Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Disinformation expert Craig Silverman joins the crew to break down why AI makes scams and fake news easier, faster, and nearly impossible to spot—while Big Tech quietly profits. If you think spotting digital deception is tough now, wait until you hear how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Claude Code

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Apple taps Google to power a new Siri and future AI tools

Introducing Cowork

"In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything. Nothing stops them." : r/SelfDrivingCars

Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

Creepy Link

Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

J.R.R. Tolkien, Using a Tape Recorder for the First Time, Reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) | Open Culture

Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public

Postal Arbitrage

New protein tests

The Traitors Season 4

WikiFlix

MTV REWIND - 33,000+ Music Videos • Zero Ads • Zero Algorithms

'A bombshell': doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Craig Silverman

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Jason Hiner gives us a look at the AI products at CES 2026, as big tech and chip makers blurred the lines between consumer gadgets and enterprise innovation, leaving even veteran insiders wondering: will this tech boom actually benefit everyday users?

NVIDIA's Christmas Eve 'Hackquisition' Miracle

No, Grok can't really "apologize" for posting non-consensual sexual images

Introducing ChatGPT Health

'We have to reject that with every fiber of our being': DeSantis emerges as a chief AI skeptic

Waymo Updates Vehicles to Better Handle Power Outages - But Still Faces Criticism

The most exciting AI wearable at CES 2026 might not be smart glasses after all

2025's AI-fueled scientific breakthroughs

Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what her team spent a year on

Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It "Slop"

Stanford's AI class on YouTube

Tamiflu

Babka from Zabar's (or elsewhere)

Happy birthday Nic Cage

Floor796

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jason Hiner

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Our interviews with:

Ray Kurzweil

Alex Hanna

Emily Bender

Mike Masnick

Pliny the Liberator

Kevin Kelly

Host: Leo Laporte

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Forget the "AI is killing the planet" panic—this episode unpacks what's actually driving tech's power grab, the financial bubble no one wants to talk about, and why the big models are starting to look eerily similar.

CJ Trowbridge - cjtrowbridge.com - https://www.tiktok.com/@cjtrowbridge

Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed

The new ChatGPT Images is here | OpenAI

Last Week on My Mac: How good is AI at solving Mac problems?

Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI - Slashdot

OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI

"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training

Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads

It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas

Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal

This major cruise line just banned Meta Ray-Ban and other smart glasses — is this category already doomed?

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway

Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029

When AI Takes the Couch: Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models

Simulating Life Paths with Digital Twins: AI-Generated Future Selves Influence Decision-Making and Expand Human Choice

The worst person in tech bracket

Banned fonts

Subway bagel rats

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: CJ Trowbridge

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What happens when every major AI model gets jailbroken within days? This week, the world's most prolific AI red teamer lifts the curtain on how and why "safe" AI might be an impossible promise.

Pliny the Liberator | pliny.gg - discord.gg/basi

ChatGPT Nears 900 Million Weekly Active Users But Gemini is Catching Up

From Llamas to Avocados: Meta's shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion

Google Tells Advertisers It'll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026

Meta Acquires Limiteless, an A.I. Pendant Company Backed by Sam Altman

Here's how Google is laying the foundation for our mixed reality future

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice

Svedka's First Super Bowl Ad Will Be Made Primarily With AI

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

TESCREALers paying journalists at major outlets to cover AI

The Resonant Computing Manifesto (from Masnick)

Techdirt fundraiser

From Sam Lessin: Tech bros head to etiquette camp as Silicon Valley levels up its style

Bare Metal Email

Jeff in Austria

Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversy

Who says AI isn't useful? Real-time Cricket Sorting By Sex

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan

Guest: Pliny the Liberator

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