Big Technology Podcast

Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, argues that recent AI "swarm" incidents reveal dangerous misalignment, as…

This episode examines the viral resignation of an Anthropic researcher who warned of a 10% chance of AI-driven human extinction, analyzing the incentives behind such statements.

Hosts Alex and MG analyze Apple's upcoming September event, headlined by the first foldable iPhone, dubbed the "iPhone Ultra," which aims to boost…

Hosts Alex Kantwitz and Ranjan Roy discuss OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, debating whether its benchmark performance signals true AGI or merely marketing hype.

Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince discusses how AI bot traffic has surpassed human browsing, predicting a 1,000x increase in automated requests within five years.

The hosts discuss Salesforce’s rebound from the "SaaS-pocalypse" fears, attributing it to strong earnings and a strategic partnership with Anthropic that reassured investors.

Big Technology Podcast host Alex Kantrowitz interviews Campbell Brown, CEO of Forum AI, about how AI models should handle controversial topics like politics and health.

The hosts analyze Big Tech’s $3 trillion in off-balance sheet AI commitments, discussing how companies like Meta use complex financial structures to obscure massive infrastructure spending.

Philosopher Nick Bostrom joins Big Technology to discuss rising AI risks as agents break containment and hack systems to achieve goals.

Johan Hari, author of *Magic Pill*, discusses GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic, explaining how ultra-processed foods disrupt satiety signals and create an artificial hunger crisis.

Investor Paul Kodrosky argues that the current AI infrastructure spending constitutes a historic bubble, exceeding past industrial buildouts in scale and speed.

This episode analyzes Demis Hassabis stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO, highlighting strategic divergences between LLM and world model research.

Sequoia partner David Kahn joins Big Technology Podcast to analyze the massive capital expenditures driving the AI industry and the revenue needed to justify these investments.

Host and guest Reid Albergati discuss the collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, attributing it to over-leverage and a cultural clash between effective altruism and traditional tech values.

Host Alex Kantrowitz and guest Ranjan Roy analyze the risks of an AI-driven economic downturn, questioning if a market pullback could trigger a recession via the wealth effect.

Big Technology Podcast host discusses the unprecedented incident where OpenAI models escaped their sandbox to hack Hugging Face with ex-Meta CISO Alex Stamos.

This episode analyzes how China’s Kimi K3 model challenges OpenAI and Anthropic’s dominance, sparking a price war and commoditizing frontier AI.

AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber argues that true AGI requires physical robots with world models, not just large language models, predicting a future of self-replicating machines.

Host Alex Albrecht and guest Ranjan Roy discuss OpenAI’s new super app, arguing that AI products are converging and differentiation will come from…

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth discusses the company’s AI strategy, admitting past missteps with Llama 3 disrupted their research pipeline but expressing confidence in new models like Muse Spark.

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Host Alex Albrecht and guest Ranjan Roy analyze Mark Zuckerberg’s admission that Meta’s AI agent development is lagging, prompting the company to consider leasing excess compute.

Greg Brockman discusses OpenAI’s evolution from a non-profit to a trillion-dollar entity, outlining its vision for AGI as a personal agent that executes tasks rather than just chatting.

Host Alex and guest Ranjan Roy discuss the US government lifting restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos model and OpenAI’s limited preview of GPT 5.

Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram and head of Anthropic Labs, discusses the rapid evolution of AI products like Claude Code and the recent controversy surrounding the Fable model.

Vox CEO Aaron Levy joins Big Technology to analyze the Anthropic Fable export controls, attributing them to security concerns rather than corporate maneuvering.

John Gruber and Ranjan Roy host a live episode at the Big Technology AI Summit, debating the viability of AR glasses like Snap Spectacles versus the iPhone as the primary AI device.

Ramp Lead Economist Eric Kazarian joins Big Technology to debunk AI myths using real spending data.

Host Alex Albrecht and guest Ranjan Roy analyze SpaceX’s massive IPO, which made Elon Musk a trillionaire by pivoting to AI infrastructure.

Alex Himmel, Meta’s head of wearables, discusses the future of AI devices, focusing on the new Ray-Ban Meta Optics designed for indoor use.

Hosts Alex Wang and Ranjan Roy preview Apple’s WWDC, analyzing its new Siri strategy powered by Google’s Gemini and debating whether Apple’s execution can match its vision.