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5:21

SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an...

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2026/06/23

Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee. Also, Instagram is coming for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as it sets its ambitions for living room viewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:29

In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search;...

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2026/06/22

So ... what's your In the Weights score? Check here. Also, many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real. And Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends.' These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:44

A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to...

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2026/06/19

Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom.Also, Spotify is launching "Reserved," a new system that will hold two concert tickets for an artist's superfans before they're on sale to the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:23

Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say ‘AI’ in brand...

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2026/06/18

WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.Also, Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:36

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a...

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2026/06/17

The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.Also, Stanford graduates booed and walked on Google's CEO during his commencement speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:03

Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government...

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2026/06/16

A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts urged the White House to remove export control restrictions on Anthropic’s models Fable and Mythos, arguing that the order is going to limit the ability of cybersecurity defenders to secure their software and products.Also, Fox says the deal will create the third-largest television company in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:49

OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys...

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2026/06/15

It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data. Also, Meta started dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed. And, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:34

xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok...

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2026/06/12

A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO. Also, Alt Carbon said the agreement followed more than a year of scientific review and due diligence, with Microsoft requiring additional verification and data-sharing measures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:13

Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the...

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2026/06/11

Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.Also, new research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:05

Apple says it may remove some apps from the App...

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2026/06/10

Apple may begin removing existing apps that it considers stale, low-value, or unable to attract users.Also, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has called it "maybe the most important thing we've launched to date." And, with SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:59

Pentagon says Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, and Unitree...

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2026/06/09

The Trump administration released the updated version of the list four months ago and then quickly pulled it without explaining why Also, as AI experimentation grows more expensive, Apple is waiving cloud API costs for developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads. And Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identify verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:42

Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses...

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2026/06/08

IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s, which a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering up. Also, "Chat is dead" — at least, according to a senior OpenAI employee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:47

Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to lure Westerners...

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2026/06/05

The advisory warns that Chinese spies are using public job search platforms to recruit people with access to non-public information.Also, the incident helps shed some new light on how Waymo treats and stores the footage captured by its robotaxis. And, the modified Ioniq 5 will be loaded with sensors to capture data for Uber's new AV Labs division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:35

The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned...

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2026/06/04

Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world's largest privately owned laser.Also, Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible. And, the world's most famous living directors is using AI solely for storyboarding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:37

Apple’s MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation...

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2026/06/03

The MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in its first weeks on sale, IDC estimates, as Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream laptop market.Also, Meta told TechCrunch that it's considering ways to monetize the new feature, but didn't share specifics on what that could look like. And X will now let you 'react with video' to posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:06

Florida sues OpenAI in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over...

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2026/06/02

The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident. everal users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta's own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:48

The internet is being rebuilt for machines

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2026/06/01

As AI agents move from experiments to production, AWS, Cloudflare, and others are redesigning cloud infrastructure for a future dominated by machine-generated internet traffic instead of human users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:16

Anthropic releases Opus 4.8; plus, you’ll soon be...

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2026/05/29

The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents. Also, large exchanges are designing derivative products around AI tokens, which are increasingly being considered less a computational output and more a raw material input, like electricity or bandwidth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:44

Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

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2026/05/28

"CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis," Box CEO Aaron Levie opines. Maybe that explains the almost religious belief in AI productivity gains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:25

Ghost hackers: the cybersecurity mystery that nobody...

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2026/05/27

A shadowy group that stole and dumped the NSA’s most powerful hacking tools still has implications for how companies think about digital risk today.Also, an Israeli cybersecurity firm said Iran’s government is behind Ababil of Minab, a fake hacktivist persona that has claimed a series of data breaches after the start of the war in Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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