by smartphones, but passive recording lacks the deliberate action that makes privacy expectations clearer.
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Can John Ternus find Apple's next big thing?
Market community around Apple hasn't changed drastically under Ternus, but the company is emphasizing AI in its storytelling.
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Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn't kill everyone????
AI safety concerns are prompting calls for increased regulation, including potentially granting antitrust exemptions to facilitate coordinated safety efforts.
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Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
AI safety and regulation are pressing issues as models become more advanced and capable.
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Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
The traditional gatekeeping role of Hollywood and cable TV has been replaced by algorithms on social platforms, which now act as powerful gatekeepers that concentrate influence among top creators.
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