TWiT 1088: Model Not Available - Anthropic's Fable Shutdown & Apple's Siri Update
The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. He...
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TWiT 1087: Evil is the Root of All Money - Could Local AI Laptops Compete With Data Center Giants?
An astronomical amount of money is being poured into AI and data centers as tech giants fight for dominance, but is this fueling the next bi...
TWiT 1086: The Great Beagle Migration - Pope Leo XIV's 1st Encyclical & Ferrari's 1st EV
Explore everything from explosive technology for space to electric technology for the road. Leo, Molly, Gary, and Sam have deep discussions...
TWiT 1085: Waiting In Line With Sam - Musk vs. Altman: Behind the Scenes
Google is rewriting the rules of search, CBS News Radio just died after 99 years, and billionaires now own the newsrooms. This episode dives...
TWiT 1084: Don't Overcook the Asparagus - US Tech Titans vs. China's Rising Innovators
Is the era of American tech dominance ending? Get an inside look at how China's pragmatic approach to AI, robotics, and hardware is shifting...
TWiT 1083: A Whole Separate Class of Squiggles - Which Religion Does AI Identify With?
Campus hacks bring final exams to a standstill, a blockbuster study on AI in education gets pulled, and the world's biggest technology compa...
TWiT 1082: Hanging by a Thread - Are We Headed for a Tech Crash or a Golden Age?
Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions into AI, but with rising signs of an industry bubble and some real-world fallout, this week's episo...
TWiT 1081: That's Miasma - John Ternus Replacing Tim Cook as Apple CEO
Tim Cook's surprise departure shakes Apple just as AI and product strategy take center stage, sending big questions through Silicon Valley a...
TWiT 1080: Destroy All Phonorecords - Musk v. Altman, Claude Opus 4.7, & Voyager 1
As Anthropic, OpenAI, and industry giants race to outpace each other, data centers and supply chains are straining, while job markets and op...
TWiT 1079: Fans. Only Fans. - Is Mythos Preview Too Powerful for Public Release?
Anthropic has built an AI model so sharp it's being withheld from the public, sparking debate over who gets access to world-changing tech an...
TWiT 1078: The Great British Marmalade Scandal - Building Your Own Router
This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instag...
TWiT 1077: I Would Download a Car - New Jury Ruling Could Reshape Social Media Liability
Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could...
TWiT 1076: I'm Monitoring the Situation - Meta's Horizon Worlds Stays Alive Against The Odds
Elon Musk faces a multi-billion dollar verdict after a California jury finds his tweets misled Twitter shareholders, raising the stakes for...
TWiT 1075: The Commonwealth Club - Meta Layoffs, DOGE Data Theft, & the Rise of AI Fails
From "gainfully employed robots" to AI that accidentally ruins lives, this week's conversation unpacks the real-world fallout of futuristic...
TWiT 1074: Chicken Mating Harnesses - Supreme Court Rules AI Art Not Copyrightable
Between copyright-free AI art, government blacklists, and data brokers run amok, this episode spotlights the fierce new battles for privacy,...
TWiT 1073: Broetry in Motion - Anthropic Stands Up to The Pentagon
Anthropic's clash with the Pentagon pits tech ethics against government demands, raising explosive questions about AI's role in surveillance...