With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all.

• Interview with Nick Foster
• AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile
• Yann LeCun's mondo preso
• Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers
• Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday
• The OpenAI paper on usage
• Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope
• ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification
• Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope
• A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model
• I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now
• How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator
• Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs
• The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
• Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over
• How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
• Roadwarden
• David Lynch's quirky house

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Nick Foster

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AI isn't just the ultimate nonsense generator—it's also a powerful tool students and teachers can't afford to ignore. In this episode, professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West reveal how their new "BS Machines" curriculum helps the next generation stay sharp and skeptical in a world overflowing with synthetic "facts."

• Interview with Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West
• Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle
• AI Watchdog
• At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies
• Most Scraped Websites of 2025
• AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time.
• Alterego
• I Hate My Friend
• R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data
• AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot
• Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related?
• OpenAI's post on the paper
• Gina Trappani starts a new blog
• Schnitzel press
• NFL Debut on YouTube Draws 17.3 Million
• Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise"

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Co-Host: Harper Reed

Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West

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Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation.

• Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions
• OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power
• Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates
• OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives
• Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism"
• How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers
• China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked
• Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI
• GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue
• Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed
• Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code

• AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same

• Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts

• Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly
• "Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact

• Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama
• Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training

• DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools

• Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film
  "Perfect Days"

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Co-Host: Harper Reed

Guest: Karen Hao

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