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Episode 131 - Special episode: Why Dev Expertise Matters in AI
Why developer expertise matters more than ever in the age of AI - The GitHub Blog…
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Episode 130 - Special episode: Human-Centric AI
We must build AI for people; not to be a person https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-conscious-ai-is-coming?utm_source=alphasignal&utm_campaign=2025-08-20&asun…
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Episode 129 - Special episode: Claude's Prompting Secrets
Reverse-Engineering Claude Code: The Secret is Sophisticated Prompting https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/c3c4g7b3cnlgkwdlwy15g/reverse_eng_claude_code.tx…
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Episode 128 - Special episode: The AI Coder for Hard Problems
Cline v3.25: The Coding Agent Built for Hard Problems - Cline Bloghttps://cline.bot/blog/cline-v3-25
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Episode 127 - Special episode: Streaming's Wordle Moment
Is streaming about to have a Wordle moment? | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/lowpass-newsletter/758917/streaming-gaming-netflix
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Episode 126 - Special episode: AI's Scaling Law Breakdown Deconstructing the 'bigger is better' AI rule.
The Breakdown of AI's Scaling Law https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/t7p786unnnsfpxytrqzme/content_to_share-5.txt?rlkey=ho0c2bl0qbuijoqdzm4ofilfw&dl=1
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Episode 125 - Special episode: Mo Gawdat's AI Utopia
Mo Gawdat's AI Thesis: Dystopia Under Human Rule, Utopia Under AI Rule https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/t783us54nvrej2vmjqtn3/content_to_share-4.txt?rlk…
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Episode 124 - Special episode: AI Escape & Blackmail?
Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people? - Ars Technica
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Episode 123 - Altman vs. Musk, GitHub's fate, a $300M exit, and the escalating AI wars.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicts new high-paying space jobs for future graduates and is reportedly launching a company to compete with Elon Musk's Neuralink…
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Episode 122 - Special episode: Don't ask bots about mistakes
Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes - Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/why-its-a-mistake-to-ask-chatbots-about-their-mistakes
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Episode 121 - Special episode: The Secrets of Chatbots
Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets | The Verge
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Episode 120 - Special episode: The GPT-5 Letdown
What happened to the promise of a "powerful digital brain"? The launch of GPT-5 disappointed users | Calcalist…
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Episode 119 - Special episode: GPT Open Source Architecture
GPT-3: An Open-Source Alternative https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/psmg0l9xolv6rsqsc136p/gpt-oss-arch.txt?rlkey=y9kh0t058jl0nfnf5o7uwo892&e=1&dl=0
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Episode 118 - Special episode: AI Runs Commerce
The Future of Commerce is Run by AI Agents https://jordanodinsky.substack.com/p/how-were-thinking-about-agentic-commerce?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedR…
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Episode 117 - Reddit's Wall, GitHub's New Boss, Nvidia's China Tax and the ongoing AI gold rush.
GitHub is being absorbed into Microsoft as its CEO steps down. In a significant agreement, Nvidia and AMD will pay the U.S. Treasury 15% of their revenues from…
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Episode 116 - Special episode: Warp Drive Is Physically Possible
Warp Drive: Scientists Say a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65653811/scientists-say-physical-warp-drive-is-now-po…
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Episode 115 - Special episode: The 10x Engineer Myth
Requiem for a 10x Engineer Dreamhttps://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/requiem-for-a-10x-engineer-dream
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Episode 114 - Special episode: Order from Noise: The Rise of Diffusion Models Creating order from digital noise.
Order from Noise: The Rise of Diffusion Models https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/4f9403zskpnz0u8pjxhbv/content_to_share-3.txt?rlkey=h9io2jpy1qadq4avw2xz7…
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Episode 113 - Special episode: A Quantum Mess at 100 Exploring the complexities of quantum theory.
‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine…
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Episode 112 - GPT-5 for all, Microsoft's Grok headache, Google's scam, and OpenAI's big bonuses.
OpenAI is releasing its new GPT-5 model for free to all ChatGPT users, bringing significant changes to the service, while also awarding multimillion-dollar…
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Chapter 111 - Google's AI clicks, Meta's illegal data, GPT-5's promise, plus tech layoffs & billion-dollar deals.
Google states that integrating AI into its search has not negatively impacted website clicks and has even improved their quality. A jury found that Meta…
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Episode 110 - Special episode: GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff
GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gpt-5-it-just-does-stuff
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Episode 109 - OpenAI's valuation, chip smuggling, Microsoft's blunder and the AI arms race
Microsoft is making OpenAI's new open model available on Windows, though its separate AI web initiative has encountered a security flaw. Meanwhile, OpenAI is…
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Episode 108 - Spicy Grok, local AI, & game worlds, amid chip woes and tech mergers.
OpenAI has released a free, partially open-source GPT model that can run on a laptop, reportedly in response to competition. Google introduced Genie 3, an AI…
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Episode 107 - Special episode: The Author as AI Designer
The Author as Designer: Distant Writing and Literary Creation in the Age of AI https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/rm42i8bccfthwn9gopt82/content_to_share-2…
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Episode 106 - The AI Arms Race: OpenAI is hiring, Sentinel acquires, and Yotpo lays off, and also: Crypto and Yachts
The market shows a strong appetite for AI, evidenced by OpenAI's fundraising and major infrastructure investments from tech giants like Google and Amazon. In…
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Episode 105 - Special episode: How LLMs See the World
How LLMs See the World - ByteByteGo Newsletter https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/how-llms-see-the-world
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Episode 104 - Special episode: Weaving the Agentic Web
Agentic Web: Weaving the Next Web with AI Agents https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21206
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Episode 103 - Special episode: Good Management is Invisible
Good Management is Invisible. – Emanuele.https://emanuele.cc/good-management-in-invisible
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Episode 102 - Special episode: Anthropic Co-founder on AGI
Anthropic co-founder: AGI predictions, leaving OpenAI, what keeps him up at night | Ben Mann https://youtu.be/WWoyWNhx2XU
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Episode 101 - Special episode: In-Context Learning in LLMs
A Synthesis of In-Context Learning: Mechanisms, Scope, and Dynamics in LLMs https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/3ey598409e6qwqb44bc80/icl2.txt?rlkey=kkszey…
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Episode 100 - Quantum Leaps & VAST Billions in Israel, plus Bing vs. Google and DJI's new e-bike.
Microsoft's Bing search engine has successfully gained market share from Google, partly due to AI, while the company also clarifies its "Xbox on PC" branding…
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Episode 99 - Special episode: Subliminal AI Learning
Subliminal Learning: language models transmit behavioral traits via hidden signals in data https://arxiv.org/html/2507.14805v1
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Episode 98 - $25B cyber offer, Google’s app store loss & Reddit’s search pivot amid the AI arms race.
Palo Alto Networks' CEO Nir Zuk has reportedly made a $25 billion acquisition offer, though a contrasting viewpoint suggests that relying on a single…
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Episode 97 - The billion Zuckerberg didn't buy, the fall of Apple, the surge of Meta, and also: tunnels, fundraising and YouTube.
Meta has surpassed its quarterly forecasts, causing its stock to jump, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly had a billion-dollar offer rejected by a top AI…
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Episode 96 - Microsoft's AI Boom, Meta's House Money, Adobe on Arm & a flurry of new funding
Microsoft reported a record quarter with strong earnings driven by its cloud and AI divisions, alongside growth in its Windows and Xbox segments. Meta…
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Episode 95 - Special episode: Microsoft's GPT-5 & New Copilot
Microsoft is getting ready for GPT-5 with a new Copilot smart mode | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/715849/microsoft-copilot-sma…
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Episode 94 - AI Tutors, Photoshop magic & Google's vision; plus cyber cash, new hardware & OS updates.
Apple released iOS 18.6 and macOS 15.6 as part of its final updates for the current generation of operating systems. Microsoft is updating the Windows 11 Task…
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Episode 93 - Netflix's AI, Google's Search, Apple's new fee & this week's app drama
Google's CEO states that AI is positively impacting the entire business, and the company is rethinking search results with a new AI-curated "Web Guide." In…
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Episode 92 - Special episode: Challenging
Challenging – a blog of thoughts and insights for thinking people https://koretigar.com/post/68888b4374420865420b2e38
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Episode 91 - Special episode: Subliminal AI Behavior
Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data https://alignment.anthropic.com/2025/subliminal-learning
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Episode 90 - Special episode: From Text to Pixels
How Diffusion Models Create Images from Text How Diffusion Models Create Images from Text
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Episode 89 - Google’s AI Search, Customizing Copilot, Robotaxis & The Great AI Rewrite
Google is launching a new AI feature called "Web Guide" to organize search results, which is now entering beta testing. Microsoft's AI Chief, Mustafa Suleyman…
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Episode 88 - GPT-5 Arrives, Microsoft Cuts, iPad Multitasks, and the new Apple Betas
OpenAI's next-generation GPT-5 model may be released this summer. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella has announced company layoffs. Apple has released public betas…
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Episode 87 - Dumber AI & Upended Safety, Apple’s Glass iOS, plus Spotify, Slack and WhatsApp updates.
Alphabet's CEO is focusing on AI following the company's Q2 2025 earnings. Apple is reportedly planning a single AppleCare subscription to cover multiple…
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Episode 86 - OpenAI's Operator, AI-made TV, Amazon's wearable & the integrated AI future
OpenAI is developing new AI agents, including one capable of playing video games like Donkey Kong and another, called "Operator," designed for deep research…
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Episode 85 - Nuclear Hack, Google Reads Your Chats, Nvidia's AI Bet, and the latest from Big Tech.
In AI developments, Google announced new photo and video tools for YouTube Shorts, while a separate report raises privacy concerns about its ability to read…
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Episode 84 - Special episode: Little Proofs, Better Code
To be a better programmer, write little proofs in your head https://the-nerve-blog.ghost.io/to-be-a-better-programmer-write-little-proofs-in-your-head
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Episode 83 - Special episode: The Future of AI Search
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the future of AI search and competing with Google…
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Episode 82 - Man vs. AI, Dead Résumés, & Browser Bots, plus cyberwar and the 'Nerd Reich'.
ChatGPT's new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows. In a separate incident, a company built a product feature that ChatGPT had…
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Episode 81 - Altman's half-trillion dispute, ChatGPT vs. Google and the acquisition fever, and also: Netflix and Gaming.
In the AI sector, ChatGPT is threatening Google with 2.5 billion daily queries. A related half-trillion-dollar AI venture involving OpenAI's Sam Altman and…
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Episode 80 - Special episode: Voidware's AI-Generated Software
Voidware: The Concept of On-the-Fly, AI-Generated Software https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/ly1fot20u8g6501j8bbem/content_to_share-1.txt?rlkey=kbgzinw96…
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Episode 79 - Special episode: No AI Experts Yet
Nobody Knows How To Build With AI Yet https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-how-to-build-with-ai
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Episode 78 - Special episode: Engineering AI Jailbreaks
A Representation Engineering Perspective on the Effectiveness of Multi-Turn Jailbreaks https://arxiv.org/html/2507.02956v1
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Episode 77 - Special episode: AI Prompt Engineering in 2025
AI prompt engineering in 2025: What works and what doesn’t | Sander Schulhoff https://youtube.com/watch?v=eKuFqQKYRrA&si=Ry8IYKqG3l7zEDhK
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Episode 76 - Special episode: Perplexity CEO Takes on Google
Perplexity CEO: Browser Wars, Taking on Google, White Collar Jobs and More! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJahmKqFSIM
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Episode 75 - Special episode: Eric Schmidt on Superintelligence
Ex-Google CEO: What Artificial Superintelligence Will Actually Look Like w/ Eric Schmidt & Dave B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaPHK1fJL5s
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Episode 74 - Special episode: DHH on AI & Code. Future of programming, productivity, and life.
DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vagyIcmIGOQ
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Episode 73 - Copilot's Vision AI, thin foldables, & smart glasses, plus game streaming & faster charging.
Microsoft is testing an Xbox feature to let users stream their own games on PC, and its Copilot Vision AI can now scan a user's entire screen. Adidas has…
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Episode 72 - Grok's AI meltdown, GM's EV race, Israel's satellite launch, and the latest in AI and hardware.
Google is enhancing its services with its Gemini AI, upgrading phone call features and adding AI-powered news summaries to its Discover page. Elon Musk's xAI…