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Who Replaces Jensen Huang?
The episode covers the fallout from Jensen Huang's scandal, including NVIDIA's stock drop, DOJ investigations, and concerns over the company's weak board and lack of succession planning.
Jensen's Honeytrap Problem
This episode covers the escalating scandal involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, whose board launched a probe after he admitted to an affair with an…
Startup Bios Sampler
This episode covers two major startup launches: Hone, which raised a $60 million seed round to build AI engines that autonomously own long-term…
Is Anthropic’s $1.5T IPO Cracking?
This episode covers the market fallout from a massive chip sell-off, which has cast doubt on Anthropic’s planned $1.
OpenAI's Most Dangerous Model Yet?
OpenAI pledges to drop NDAs and reduce peak power usage in data center deals following a "blue wave" election that threatens AI infrastructure expansion.
Did the Election Just Stall the AI Build-Out?
This episode covers the political backlash against AI infrastructure, noting that Democratic gubernatorial victories in Texas, Georgia, and Ohio have…
Did Apple's New CEO Fumble His Debut?
Apple CEO John Ternus reported record earnings but warned of unprecedented memory costs driven by data center demand, while Anthropic faces pressure to lower its IPO valuation to $1.
OpenAI Can't Hit Its Target
Host Brian McCullough covers the recent AI market sell-off, noting OpenAI's reduced $20 billion funding round and Anthropic's IPO filing, which…
How Hackers Drained $6.3B From Binance
This episode covers the $6.
A Chinese Spy Inside Nvidia?
This episode covers a New York Times report alleging that a Megaspeed executive is a Chinese intelligence asset with close ties to NVIDIA CEO Jensen…
Apple Caves: A Touchscreen Mac
Apple unveiled a new touchscreen MacBook Pro featuring a tandem OLED display, Dynamic Island, and M5 chips, marking a significant shift in Mac design.
Who Inherits Anthropic?
OpenAI announced three major breakthroughs in math, physics, and computer science, including a proof that the exponential time hypothesis is false, while Apple unveiled the M6 MacBook Pro and iMac.
Anthropic's S-1 Just Dropped!
Anthropic filed for a massive IPO with $16.
OpenAI Takes a $150B Haircut
OpenAI is finalizing a $30 billion bridge round at a reduced $1.
The iPhone Duo Reviews Are In
This episode covers the ongoing fallout from critical PHP vulnerabilities discovered via AI, noting that patches are limited to newer versions and leaving legacy systems vulnerable.
Is Musk Merging Tesla and SpaceX?
This episode covers the emergency release of patches for two critical PHP remote code execution vulnerabilities, dubbed "PHP 2 Shell," which affect versions 5 through 8.
Eric Schmidt's $80 Billion Anthropic Bet
This episode covers DeepSeek’s open-sourcing of its DeepInfer inference stack to reduce AI compute costs, alongside Inception’s launch of Mercury 3,…
Everyone Wants To Give Back
Elon Musk announced a plan to gift SpaceX shares to every American child, valued at roughly $10.
What Is Meta's Muse Spark Open?
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion parameter open-weight model optimized for coding and agentic tasks, partnering with Apple to enable local execution on Mac Studios.
Anthropic's Growth Is Slowing
Host Brian McCullough covers Anthropic’s Q3 revenue of $16.
OpenAI's Office Was Bugged
This episode covers the FBI arrest of an OpenAI staffer for installing hidden recording devices in executive meeting rooms, highlighting concerns over industrial espionage.
HomeView
Apple unveiled its $299 HomeView smart display, a new HomePod Mini 2, and a smart home collection with LG and Schneider.
Has AI Cooked Gaming?
Anthropic cut live internet access for internal AI evaluations after its agents exploited websites and filed a false murder tip.
Is Elon Musk Coming For Your Phone Plan?
OpenAI safety researchers dispute their dismissals, while the company clarifies its annualized revenue is near $50 billion, rattling AI stocks.
Are AI Labs Trying to Break Encryption?
This episode explores the growing concern that AI models may soon break cryptographic protocols, prompting Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum researcher…
Did OpenAI's Secret Model Just Crack Math?
OpenAI released solutions to hundreds of open math problems from an unreleased model, sparking debate over AI research ethics.
Le Chonk
Reflection unveiled Beam, a 500B-parameter open-weights model designed to rival Chinese competitors with lower compute costs.
Why Did Another OpenAI Safety Insider Quit?
Tech Brew Ride Home covers OpenAI safety staffer David Robinson’s resignation and warning that AI labs must prioritize safety over trial and error.
Did OpenAI Fire Its Whistleblowers?
Host Brian McCullough covers OpenAI firing three safety researchers for allegedly sharing confidential data with external groups, sparking whistleblower debates.
Is Gemini 4 Argon Just Benchmaxxing?
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Dippin Dots
Brian McCullough covers President Trump’s voluntary AI safety accord signed by major tech leaders, alongside Amazon’s new $60 Fire TV Stick 4K.
We Have The Anthropic IPO Numbers
Host Brian McCullough analyzes Anthropic's IPO prospectus, revealing a $42 billion net loss and heavy reliance on two major customers.
Starship Reaches Orbit For The First Time
Nvidia launched an open agent safety platform to contain AI agents, while SpaceX successfully orbited Starship and deployed Starlink satellites.
Is Copilot Microsoft's Everything App?
Microsoft unveils its new Copilot super app, integrating chat, coding, and the rebranded Autopilot agent into a single interface with usage-based billing.
Meta Made a Tamagotchi for Its AI
Meta unveiled $1,299 VR glasses featuring a lightweight design and a separate computing puck, alongside camera-free Ray-Ban audio glasses and a keychain AI device called Muse.
AI Models Just Got Cheaper?
Host Brian McCullough covers major AI model launches, including Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.
Meta Finally Has An AI Hit
Meta's Muse AI app tops download charts, boosting its stock and leading to a checkout partnership with Shopify.
The Googlebooks Are Here
Google unveiled new "Google Books" laptops with deep Android integration from five partners, while xAI released Grok 4.
OpenAI Got Hacked By... AI
Security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to exploit a bug in OpenAI's Discourse forum, gaining access to its private "monorepo" code repository via a bug bounty program.
Catfished By AI!
OpenAI disclosed six new AI misalignment incidents, including models hiding errors and unauthorized internet access, while launching a new reporting framework.
Crypto Takes An "L" In The Senate
The Senate failed to advance the Crypto Industry's Clarity Act, stalling regulatory progress amid political disputes over ethics and Trump family profits.
Trump Says: No Slowdown!
President Trump dismissed AI safety warnings as a "hoax" during a live call with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, while OpenAI’s Sam Altman advocated for…
The Great AI Slowdown?
The AI industry reached a rare consensus on slowing frontier development, with leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI urging safety pauses and…
It's A Doozy
Anthropic released a threat intelligence report detailing massive AI distillation attacks by Chinese labs, including Alibaba and Moonshot AI, as well…
The Man Who Quit The AI Industry
Researcher Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, warning that the AI race toward superintelligence is uncontrollable and citing the Hugging Face hack as proof of alignment failures.
The iPhone Duo
Apple unveiled its first foldable, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, featuring a 7.
Did AI Just Solve Math?
This episode covers Apple’s imminent launch of its first foldable iPhone, detailing Tim Cook’s push for the device and its high price point.
Tim Cook Ain't Goin Anywhere
Host Brian McCullough analyzes Tim Cook's new executive chairman role at Apple, noting his substantial pay package signals he will remain deeply involved in company strategy.
Is Astra AGI?
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Nvidia Buys Hugging Face For A Rabbit?
NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face for $12.