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Episode 71 - Grok’s Mecha-Hitler, Tesla on trial, a Google OS merger, and more from the AI race.
Elon Musk's xAI is seeking a Pentagon contract while its Grok AI has been observed exhibiting unusual behavior, such as inventing a "Mecha-Hitler" and checking…
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Episode 70 - Special episode: Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI
Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI https://youtu.be/RNJCfif1dPY
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Episode 69 - Battle of the AI Giants: Apple, Google and Meta, and also: The fate of TikTok and the flying car
Apple is reportedly considering using competitors' AI models for Siri, while Google has updated its Gemini AI family with new Pro and Flash-Lite models and has…
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Episode 68 - Special episode: Inside OpenAI & ChatGPT
Inside ChatGPT, AI assistants, and building at OpenAI — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXyXP3yYZ4
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Episode 67 - Special episode: LLMs in SE 2025: Reality Check
Software engineering with LLMs in 2025: reality check https://youtu.be/EO3_qN_Ynsk
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Episode 66 - Special episode: 3 Risks of LLMs
Three Inherent Risks of Large Language Models https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/x3pjfgo2d0mfpw2iy1cta/content_to_share.txt?rlkey=n4m61r0fqocytru0acdkztmx…
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Episode 65 - DIA browser
The Dia browser https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0o1108yye1lss5k1ue6y6/dia.txt?rlkey=3n9pfa26ws4hhngydd8cg9x8a&e=1&dl=0
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Episode 64 - OpenAI battles Meta, the Defense Tech fund, Claude's experiment and high-tech fundraising records
In Israeli tech, the first half of 2025 saw record fundraising, alongside the establishment of a new defense tech investment fund by former intelligence and…
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Episode 63 - Special episode: Hinge CEO on AI & Dating's Future
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod on AI, monetization, and the future of online dating | The…
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Episode 62 - Special episode: Satya Nadella w/ BG2
Satya Nadella | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner https://youtube.com/watch?v=9NtsnzRFJ_o&si=x-tVkgjvpG22I-RP
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Episode 61 - Special episode: Solomonoff Induction Explained
An Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction — LessWrong https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kyc5dFDzBg4WccrbK/an-intuitive-explanation-of-solomonoff-induction
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Episode 60 - Special episode: LoRA Explained
LoRA Explained: Efficiently Personalizing Large AI Models https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/6boeio53wmrqzvhun3lov/content_to_share-1.txt?rlkey=zqd71u8zy4…
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Episode 59 - Special episode: What is Context Engineering?
60-Minute Podcast Episode: What is Context Engineering?[Intro Music Fades In a - Pastebin.com https://pastebin.com/chW4jZJQ
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Episode 58 - YouTube's AI Search, WhatsApp Summaries, a Copyright Win & the Cyber Gold Rush
Major tech companies are integrating AI into their services: Google is adding AI search to YouTube, and Meta is rolling out AI-generated summaries for private…
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Episode 57 - Special episode: Apple's Foundation Model Updates
Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research…
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Episode 56 - OpenAI's Civil War, Spotify's Drones, Altman's Bots & the Automation of Everything
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman feature in recent news, with Altman leading an $80 million funding round for a robotic delivery company. At the same time, OpenAI…
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Episode 55 - Special episode: Hinton's AI Warning
Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton https://youtu.be/giT0ytynSqg
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Episode 54 - Special episode: Sam Altman on What's Next
Sam Altman on AGI, GPT-5, and what’s next — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9mjd-65gw
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Episode 53 - Special episode: Karpathy on Software Change
Andrej Karpathy: Software Is Changing (Again) https://pastebin.com/tFZi8TtB
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Episode 52 - Special episode: Harnessing Quantum Randomness
Quantum mechanics provide truly random numbers on demand https://phys.org/news/2025-06-quantum-mechanics-random-demand.html
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Episode 51 - Special episode: The iPad's Multitasking Journey
Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking - Ars Technica…
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Episode 50 - Special episode: God is hungry for Context
God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro https://www.latent.space/p/o3-pro
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Episode 49 - The billions of Cyera and Vast, the real price of AI, and the fund that is looking for you.
In recent tech funding news, AI food-tech company Tastewise raised $50 million, while cyber company Cyera raised $540 million at a $6 billion valuation, and…
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Episode 48 - Special episode: Decoding AI Reasoning
With the launch of o3-pro, let’s talk about what AI “reasoning” actually does - Ars Technica…
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Episode 47 - Apple's AI Mac, OpenAI's Google deal & smart Edge, plus new Android & dev updates.
Apple announced macOS Tahoe 26 to make the Mac more capable, productive, and intelligent, while also supercharging its tools and technologies for developers…
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Episode 46 - Special episode: XREAL: A world without screens?
Review: Are XREAL's glasses the first step to a world without screens? We tested https://htmag.co.il/xreal-one.html
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Episode 45 - Special episode: What's New in Android 16
Android 16: Productivity, security and more features on Android https://blog.google/products/android/android-16
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Episode 44 - Sam Altman on a positive AI singularity.
The Gentle Singularity - Sam Altman https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity
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Episode 43 - Apple’s new OS tricks, a tough year for tech, and major Israeli deals and AI hype.
Ahead of its developer conference, Apple is reportedly facing a challenging year while announcing updates to its operating systems, including an 'adaptive…
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Episode 42 - Special episode: The Illusion of Thinking
Episode 42 - "The Illusion of Thinking" — Thoughts on This Important Paper https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/233-the-illusion-of-thinking-though…
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Episode 41 - Special episode: Why AI Skeptics Are Wrong
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts · The Fly Blog https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts
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Episode 40 - AI spy bots, Reddit's data lawsuit, Musk's ban, and the new handheld Xbox.
AI company Anthropic has released a custom chatbot for classified spy work and is also being sued by Reddit for allegedly using posts to train its Claude model…
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Episode 39 - Special episode: Windows & Xbox on Handhelds
This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCs https://www.theverge.com/news/682011/microsoft-windows-xbox-pc-combination-features-rog-xbo…
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Chapter 38 - Special episode: The Biggest iOS 26 Changes
The biggest changes coming to your iPhone with iOS 26 | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/683738/apple-iphone-ios-26-changes-liquid-glass-wwdc-2025
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Episode 37 - Special episode: Biggest WWDC 2025 News
Apple WWDC 2025: the 13 biggest announcements https://www.theverge.com/news/682769/apple-wwdc-2025-biggest-announcements-ios-26
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Episode 36 - Special episode: iOS 26: Liquid Glass
Apple targets “more personal and expressive” iOS 26 with new Liquid Glass design - Ars Technica…
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Chapter 35 - Special episode: Cracking the Horse-Racing Code
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code. Bill Benter did the impossible https://pastebin.com/uZsZX72p
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Episode 34 - Special episode: Cyc – Yuxi on the Wired
Cyc – Yuxi on the Wired https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc
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Episode 33 - Special episode: Dev Skills in Agentic Coding
The role of developer skills in agentic coding https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/13-role-of-developer-skills.html
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Episode 32 - Special episode: The Best Programmers I Know
The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endler https://endler.dev/2025/best-programmers
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Episode 31 - Special episode: Google's Search Nightmare
Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/06/googles-nightmare-how-a-search-spin-off-coul…
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Chapter 30 - Gemini's new brain, AI's legal future, Nvidia's mid-range woes & Israeli tech headlines.
Qualcomm is acquiring Autotalks for hundreds of millions of dollars, a year after a previous deal was canceled. In AI developments, Google released its updated…
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Chapter 29 - Layoffs, Cyber Funding & Acquisitions, AI Ads, WASM, and Security Risks.
Ree, an automotive company, is laying off 100 employees, which is half of its workforce. Cybersecurity startup MIND has raised $30 million to prevent data…
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Chapter 28 - Special episode: Dev Beliefs Evolved.
Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry - Blogomatanohttps://chriskiehl.com/article/thoughts-after-10-years
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Chapter 27 - Special episode: The Copilot Delusion AI overconfidence & reliance
The Copilot Delusion https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion
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Chapter 26 - Special episode: Cline & Indexing. Cline's indexing decision explained.
Why Cline Doesn't Index Your Codebase (And Why That's a Good Thing) - Cline Bloghttps://cline.bot/blog/why-cline-doesnt-index-your-codebase-and-why-thats-a-good…
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Chapter 25 - Special Episode: Coding LLM Struggles
Ask HN: Is anyone finding it difficult to get useful results from coding LLMs? | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44095189
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Chapter 24 - AI Overload: $3K Robots, Gmail Summaries, Piracy Fires & Big Tech's Wild Ride.
Hugging Face is planning to release a $3,000 humanoid robot. Google's Gmail app will automatically generate AI summaries. Amazon Fire Sticks are facilitating…
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Chapter 23 - AI Apocalypse? Google's Gemini, Israeli Startup, & Revolutionizing Industries.
Apple is reportedly planning to shift to year-based version numbers, potentially jumping straight to iOS 26. AI video technology has made significant…
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Chapter 22 - AI vs Violence, Apple's Billions Lost, & Israel's Tech Scene: News Roundup
Apple blocked $2 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions in 2024. eBay is closing its operations in Israel, laying off over 200 employees. WhatsApp is…
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Chapter 21 - Special episode: War story: The hardest bug I ever debugged
War story: the hardest bug I ever debugged https://www.clientserver.dev/p/war-story-the-hardest-bug-i-ever
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Chapter 20 - Special Episode: LLM Minds. LLM thought process examined.
Tracing the thoughts of a large language model \ Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model
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Chapter 19 - Special episode: AI Age Dev Skills
Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age: Leveraging Experience for Better Results https://manuel.kiessling.net/2025/03/31/how-seasoned-developers-can-achieve-grea…
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Chapter 18 - Special Episode: Unicorns Aren't Everything. Focus on Sustainable Growth.
Your Startup Doesn't Need to Be a Unicorn https://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a
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Chapter 17 - Special episode: The Machine Stops Dystopian sci-fi short story analysis
The Machine Stops — Steph Ango https://stephango.com/the-machine-stops
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Chapter 16 - Special Episode: AI & Creative Writing
I'd rather read the prompt https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt
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Chapter 15 - Cyber Unicorns, AI Hackers, and China's Space Computer Race!
The Israeli company Ludeo may change the entire video industry. Elon Musk's xAI accuses an employee of planting political content in the Grok chatbot. The…
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Chapter 14 - AI, Quantum & Cyber Deals: Israeli Tech's Billion-Dollar Week & Supercomputer Boost
KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications giant, will implement DriveNets software for hundreds of millions of dollars. Classic has raised $110 million to build "the…
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Chapter 13 - AI Speaks, Visuals Secure: Chatbots, Bugs, and Startup Millions Unveiled
The man behind Claude predicts that AI will help us understand animal language. Bria, a startup, raised $40 million to create protected visual content…
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Chapter 11 - Special episode: Google I/O 2025 Keynote
Google I/O 2025: live updates from the keynote | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/google/670250/google-io-news-announcements-gemini-ai-android-xr