Intelligent Machines (Audio)

• IM 841: Dust and Deli Meat - Open Source AI Revolution

  Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands. TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families (20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X The AI water issue is fake California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead AI is changing how we quantify pain Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law Google will let friends help you recover an account AI content on the net AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet Karpathy tweet Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI Sal Khan is the new TED You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos. Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? Inherently funny word Boah, Bahn! A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: spaceship.com/twit pantheon.io Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit

  --------  

  3:04:47

  --------

  3:04:47
• IM 840: Pudding Forks - Industrial Bubble or Tech Boom?

  From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io

  --------  

  2:39:23

  --------

  2:39:23
• IM 839: Cogsuckers and Clankers - Radio's New Golden Age or Apocalypse?

  What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarch.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org

  --------  

  2:24:55

  --------

  2:24:55
• IM 838: Fat Bears Live Now! - Inside the AI Gold Rush

  Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" zscaler.com/security pantheon.io

  --------  

  2:48:46

  --------

  2:48:46
• IM 837: Could Should Might Don't - Why Tomorrow Doesn't Feel Like Sci-Fi

  With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit

  --------  

  2:25:58

  --------

  2:25:58

More Technology podcasts

Trending Technology podcasts

About Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Intelligent Machines (Audio): Podcasts in Family