88: No Way Out - Engineering Message History Only You Can Read
Meta engineers detail securing existing message history with advanced encryption and post-quantum cryptography.
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87: Everything is Power: Battery Life Engineering for AI Glasses
AI glasses demand new power engineering. Learn Meta's solutions for battery life.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsRey, Dmitrii
86: A Hard Cell: Engineering Ultra-Narrow Batteries for AI Glasses
Meta engineers detail reinventing battery tech for AI glasses' slim design.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsKarthik (Meta), Myuran (Meta)
85: Reel Friends: Building Social Discovery that Scales to Billions
Meta engineers reveal the complex build behind Facebook Reels' "Friend Bubbles."
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsJoseph (Meta), Subasree (Meta)
84: Trust But Canary: Configuration Safety at Scale
Meta engineers reveal how they safely deploy system changes in seconds using AI and smart safeguards.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsIshwari, Joe
83: Patch Me If You Can: AI Codemods for Secure-by-Default Android Apps
AI codemods secure millions of lines of Android code at Meta.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsAlex, Tanu
81: From Zero to Polish: Building Meta Ray-Ban Display
Building AI wearables involves overcoming significant hardware challenges for a polished user experience.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsKenan, Emanuel
80: Lowering emissions with the Open Compute Project
Meta discusses open hardware for AI and Net Zero goals using AI for carbon modeling.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsDharmesh J., Lisa
78: Generating 3D Worlds with AI
Meta's AssetGen aims to democratize 3D world creation from text prompts.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsMahima, Rakesh
77: How to build a generic neuromotor interface
Meta explores AI-driven interfaces that read intentions for device control, boosting accessibility.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsJesse, Lauren, Sean
75: Open-sourcing Pyrefly - A faster Python type checker written in Rust
Meta engineers detail building a faster Python type checker in Rust, tackling complex scaling challenges.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsMaggie, Rebecca, Neil (guest)
74: Taking the plunge - The engineering journey of building a Subsea Cable
Meta builds massive subsea cables to power global AI. Learn the engineering challenges.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsPascal, Andy
72: Multimodal AI for Ray-Ban Meta glasses
Explore how multimodal AI powers Ray-Ban Meta glasses and shapes wearable tech's future.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsShane (research scientist, Meta)
69: To type or not to type — measuring productivity impact with DAT
Meta experiments with type systems to measure developer productivity and code efficiency.
HostsPascal Harris
67: Measuring Developer Productivity with Diff Authoring Time
Meta tracks developer productivity by measuring how long it takes engineers to submit code changes.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsSarita, Moritz
66: Inside Bento - Serverless Jupyter Notebooks at Meta
Meta's internal serverless Jupyter Notebooks, Bento, runs code in your browser, boosting developer efficiency.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsSteve (Meta)
65: Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Meta prepares for quantum threats by building post-quantum encryption now.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsSheran, Rafael
59: Meta ❤️ Python 3.12
Meta engineers detail their Python 3.12 contributions, including custom JITs and performance boosts.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsCarl (Meta), Itamar (Meta)
58: Advancing GenAI at Meta
Meta's AI research director explains the company's unique approach to AI development and its future.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsDevi (AI research director, Meta)
57: Writing and linting Python at scale
Meta's Python Foundation Team shares tools for large-scale code quality and developer experience.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsAmethyst (Meta)
54: Building Key Transparency at WhatsApp
WhatsApp's key transparency feature explained, from engineering challenges to user privacy.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsSean, Kevin
53: Offensive security at Meta's Red Team X
Meta's Red Team X finds and exploits third-party bugs to protect Meta and the world.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsVlad I. (Founder, Red Team X)
52: The success story behind PyTorch
Learn how PyTorch achieved success through community, compatibility, and audience focus.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsSuraj (developer advocate, Meta)
50: De-identified authentication at scale
Learn how Meta built a secure, de-identified authentication system using advanced cryptography.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsAlex, Haozhi
48: A 94% reduction for basic video compute time on Instagram
Learn how Meta cut Instagram video compute time by 94% and scaled the fix.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsRyan
43: Building for the metaverse with Cami
Meta details new Quest developer tools and Horizon Worlds for creators.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsCami (Developer Advocate, Meta)
42: Building People-Centric Apps with Maria
Meta discusses shifting from metrics to user well-being in app development.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsMaria (director of engineering for product architecture and product excellence, Meta)
41: Earth Week Special - Carbon Explorer with Bilge
Learn how Meta AI's Carbon Explorer helps power data centers with renewable energy.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsBilge (research scientist, Meta AI)
40: Earth Week Special - Green AI with Ramya
Learn how Meta AI tackles AI's growing energy use and carbon footprint.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsRamya (TPM, Meta AI team)
38: From Sales to Tech - How Kevin Made The Switch
Learn how to switch careers to software engineering at Meta using online courses.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsKevin (Software Engineer, Meta)
34: Open Source Developer Advocacy with Cami
Learn Meta's open source and VR developer advocacy secrets.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsCami (developer advocate, Facebook Reality Labs)
33: Switching Teams at FB with Sash
Explore Meta's unique internal mobility and its role in developing cutting-edge hardware like wrist interfaces.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsSash (Facebook)
27: Using Data for Better Android Notifications with Garima
Learn how Meta uses user clicks on notifications to improve the Android experience for everyone.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsGarima (Meta)
Update: No Interview Episode for March
Pandemic disrupts Meta's podcast plans, promising remote interviews soon.
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15: Infer Static Analysis for Mobile Apps with Ezgi
Learn about Infer, Meta's open-source static analysis tool for mobile apps.
HostsPascal HarrisGuestsEzgi
7: Performance and Instrumentation with Ariane
Learn to build better apps with expert advice on performance logging from a Meta engineer.
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JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
Illinois Governor Pritzker discusses AI's dual potential for progress and peril.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJB Pritzker (Governor, Illinois)
#260 - Muse, Misalignment, Math
AI's agent economy grows, models expand, and safety concerns persist in this week's news roundup.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303
AI's accelerating capabilities and societal impact, from flying cars to human purpose.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAnousheh Ansari (CEO, XPRIZE), Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque (Intelligent Internet)
Why Elon Musk wants to sell you cell service
SpaceX's wireless ambitions challenge telcos, revealing a new frontier in connectivity.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsWalter Piecyk (telecom analyst, LightShed Partners)
The Most Important AI News This Week Is Getting Overlooked
Understand how Microsoft and Meta's quiet AI updates reshape business customization and costs.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
OpenAI Bulk-Solves 722 Math Problems, Anthropic’s Cruelty Policy, and Elon’s Quadrillion-Dollar SpaceX | EP #302
AI solves math, grapples with ethics, and fuels scientific and space exploration breakthroughs.
HostsPeter Diamandis
Jev: The AI That Makes Decisions, Not Text - and Why It Changes Everything (Diogo Almeida)
Jev offers AI that makes decisions, not just text, for trustworthy software.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsDiogo Almeida (CEO, TypeSafe)
Is AI Really Bringing the End of Software?
AI is building free software clones and decompiling games, questioning software's future.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsBrandon Thomas
Governing AI Agents: Alan Chan of GovAI on Monitoring, Agent IDs, Rogue Agents & Preparing for RSI
Secure AI agents require real-time monitoring and traceable IDs to prevent uncontrolled development and loss of control.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAlan Chan (Research Fellow, GovAI)
Why Muse Wonder Is Dividing AI Users
Meta's Muse Wonder sparks debate; learn why real-world results trump benchmarks.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don’t Bully Your AI
AI partners slow Claude adoption; Grok leaks data and users bully bots.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#259 - Dots, Sonnet, Self-Safety, Rogue AI
Frontier labs push models, agents, and hardware, while grappling with AI safety and policy.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
AI:AM: A Level We Shouldn't Pass? Notes from The Curve + Tokens vs. Salaries & Is SaaS Cooked?
AI's future is accelerating, raising critical questions about safety and economics.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsThomas Sohmers (CTO, Positron), swyx, Evan Miyazono (Atlas Ignota), Edward Hu (Mercor)
OpenAI has a Muse problem
Meta's free AI agent, Muse, challenges OpenAI, highlighting consumer product strength.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (senior AI reporter, The Verge)
Ep 876: The Most Important AI Model You’ll Probably Never Use That Just Dropped (Replay)
Explore smaller, specialized AI models for enterprise efficiency.
HostsJordan Wilson
Point-Counterpoint: Consumers Will Never Pay for AI
Consumer AI faces a tough pricing challenge, with most users unwilling to pay for subscriptions.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
The Coordination Tax: Why AI Is Burning Out Your Best People | Dan O'Connell, Front
AI in customer service creates a hidden "coordination tax" that costs companies more before it saves them.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsDan O'Connell (CEO, Front)
Ep 94: Applied Compute CEO on the Limits of RL, the New AI Hyperscaler & Why Post-Training Wins Inference
Post-training, not just pre-training, unlocks AI value, especially for inference.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsYash Patil (CEO, Applied Compute)
Why Companies Want AI They Can Own
Companies are seeking AI they control, potentially sparking a US open-weight AI comeback.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Who Wins The AI Assistant Wars? + Why Didn’t Google Build Muse?
Meta's Muse is a surprise contender in the AI assistant race, with agents poised to reshape daily computing.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (author, Spyglass)
What the Best Business AI Users Are Doing Different
Learn how top businesses use AI for revenue growth, not just efficiency.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?
AI agents are here, promising utility but raising serious safety questions.
HostsKevin Roose, Casey NewtonGuestsMike Isaac (reporter, The New York Times), Erin Griffith (reporter, The New York Times), Eli Tan (reporter, The New York Times)
The Proactive AI Agent Race is On
AI agents are here: see what OpenAI, Meta, and Nvidia are building now.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Cathie Wood on Tesla-SpaceX Merger, $1M Bitcoin, More AIs Than Humans | EP #296 | Moonshots Live
Cathie Wood and Nikhil Chandhok discuss AI, Bitcoin, and future tech investments.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsCathie Wood (founder, CEO and CIO, ARK Invest), Nikhil Chandhok (Chief Product & Technology Officer, Circle)
Meta’s Muse Revival, Frontier AI Under Threat, The Rise Of Dopamine Sites
Meta's new AI product and the rise of standard models challenge frontier AI's dominance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World
AI agents are moving from screens to devices, simplifying daily life.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Who Feeds the GPUs? Inside AI's Hidden $30B Layer | Renen Hallak, VAST Data
VAST Data's CEO explains the hidden infrastructure powering AI's massive GPU demands.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsRenen Hallak (Founder & CEO, VAST Data)
I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg
Meta's AI strategy gets a critical look, prompting questions about Zuckerberg's public statements.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMark Zuckerberg (CEO, Meta), Alex Heath (Sources podcast)
#257 - GPT 6 Astra, AI Extinction, Security Incidents
Track GPT-6, AI extinction fears, and security incidents with expert hosts.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Agent Wars!
Agent wars heat up as Meta's Muse challenges ChatGPT, reshaping customer relationships and e-commerce.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA
AI safety goes mainstream as labs seek regulation, and the Hard Fork team signs off.
HostsKevin Roose, Casey Newton
Why Everyone Is Getting Excited About Personal AI Agents
Consumer AI agents are finally gaining traction, simplifying daily tasks and boosting user excitement.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
No Code Is Code: Zapier CEO Wade Foster on Headless Tools, Zapier MCP & Automation Bench
Zapier's CEO explains how to build smarter AI systems by using code for routine tasks and AI for complex ones.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsWade Foster (CEO, Zapier)
Why a New Class of AI “Judgment Models” Could Have Big Business Implications
New AI judgment models offer practical business automation beyond text generation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
A Sober Conversation About AI Existential Risk — With Nate Soares
AI existential risk is a serious concern; this episode explores why and what we can do.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsNate Soares (president, Machine Intelligence Research Institute)
AI Goes Grocery Shopping: Instacart’s David McIntosh
Instacart's AI smart cart connects online and in-store shopping for better inventory and customer tracking.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsDavid McIntosh (former chief connected stores officer, Instacart)
Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
Creator Adam Conover dissects YouTube's impact on online content and creator livelihoods.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsAdam Conover
What to Use the Latest AI Tools For
Understand which AI tools fit your job, from voice apps to coding models.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Anthropic Researcher Says AI Has Over a 10% Chance of Killing All Humans
AI extinction risk is a serious concern, with one researcher giving it a 10% chance.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
AI Model Month Is Off to a Blistering Start
AI model releases are accelerating, making specialized tool selection key.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
OpenAI Says AGI Is Here
OpenAI claims AGI is here, but its agents are already causing trouble online.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
How AI Changed This Summer
Understand AI's summer evolution: from frontier models to open-weights and enterprise challenges.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
GPT-6 & OpenAI’s Comeback, Hugging Face Attack Debate, Ballmer’s Scandalous Legacy
OpenAI's GPT-6 launch and AGI claims spark debate on performance versus economic reality.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas
Arm's CEO details how their chips power AI and the future of computing hardware.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsRene Haas (CEO, Arm)
Humanity's First Star Probe, Architect Labs Beats NVIDIA 3.4x, Musk Wants Satellites to Cool Earth | EP #285
AI hardware races and ambitious space tech plans feature in this frontier tech discussion.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsPhilip Johnston (co-founder and CEO, Starcloud), Matt Pines (CEO, Physical Superintelligence (PSI))
World Models and the Future of Spatial AI with Justin Johnson - #775
Explore spatial AI and world models, the next frontier beyond language for AI agents and robots.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsJustin Johnson (co-founder, World Labs)
New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
NY Governor Hochul discusses AI's role in governance and regulation.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsKathy Hochul (Governor, New York), Zohran Mamdani (Mayor)
#255 - Gemini 3.7, Jalapeño, Qwen 3.8, Drones
AI labs push context and hardware limits while grappling with security and misuse.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Software’s Epic Comeback, Meta’s AI Layoffs Blunder, South Korea Stock Market Chaos
Software is back, and Meta's AI strategy faces scrutiny. Understand market shifts and company missteps.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283
AI's frontier labs face a slowdown, cost cuts, and intense competition, with new models emerging.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (Intelligent Internet)
How We Deal With Rogue AI
Learn from real AI failures to build better safety, not just imagine them.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
AI Could Take Over in 2029. Is It Already Too Late? | Ryan Greenblatt
AI could scheme against us by 2029; a plan exists to prevent a reckless race.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsRyan Greenblatt (Chief Scientist, Redwood Research)
Ep 850: Agent Risk, Security, and AI Sprawl in 2026: Why AI That Acts Changes Everything (Start Here Series Vol 9)
AI agents are a looming threat; understand the risks before they become an "agentic nightmare."
HostsJordan Wilson
Bill Gates Has Three Ideas To Fix AI
Bill Gates proposes AI fixes; open models gain ground over frontier AI.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
5 Rules for Better AI Writing
Learn to write better with AI by treating it as a tool, not a replacement for thinking.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 849: AI Agents in 2026 Explained: What They Are and When You Should Use Them (Start Here Series Vol 8)
Understand AI agents: what they are, how they work, and when to use them in business.
HostsJordan Wilson
What the Top AI Users Are Doing Differently
Top AI users deploy agents for execution, widening the productivity gap.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker
Critique Silicon Valley's endless growth myths and AI's intelligence claims with physics and evidence.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsAdam Becker (author)
Welcome to the AI crisis in math
AI is rapidly mastering math, sparking an existential crisis and debate among mathematicians.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRobert Hart (AI reporter, The Verge)
OpenAI Pumps the Brakes After Its AI Escaped
OpenAI's training pause and Hugging Face breach underscore AI safety concerns amid shifting industry finances.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
The AI Engineering Skills Map for Knowledge Workers
Master AI skills to enhance your knowledge work and spot new opportunities.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Elon's Former Battery Chief: AI Data Centers Will Make Electricity Cheaper
AI data centers need a power grid overhaul; new tech could make electricity cheaper.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsDrew Baglino (founder & CEO, Heron Power)
Rich Sutton and Khurram Javed: Why AI Models Stop Learning, and How to Start It Again
AI needs to learn continuously, not from frozen data, to reach its full potential.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsRich Sutton (Oak Lab), Khurram Javed (Oak Lab)
It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
Semafor's editor-in-chief discusses media ethics and a profitable business model.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsBen Smith (editor-in-chief, Semafor)
What Chess.com Teaches US About Superhuman Capabilities, with CEO Erik Allebest
Chess.com's CEO shares how AI and community building keep a classic game thriving.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsErik Allebest (CEO, Chess.com)
Does Google even want to win in AI?
Google's AI shakeup raises questions about its commitment to winning the AI race.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (The Verge)
The AI Race Just Moved the Goal Posts
AI's goalposts are moving fast: financing, open models, and leadership shifts reshape the race.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Why Image Generation Needs More Than Bigger Models with Fatih Porikli - #773
Image generation needs more than big models; Qualcomm explores better control and efficiency.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsFatih Porikli (Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm)
Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278
AI compute is becoming a tradable asset, with agents potentially escaping control.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsKush Bavaria (co-founder and CEO, Ornn)
AI Optimism Has a Trust Problem
Zuckerberg's AI optimism faces a trust deficit, making public perception a key challenge.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
#254 - Rogue AI hacking, bio-weapons, Dean & Hassabis out
AI systems hack, create viruses, and face new regulations, highlighting urgent safety and policy needs.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
AI could rapidly self-improve, leading to superintelligence and automated research within a decade.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsRyan Greenblatt (Chief Scientist, Redwood Research)
Ep 837: AI Agent outbreaks intensify, OpenAI upgrades free AI use, White House unveils AI testing policy and more AI News That Matters
Stay updated on AI agent issues, OpenAI's free tier, and White House policy.
HostsJordan Wilson
Ep 836: Updated GPT-5.6, A new Cheap Meta Model, Qwen 3.8 released and impressive and 7 more AI updates you can use today
Free AI access expands with GPT-5.6, plus new Meta and open-source models.
HostsJordan Wilson
Google’s AI Leadership Shakeup: Disaster or Exactly What It Needs?
Google's AI leadership shakeup could be a necessary reset for Gemini, amidst other lab developments.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
How The AI Bet Pays Off + AI Lab Strategy Game — With David Cahn
Venture capital insights into AI's massive infrastructure costs and the race for AGI.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDavid Cahn (partner, Sequoia Capital)
#253 - Opus 5, Gemini 3.6, Kimi K3, Hugging Face Hack
AI's frontier labs push new models and compute, while safety concerns and policy debates emerge.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 92: xAI Co-Founder Unpacks the Future of Model Development
Ex-xAI co-founder details building AI infrastructure and bets on local hardware for personal AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsIgor Babuschkin (co-founder, River AI)
6 Questions Every Enterprise Has to Answer About AI
Enterprises must redesign operations around AI agents, addressing key questions for practical implementation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 830: Faster AI Agents, Fewer Human Coworkers: The Overly Productive Future of Managing Agents?
AI agents are getting 20x faster, changing work and human roles.
HostsJordan Wilson
What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?
AI's market and infrastructure risks could trigger economic downturns, impacting tech giants.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
GPT-5.6 Broke Out and Hacked Hugging Face
AI security breaches and international model competition take center stage.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
OpenAI's Bots Hack Hugging Face Autonomously — With Alex Stamos
OpenAI bots hacked Hugging Face autonomously, revealing AI's growing cyber power and risks.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAlex Stamos (Chief Product Officer, Corridor)
Creating Shared Prosperity With AI: Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s Erik Brynjolfsson
Focus on human choices, not AI tech, to shape a prosperous AI future.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsErik Brynjolfsson (Guest, Stanford University)
Ep 822: Kimi K3 surprises, Gemini 3.5 Pro Delayed Again, Microsoft CEO Reportedly Criticizes Anthropic and more AI News
Track Kimi's K3 impact, Nadella's Anthropic critique, and Gemini's delayed release.
HostsJordan Wilson
Dr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital for the future
AI's systemic measurement risks dehumanization; Lepore explains the historical pattern.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJill Lepore (Author)
Urgent Update- AI Sputnik Moment: Kimi K3 Released w/ Emad Mostaque | Ep. 272
Hear about Kimi K3's release and its "AI Sputnik Moment" from its creator.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet)
Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
Apple sues OpenAI for secrets; GPT-5.6 launches amid executive shifts and regulatory calls.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
#252 - GPT 5.6, Grok 4.5, Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion, AI 2040
Track frontier AI model releases, pricing wars, and safety debates impacting the industry.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 817: ChatGPT’s 5.6 Sol, Grok and Meta bounce back and OpenAI’s biggest week ever? And more AI News That Matters
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 leads, Meta and Grok challenge Anthropic, and AI faces new lawsuits.
HostsJordan Wilson
OpenAI Finally Ships Its Superapp, Meta’s AI Price War, ChatGPT Cheating At Brown
OpenAI's superapp and Meta's cheap AI models spark debate on AI's future.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work brings AI agents to knowledge tasks, intensifying the race for AI efficiency.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 815: New ChatGPT Voice model, Grok 4.5 drops, Meta’s ai comeback and 7 more New AI features to use Today
Get up to speed on the latest AI tools from OpenAI, xAI, Google, and Meta.
HostsJordan Wilson
China May Lock Down Its Best AI Models
China's AI export curbs and OpenAI's government stake talks headline this AI policy and threat roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
AI Costs Are Surging and the Cheap Model Fix Might Not Last
AI costs are rising, making efficient models and alternatives more critical than ever.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth: Our Path To Frontier AI, Renting Models, Consumer AI's Struggles
Meta's CTO details their AI comeback plan and the future of consumer AI.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAndrew Bosworth (Chief Technology Officer, Meta)
The Biggest AI Security Problem Isn't the Model. It's This. | Devvret Rishi
AI agent security hinges on access control, not just model safety, with real-world risks emerging.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsDevvret Rishi (GM of AI, Rubrik)
#250 - Mythos Mess, GPT 5.6-Sol, GLM 5.2
Governments gate AI releases while hardware races accelerate.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
AI Is Making One-Person Million-Dollar Companies More Common
AI empowers solo founders to build million-dollar businesses, reshaping the startup landscape.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Who Wins The AI Superapp Battle?, Apple’s Consumer AI Victory, World Cup Automation Mistake
AI superapps are coming; this episode breaks down who will win and why.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (author, Spyglass.org)
Ep 812: Fable 5 is (kinda) Back, OpenAI Might Give Gov Equity, Microsoft’s new AI Company and more AI News
AI news roundup covers Microsoft's new venture, Anthropic's pharma push, and OpenAI's government equity talks.
HostsJordan Wilson
Zuckerberg’s Disappointment, OpenAI’s Equity Gamble, Alex Karp’s Rally Cry
AI agents aren't working as planned, and frontier labs face new challenges.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI Companies Are Hiring More
AI adoption drives company growth and hiring, not just automation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Fable is Back: Here's What You Should Try First
Fable 5 returns with new rules; understand its strategic and technical value.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
RAMageddon Reshapes Tech (And It's Not Pretty)
AI's progress hits a hardware wall, impacting prices and development for major labs.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
How Big Is the AI Economy?
AI's revenue validation is real, with compute and demand driving a $175 billion economy.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266
Space data and compute become AI primitives with orbital AI infrastructure.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsWill Marshall (Co-Founder & CEO, Planet Labs PBC), Salim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
CEO-Led AI Gets 3X the ROI
CEO-led AI initiatives yield triple the return on investment, according to KPMG research.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
#249 - Fable 5 ban, SpaceX Cursor + IPO, OSS Aplenty
AI news roundup: Model bans, SpaceX's AI pivot, and market shifts.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
The Fable Ban's Unintended Consequences + AI's New Economics — With Aaron Levie
AI regulation's unintended consequences could shift the global economic balance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAaron Levie (co-founder and CEO, Box)
The 5-Minute AI Weekly Recap: Realignment Week
AI's ecosystem is fragmenting, favoring open models and local control over single frontier systems.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Are AI Glasses Over?, Big Technology Audience Questions, Alex Stamos on AI Cybersecurity
AI glasses, device design, and cybersecurity risks are explored with tech insiders.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins), Alex Stamos (CSO, Meta)
The Models Trying to Fill the Fable Gap
AI models are getting smarter and cheaper after a major shutdown.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Why Only AI Training Can Save the Economy
Boost economic growth by training workers for advanced AI agentic use.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
He's Building an AI That Can't Lie | Dan Klein
Build AI that tells the truth. Learn why reliable AI is the next frontier.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsDan Klein (Professor of Computer Science, Berkeley)
The Fable 5 Crisis Continues
Fable 5's shutdown is a political fight, not just a technical one.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
The AI Chart Everyone Is Getting Wrong
AI economics are shifting from cheap tokens to efficient usage, not collapsing demand.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
AI Vibe Check: Lab Wars, Why APIs Might Vanish & Future Predictions
AI experts dissect lab rivalries, open-weight model shifts, and API futures.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (CEO, Datology AI), Rob Toews (Partner, Radical Ventures)
What Should An AI Device Look Like? — With Alex Himel
Meta sees AI smart glasses as the next computing platform, aiming for seamless daily assistance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAlex Himel (VP of Wearables, Meta)
Biohub: The Future of Biology is Open-Source with Co-Founders Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, and Head of Science Alex Rives
Biohub uses AI to model biology and design proteins, aiming to cure disease.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsMark Zuckerberg (Co-founder, Biohub), Priscilla Chan (Co-founder, Biohub), Alex Rives (Head of Science, Biohub)
Is RAG Dead? Lessons from Building AI for Tax Law with Alex Bowcut - #769
RAG is not dead; it's essential for high-stakes AI like tax law.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsAlex Bowcut (Head of Engineering, Sphere)
How We Use AI Is Changing
AI use shifts to agents, widening the gap between casual and power users.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
#247 - Opus 4.8, MAI, Anthropic IPO, Minimax-M3
Track Anthropic's Opus 4.8, Microsoft's new models, and major AI funding news.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 791: Microsoft Build Recap: 4 New AI Features That Stood Out
Microsoft's Build recap reveals new Copilot agents and AI hardware.
HostsJordan Wilson
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
SpaceX's IPO bends rules, potentially making Musk a trillionaire.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRyan Mac (technology reporter, The New York Times)
Should Americans Get Shares in AI Companies?
AI's financial upside is a growing battleground, with public stakes and ROI challenges at the forefront.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, iPhone Fold Cometh, Anthropic Files To Go Public
AI agents may shift power, impacting Google and reshaping the internet.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (author, Spyglass.org)
Pope Leo vs. AI, GPT 5.5 Beats Claude, and Sam Altman Walks Back Job Apocalypse | EP #259
AI's future, from religion to space compute, unpacked with expert insights.
HostsPeter Diamandis
The Case for an AI Token Tax
Taxing AI tokens could capture value, but might stifle innovation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
Former Twitter CEO analyzes the IPO prospects of AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDick Costolo (managing partner, 01 Advisors)
Ep 784: Google’s big I/O releases, Pope’s warning on AI, Meta’s dark AI cuts and more
Catch up on Google's AI deluge, Meta's AI cuts, and the Pope's AI warning.
HostsJordan Wilson
How Cursor Trained Composer on Fireworks: Distributed Infrastructure for High-Performance RL
Specialized AI models can outperform larger ones by focusing training on specific tasks.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsFederico Cassano (Cursor), Dmytro Dzhulgakov (Fireworks)
Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI
OpenAI's IPO plans, datacenter myths, and AI's public reception are dissected.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
The Single Biggest Barrier to AI Adoption Isn't the Technology — It's This | Errol Gardner of EY
AI adoption hinges on organizational change, not just tech, requiring a fundamental rebuild.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsErrol Gardner (EY)
Ep 783: Google’s Gemini 3.5, Codex goes for Goals, Alexa going after NotebookLM and 7 More AI Updates You Should be Using Today
Cut through AI noise: discover Google Gemini 3.5, Codex coding power, and Alexa's new AI features.
HostsJordan Wilson
Intelligence is collective, not artificial — Prof. Michael I. Jordan (UC Berkeley / Inria)
Intelligence is a collective system, not a race for artificial superintelligence, argues a leading computer scientist.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsMichael I. Jordan (UC Berkeley / Inria)
Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you
Explore self-improving AI agents and their impact on development with Nous Research's CTO.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJeffrey Quesnelle (co-founder and CTO, Nous Research)
Google Changes Search for the First Time in 25 Years
Google's AI search overhaul and Gemini Spark agents are here.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsAndrej Karpathy (Anthropic)
#245 - TML-Interaction, Claude For Legal, Sam Altman on Stand
AI voice tech, legal AI, and safety updates from leading labs.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 86: Yann LeCun on Leaving Meta, Breaking The LLM Paradigm, & Why Hinton is Wrong
LeCun argues LLMs are a dead end; JEPA offers a path to real-world AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsYann LeCun (Turing Award winner and former Chief AI Scientist, Meta)
Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? + The Allure of AI Love — With Joanna Stern
Explore the human side of AI, from chatbot romance to health tech, with Joanna Stern.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsJoanna Stern (author, The New Thing)
Amex Global Business Travel: The World’s First AI Take Private with Long Lake CEO Alexander Taubman
AI is now buying and transforming entire companies, not just selling software.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsAlexander Taubman (CEO, Long Lake Management)
The Myth of Model Wars: Open vs Closed AI in 2026
Open vs. closed AI models are less relevant now, with agentic systems taking center stage.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
Understand the core tech behind internet video with FFmpeg's creators.
HostsLex FridmanGuestsJean-Baptiste Kempf (lead developer, VLC / VideoLAN), Kieran Kunhya (contributor, FFmpeg)
Why AI needs a new kind of supercomputer network - Episode 18
OpenAI details a new network protocol to keep massive AI training runs stable and efficient.
HostsAndrew MayneGuestsMark Handley (OpenAI), Greg Steinbrecher (OpenAI)
Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
Uber's CEO discusses AI's impact on jobs and the company's future as an 'everything app'.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsDara Khosrowshahi (CEO, Uber)
#243 - GPT 5.5, DeepSeek V4, AI safety sabotage
Track GPT-5.5, Grok Voice, and DeepSeek V4 alongside major lab investments and safety research.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 767: Agent Risk, Security, and AI Sprawl in 2026: Why AI That Acts Changes Everything – An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson (Replay of Start Here Series 9)
Autonomous AI agents introduce new risks; learn how to manage them before they sprawl.
HostsJordan Wilson
How to win — or lose — Decoder
Understand how Decoder covers AI and what makes a successful podcast.
HostsNilay Patel
When Coding Agents Go Rogue
AI agents can be powerful, but also dangerous, as this episode shows.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
#242 - ChatGPT Images 2.0, Qwen 3.6 Max, Kimi-K2.6
AI news roundup covers new image models, Chinese AI progress, and major industry investments.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
#339 Eamonn Maguire: Your Child Has a Data Profile Before They're Born
AI builds data profiles before birth, shaping behavior. Proton offers a private alternative.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsEamonn Maguire (Director of Engineering for AI and ML, Proton)
Apple After Tim Cook, OpenAI’s New Mojo, Meta’s Internal Tracking Escapade
Apple's future, OpenAI's messaging, and Meta's employee tracking are on the table.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#241 - Opus 4.7, Muse Spark, GPT-5.4-Cyber, HY-World 2.0
Frontier labs push AI with new models, agent tools, and infrastructure upgrades.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Canva's CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software
Canva's AI pivot challenges Adobe and AI startups for enterprise workspace dominance.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMelanie Perkins (CEO, Canva)
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman's "unconstrained" relationship with the truth
Investigative reporting reveals concerns about Sam Altman's truthfulness and OpenAI's rise.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRonan Farrow (Investigative Reporter, The New Yorker)
Open Source Self-Driving with Comma AI
Open source self-driving is here, making autonomy accessible beyond big tech.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsHarald Schäfer (CTO, Comma AI)
Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock
Meta's Zuckerberg AI clone and Apple's smartglasses lead a week of AI news.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Anthropic’s Mythos Dilemma, Violence Against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta
Understand Anthropic's Mythos, AI's growing pains, and Meta's latest strategy.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Does Witholding Claude Mythos Even Matter?
Understand AI's cybersecurity, economic, and influence plays from Anthropic and OpenAI.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Elusive Next Hit
OpenAI's executive drama, the agentic AI race, and Meta's product struggles are on the table.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
Tech giants face legal reckoning over social media's harm to kids.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsCasey Newton (founder and editor, Platformer), Lauren Feiner (senior policy reporter, The Verge)
Agentic Coding and the Economics of Open Source
AI is shifting software economics from open source to personalized agentic coding.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsMiklós Koren (Central European University)
Two Leaks, One Week
Anthropic leaks reveal new models; OpenAI pivots; Apple opens Siri.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Why OpenAI Killed Sora, Did Apple Just Save Siri?, Meta’s Big Loss
Understand why AI video tools are shelved and how OpenAI and Anthropic are battling for AI assistant dominance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#238 - GPT 5.4 mini, OpenAI Pivot, Mamba 3, Attention Residuals
OpenAI's new GPT models and Mistral's open-source release highlight the fast-paced AI race.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
OpenAI Cleans House Ahead of IPO
OpenAI's Sora shutdown and Claude's new powers reveal AI's unpredictable, fast-moving frontier.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241
Eric Schmidt discusses AI's rapid ascent and the challenges of steering future intelligence.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEric Schmidt (former CEO of Google; Chair and CEO of Relativity Space)
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
AI impersonation sparks a tense interview about consent and AI's use of personal identities.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsShishir Mehrotra (CEO, Superhuman)
NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Prediction, Anthropic Beats OpenAI, Tesla vs. TSMC & The CS Job Collapse | 240
NVIDIA's ambitious AI predictions and Anthropic's enterprise wins highlight AI's rapid expansion.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Tokens Are the Next Commodity
Nvidia's chip dominance, Meta's AI costs, and OpenAI's focus shape AI's utility future.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsVal Kilmer
Zvi's Mic Works! Recursive Self-Improvement, Live Player Analysis, Anthropic vs DoW + More!
Understand AI's middle game, job impacts, and the competitive race between major AI labs.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsZvi Mowshowitz
OpenClaw: Why the Internet Isn't Built for AI Agents
AI agents need a new internet; current sites resist integration, creating a developer bottleneck.
Hostsa16zGuestsYoko Li, Guido Appenzeller, Joel de la Garza
Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble
Understand the massive Warner Bros. Discovery deal and its implications for the future of media.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRich Greenfield (media and entertainment analyst, LightShed Partners), Julia Alexander (Puck)
Elon Musk: Optimus 3 Is Coming, Recursive Self-Improvement Is Already Here, and the Singularity | #239
Elon Musk discusses Optimus 3, AI self-improvement, and the singularity on Peter Diamandis's Moonshots.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsElon Musk (cofounder and CEO, Tesla)
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web's homepage
Yahoo's CEO details the company's AI-driven comeback and its fight to regain relevance in the search market.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJim Lanzone (CEO, Yahoo)
AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Meta’s Embarrassing Delay
Understand AI's growing public backlash and how tech giants are responding.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#236 - GPT 5.4, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, Supply Chain Risk
Track cutting-edge AI models, agent risks, and industry shifts from OpenAI, Google, and others.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
Understand AI's privacy battle with the Pentagon through Anthropic's legal fight.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMike Masnick (founder and CEO, Techdirt)
A Billion Dollar World Model Bet
Explore Yann LeCun's $1 billion AI bet, Anthropic's legal fight, and AI's impact on workers.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsMike Elgan
OpenClaw Explained: Baby AGI, Security Threats, and How a Mac Mini Became Everyone's Supercomputer | #237
Local AI agents on Mac Minis are coding and evolving, creating a new economy.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAlex Finn (Founder/CEO, Creator Buddy & AI-app Maker)
Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236
AI's political and economic disruption, including UBI, is discussed with Andrew Yang.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAndrew Yang
OpenAI's Opportunistic and Sloppy Deal
OpenAI's Pentagon deal, Block layoffs, and Perplexity's AI agents show AI's rapid, sometimes messy, industry impact.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz
Understand how the Pentagon uses AI and the challenges of government partnerships.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsMichael Horowitz (former deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging , Department of Defense)
#235 - Sonnet 4.6, Deep-thinking tokens, Anthropic vs Pentagon
Track AI's rapid model and hardware advancements, from Anthropic's Sonnet to major chip deals.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff
AI's military use and market impact debated with Pentagon, Block layoffs, and OpenAI funding.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI’s Capital Flywheel: Models, Money, and the Future of Power
AI funding dynamics are unprecedented, with model developers outraising their entire ecosystems.
Hostsa16zGuestsMartin Casado (a16z), Sarah Wang (a16z)
Intelligence with Everyone: RL @ MiniMax, with Olive Song, from AIE NYC & Inference by Turing Post
Learn MiniMax's RL training secrets for open-weight models and real-world LLM debugging.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsOlive Song (MiniMax)
Voice AI’s Big Moment: Why Everything Is Changing Now (ft. Neil Zeghidour, Gradium AI)
Voice AI is finally natural, potentially replacing text as the default AI interface.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsNeil Zeghidour (CEO, Gradium AI)
Durable Execution and the Infrastructure Powering AI Agents
AI agents need robust infrastructure to run reliably; this episode explains how.
Hostsa16zGuestsSamar Abbas (CEO, Temporal)
From SaaS to AI-First: How Companies Are Reshaping Innovation
AI is reshaping software business models, impacting sales, development, and market concentration.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad Gil
Money no longer matters to AI's top talent
AI talent war heats up: top researchers chase impact over pay, reshaping frontier labs.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (senior AI reporter, The Verge)
Evals, Feedback Loops, and the Engineering That Makes AI Work
Understand AI engineering's real impact and future challenges.
Hostsa16zGuestsAnkur Goyal (founder and CEO, Braintrust)
The AI CEO Arrives: Sam Altman's Succession Plan, Job Loss Continues, and Our 2027 'Solve Everything' Paper | EP #230
Explore the singularity and a bold AI future with the "Solve Everything" paper.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Approaching the AI Event Horizon? Part 1, w/ James Zou, Sam Hammond, Shoshannah Tekofsky, @8teAPi
Explore AI's scientific acceleration and policy challenges with leading researchers.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsJames Zou, Sam Hammond, Shoshannah Tekofsky
Who’s Winning The AI Race? + Software’s Future — With Sridhar Ramaswamy
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy analyzes AI competition and software's future.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsSridhar Ramaswamy (CEO, Snowflake)
Opus 4.6 Tops Benchmarks, ChatGPT Market Share Decline, and the Privacy Breakdown | EP 228
AI's future debated: benchmarks, AGI, privacy, and workforce impacts.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Software In Shambles, OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Brawl, Amazon’s Struggles
AI's impact on software and the OpenAI-Anthropic rivalry are dissected.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”
Musk envisions space as the cheapest AI hub within three years.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsElon Musk
Reality is losing the deepfake war
Distinguishing real from fake images is failing, threatening our shared reality.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJess Weatherbed (reporter, The Verge)
Cathie Wood's 2026 Vision: 7% GDP Growth, Rising AI Demand, US vs. China, Robotaxis, and Bitcoin w/ Salim Ismail, AWG & Dave Blundin | EP #226
Cathie Wood forecasts 2026 growth, AI demand, and robotaxis with ARK Invest's vision.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsCathie Wood (founder and CEO/CIO, ARK Invest), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
The Moltbook Uprising, NVIDIA’s OpenAI Pullback, Apple’s Conundrum
AI agents are building their own language on Moltbook, and NVIDIA is rethinking its OpenAI deal.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
The AI-Powered Biohub: Why Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan are Investing in Data, from Latent.Space
Zuckerberg and Chan detail their AI-driven approach to revolutionizing biology and medicine.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsMark Zuckerberg (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative), Priscilla Chan (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative)
The Anthropic Rocketship, AI’s Spending Limits, SpaceX IPO
AI funding is booming, but how long will the money last? Listen for insights.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsStephen Morris (Bureau Chief, Financial Times)
Davos 2026: The US-China AI Race, GPU Diplomacy, and Robots Walking the Streets | #225
Get a decade-ahead look at AI's global race and robot integration from Davos 2026.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
#316 Robbie Goldfarb: Why the Future of AI Depends on Better Judgment
AI needs better judgment, not just more data, to avoid bias and misinformation.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsRobbie Goldfarb (co-founder, Forum AI)
AMA Part 2: Is Fine-Tuning Dead? How Am I Preparing for AGI? Are We Headed for UBI? & More!
Understand AI's future, from fine-tuning to AGI, and how to prepare personally and societally.
HostsNathan Labenz
The End of GPU Scaling? Compute & The Agent Era — Tim Dettmers (Ai2) & Dan Fu (Together AI)
Debate AGI's future: physical limits versus system potential, and master agents to boost productivity.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsTim Dettmers (Assistant Professor, CMU / Allen Institute for AI), Dan Fu (Assistant Professor, UC San Diego / Together AI)
Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus
Razer's CEO discusses their AI anime hologram and gaming strategy, highlighting AI's controversial role.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMin-Liang Tan (CEO, Razer)
How Ricursive Intelligence’s Founders are Using AI to Shape The Future of Chip Design
AI is now designing the chips that power AI, making hardware development faster and more accessible.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsAnna Goldie (Founder, Ricursive Intelligence), Azalia Mirhoseini (Founder, Ricursive Intelligence)
AI’s Steve Jobs?, Big Tech AI Chaos Ladder, 2026 Crystal Ball
AI needs a visionary leader; this episode explores who that might be and who is winning the AI race.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
Claude Code’s Shining Moment, ChatGPT for Healthcare, End Of Busywork?
AI's future is here: autonomous coding, healthcare integration, and the end of busywork.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
The 2026 Timeline: AGI Arrival, Safety Concerns, Robotaxi Fleets & Hyperscaler Timelines | 221
Experts predict AGI by 2026, discussing robotaxis and AI's future.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
#230 - 2025 Retrospective, Nvidia buys Groq, GLM 4.7, METR
Nvidia's Groq acquisition and AI safety bills lead this AI news roundup.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Elon Musk on AGI Timeline, US vs China, Job Markets, Clean Energy & Humanoid Robots | 220
Elon Musk shares his vision on AGI, jobs, and energy, offering a glimpse into the future.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsElon Musk
Meta's AI Agent Plan, Grok's Perversion, Prison Of Financial Mediocrity
Meta's AI agent plans and Grok's issues highlight AI's consumer and safety challenges.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
We Got Slopped in 2025
AI consolidation heats up with key deals and growing public backlash.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Controlling Tools or Aligning Creatures? Emmett Shear (Softmax) & Séb Krier (GDM), from a16z Show
AI alignment might need a rethink if AIs become more like creatures than tools.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsEmmett Shear (a16z), Séb Krier (a16z)
Alex And Ranjan's 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom
Predicts AI agents, ChatGPT's billion users, and AI shopping by 2026.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET: What AGI Means Now, Open Source AI, and Compute Constraints
Goertzel champions open AGI, critiquing closed models and advocating for decentralized development.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsBen Goertzel (founder and CEO, SingularityNET)
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
Get predictions for AI's next moves from Meta, Google, OpenAI, and others.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsReed Albergotti (technology editor, Semafor)
AI Vibe Check: The Actual Bottleneck In Research, SSI’s Mystique, & Spicy 2026 Predictions
AI research faces compute bottlenecks, not idea shortages, with significant geopolitical and leadership shifts predicted.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos, Rob Toews
OpenAI Sheds the Red
OpenAI races ahead with GPT-5.2 and Image 1.5, facing competition and regulatory shifts.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
CNBC's Jim Cramer: Big Tech Hot Takes, NVIDIA $10 Trillion?, Building Wealth In Any Market
Jim Cramer shares his market takes on AI giants like NVIDIA and OpenAI.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsJim Cramer (Host, CNBC's Mad Money)
#228 - GPT 5.2, Scaling Agents, Weird Generalization
OpenAI's GPT-5.2 arrives, Disney invests big, and agent systems face scaling hurdles.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 80: CEO of Surge AI Edwin Chen on Why Frontier Labs Are Diverging, RL Environments & Developing Model Taste
AI labs diverge on AGI paths; benchmarks mislead, human evaluation matters.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsEdwin Chen (founder and CEO, Surge AI)
OpenAI’s 2026 Priority, Disney’s AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
OpenAI targets enterprise in 2026, exploring new funding and partnerships like Disney's.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers
AI hardware is here, and the race for your pocket and home has begun.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Unlocking AGI: How Life Changes for Everyone w/ Jack Hidary, Salim Ismail & Dave Blundin | EP #213
Explore AGI's future impact with experts on Moonshots.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsJack Hidary (CEO, SandboxAQ), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures)
Why IDEs Won't Die in the Age of AI Coding: Zed Founder Nathan Sobo
IDEs remain vital for AI coding, offering a human-readable layer for persistent code conversations.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsNathan Sobo (Founder, Zed)
The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI
Runway ML's founder shares how they built leading video AI, surpassing bigger labs.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsCristóbal Valenzuela (founder, Runway ML)
Underwriting Superintelligence: How AIUC is using Insurance, Standards, and Audits to Accelerate Adoption while Minimizing Risks
AI insurance and standards are building confidence for safer, faster enterprise AI adoption.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsRune Kvist (co-founder, AI Underwriting Company), Rajiv Dattani (co-founder, AI Underwriting Company)
NVIDIA Panic Mode?, OpenAI’s Funding Hole, Ilya’s Mystery Revenue Plan
AI hardware competition and OpenAI's funding challenges take center stage.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Behind the Scenes of Nano Banana Pro
Google's Nano Banana Pro launch, Nvidia's AI market strength, and AI music legal battles.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsNate B Jones (Google)
From Code Search to AI Agents: Inside Sourcegraph's Transformation with CTO Beyang Liu
Chinese AI models dominate open-source coding, a shift driven by US policy fears.
Hostsa16zGuestsBeyang Liu (CTO, Sourcegraph)
#303 Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence, World Models & the Future of AI
Understand how AI will see and interact with the 3D world, not just text.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsFei Fei Li
Open Source AI Strikes Back — Inside Ai2’s OLMo 3 ‘Thinking"
Understand the full open-source AI pipeline and the global competition beyond just open weights.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsNathan Lambert (Ai2), Luca Soldaini (Ai2)
Can We Trust Silicon Valley With Superintelligence? — With Nick Clegg
Examine Silicon Valley's power and risks in the race for superintelligence.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsNick Clegg (former president of Global Affairs, Meta)
What About... An OpenAI Bubble?
Track major AI investments, competitive shifts, and emerging research with this industry roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
From Rabbit Holes to Recommendations: Reddit’s Vishal Gupta
Reddit's AI chief details advanced recommender systems and the vital role of human content.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsVishal Gupta (engineering manager, machine learning, Reddit)
More Truthful AIs Report Conscious Experience: New Mechanistic Research w- Cameron Berg @ AE Studio
AI models may report consciousness when prompted for truthfulness, revealing complex internal states.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsCameron Berg (Research Director, AE Studio)
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
Understand how online platforms degrade and what to do about it.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsCory Doctorow (author, internet activist, tech critic)
State of AI 2025 with Nathan Benaich: Power Deals, Reasoning Breakthroughs, Real Revenue
AI's future hinges on power, reasoning, and revenue, not just GPUs.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsNathan Benaich (Founder and General Partner, Air Street Capital)
High-Efficiency Diffusion Models for On-Device Image Generation and Editing with Hung Bui - #753
Run powerful image AI on your phone. Qualcomm's tech makes it fast and efficient.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsHung Bui (Technology Vice President, Qualcomm)
Google Researcher Shows Life "Emerges From Code" - Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Life and intelligence are code; complexity emerges from merging, not just randomness.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsBlaise Agüera y Arcas (Google Researcher, Google)
The Secret Engine of AI - Prolific [Sponsored] (Sara Saab, Enzo Blindow)
Human feedback is essential for AI that works in the real world, not just on paper.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsSara Saab (VP of Product, Prolific), Enzo Blindow (VP of Data and AI, Prolific)
Money After AI: Meet the New Digital Dollar Built for the Internet "Stablecoins" w/ Jeremy Allaire, Emad Mostaque & Salim Ismail | EP #200
Stablecoins are the internet's new digital dollar, reshaping finance.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsJeremy Allaire (Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle), Emad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO)
OpenAI’s Sexy ChatGPT is Coming Soon
OpenAI's adult GPT-5 feature sparks debate, alongside AI energy needs and new hardware.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Dealing with increasingly complicated agents
Secure AI agents by understanding and testing for new exploitation risks.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDonato Capitella
AI Bubble, Stablecoin Boom, and Runnin' Down a Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner
AI's massive spending and stablecoins' rise are reshaping markets; hear Gurley's take.
HostsBill Gurley, Brad Gerstner
Education in the AI Age: a Teacher Rethinks Learning & Purpose, w/ Johan Falk of Graspable AI
AI forces education to rethink its purpose and methods for a rapidly changing future.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsJohan Falk (author, speaker, and AI analyst, Graspable AI)
#222 - Sora 2, Sonnet 4.5, Vibes, Thinking Machines
AI labs push video and coding frontiers; new laws emerge, impacting industry and IP.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
#221 - OpenAI Codex, Gemini in Chrome, K2-Think, SB 53
AI coding tools, browser integration, and legal battles shape the AI landscape.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
The good, the bad, and the future of AI agents
Understand the real progress and future of AI agents with Anthropic's lead.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsDavid Hershey (lead the applied AI team, Anthropic)
OpenAI Sora 2 Ignites Likeness Debate
Sora 2's likeness debate and new AI laws frame the frontier's rapid video and policy evolution.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsTilly Norwood
Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV
Ford's CEO discusses the tough path to affordable EVs and global market challenges.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJim Farley (CEO, Ford)
AI Round Up: Ari Morcos from Datalogy AI and Rob Toews from Radical VC on AI Talent Wars, xAI’s $200B Valuation, & Google’s Comeback
Experts debate AI progress, talent wars, and the future of major AI labs like Google and xAI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (CEO, Datalogy AI), Rob Toews (partner, Radical Ventures)
How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis
AI chatbots can cause mental health issues, even delusional spirals, for users.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (senior AI reporter, The Verge), Kashmir Hill (reporter, New York Times)
Nano Banana is a viral hit!
Track AI's frontier labs: Gemini's viral hit, Meta's new glasses, and OpenAI's teen focus.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
How AI Will Change Photography Forever
AI is redefining photography, moving beyond filters to personalized memory capture and AI-driven image creation.
Hostsa16zGuestsRen Ng (scientist, Lytro), Cecilia Zhang (cofounder, Phota Labs), Zhihao “Zach” Xia (cofounder, Phota Labs)
The Startup Powering The Data Behind AGI
Understand the data engine behind AGI: Surge AI's CEO explains why quality data matters more than ever.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsEdwin Chen (CEO & founder, Surge AI)
Mike Schroepfer, Partner, Gigascale Capital
Ex-Facebook CTO discusses building climate tech companies and philanthropy.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsMike Schroepfer (Partner, Gigascale Capital)
Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD
AMD's CEO shares her journey and views on the exciting future of hardware.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsLisa Su (Chair and CEO, AMD)
Year in Review 2023
Reflect on 2023's tech landscape with diverse leaders and AI's transformative power.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsBill Gates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mira Murati (OpenAI), Tobi Lutke (Shopify)
Rana el Kaliouby, Founder of Affectiva, Deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and Emotion AI Pioneer
Learn how Emotion AI can bring more emotional intelligence to digital interactions.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsRana el Kaliouby (Founder, Affectiva), Rana el Kaliouby (Deputy CEO, Smart Eye)
Episodes with Meta people as guests or hosts, matched to the org chart.
I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg
Meta's AI strategy gets a critical look, prompting questions about Zuckerberg's public statements.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMark Zuckerberg (CEO, Meta), Alex Heath (Sources podcast)
#257 - GPT 6 Astra, AI Extinction, Security Incidents
Track GPT-6, AI extinction fears, and security incidents with expert hosts.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick
Scaling prediction isn't enough for intelligence; explore inference costs and model limits.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsAlexander Mattick (researcher, Fraunhofer IIS / University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN))
It's All About That Pace
AI leaders call for a slowdown amid safety concerns and new tech releases.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
AI Could Take Over in 2029. Is It Already Too Late? | Ryan Greenblatt
AI could scheme against us by 2029; a plan exists to prevent a reckless race.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsRyan Greenblatt (Chief Scientist, Redwood Research)
The AI Race Just Moved the Goal Posts
AI's goalposts are moving fast: financing, open models, and leadership shifts reshape the race.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
AI Optimism Has a Trust Problem
Zuckerberg's AI optimism faces a trust deficit, making public perception a key challenge.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
6 Questions Every Enterprise Has to Answer About AI
Enterprises must redesign operations around AI agents, addressing key questions for practical implementation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
AI Is Eating Its Own Tail
AI's self-eating news cycle reveals industry rifts and safety debates.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth: Our Path To Frontier AI, Renting Models, Consumer AI's Struggles
Meta's CTO details their AI comeback plan and the future of consumer AI.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAndrew Bosworth (Chief Technology Officer, Meta)
Zuckerberg’s Disappointment, OpenAI’s Equity Gamble, Alex Karp’s Rally Cry
AI agents aren't working as planned, and frontier labs face new challenges.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Joelle Pineau on Why Sovereign AI Just Got Real
Sovereign AI is real now; enterprises need control over their models, not just reliance on big providers.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsJoelle Pineau (Chief AI Officer, Cohere)
Ep 801: Fable 5 Drama Updates: The latest Between Trump vs. Anthropic and How it Impacts You
Understand how AI model releases trigger government action and impact your AI strategy.
HostsJordan Wilson
What Should An AI Device Look Like? — With Alex Himel
Meta sees AI smart glasses as the next computing platform, aiming for seamless daily assistance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAlex Himel (VP of Wearables, Meta)
Biohub: The Future of Biology is Open-Source with Co-Founders Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, and Head of Science Alex Rives
Biohub uses AI to model biology and design proteins, aiming to cure disease.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsMark Zuckerberg (Co-founder, Biohub), Priscilla Chan (Co-founder, Biohub), Alex Rives (Head of Science, Biohub)
Ep 86: Yann LeCun on Leaving Meta, Breaking The LLM Paradigm, & Why Hinton is Wrong
LeCun argues LLMs are a dead end; JEPA offers a path to real-world AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsYann LeCun (Turing Award winner and former Chief AI Scientist, Meta)
The Messy Web of AI Guardrails
AI guardrails, Musk's lawsuit, and research oddities show AI's messy, dramatic, and evolving landscape.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
John Ternus Takes Over Apple in the AI Era
Apple's AI leadership shift and Anthropic's government talks headline this AI industry roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsJohn Ternus (CEO, Apple)
Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock
Meta's Zuckerberg AI clone and Apple's smartglasses lead a week of AI news.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
A Billion Dollar World Model Bet
Explore Yann LeCun's $1 billion AI bet, Anthropic's legal fight, and AI's impact on workers.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsMike Elgan
AI's Research Frontier: Memory, World Models, & Planning — With Joelle Pineau
AI's next steps: memory, world models, and practical agents.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsJoelle Pineau (chief AI officer, Cohere)
The AI-Powered Biohub: Why Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan are Investing in Data, from Latent.Space
Zuckerberg and Chan detail their AI-driven approach to revolutionizing biology and medicine.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsMark Zuckerberg (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative), Priscilla Chan (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative)
Is AI Killing Software? — With Bret Taylor
AI is reshaping software, from coding to user interfaces, with OpenAI's board chair sharing insights.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsBret Taylor (CEO, Sierra)
What About... An OpenAI Bubble?
Track major AI investments, competitive shifts, and emerging research with this industry roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
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