This week in tech episode covers Judge Brinkema’s ruling that Google will not be broken up but must open its ad exchange to rivals, alongside a judge’s rejection of TikTok’s privacy settlement. The show discusses a near-miss incident where an AI hallucination almost triggered a US military attack on a Chinese vessel, and the US military’s confirmation of deployed space-based weapons. Guests Jason Heiner, Dan Patterson, and Owen Thomas debate the polarization of AI safety discourse, arguing that the industry needs nuanced governance rather than binary doom narratives, while also highlighting…
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