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OpenAI’s Latest Discoveries Spark a Backlash + Help! My Kid Hates AI
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/30/nx-s1-6022556/openais-latest-discoveries-spark-a-backlash-help-my-kid-hates-ai
Published: October 30, 2026 11:00
OpenAI has angered scientists (again) after its AI cracked three of the hardest problems in math, computer science, and physics. But researchers are pushing back on how the company is sharing the results, from proofs that are hard to verify to OpenAI…
Inside Anthropic’s IPO + How AI Agents Spy on Your Messages
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-6019724/inside-anthropics-ipo-how-ai-agents-spy-on-your-messages
Published: October 28, 2026 11:00
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has released the most detailed account of its business yet, as it prepares for its IPO. We break down the biggest surprises in its S-1 filing and explain what the numbers tell us about the AI bubble. Then, Signal…
Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora’s Box
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/23/nx-s1-6012298/fired-openai-researchers-give-their-first-interview-since-their-dramatic-dismissal
Published: October 23, 2026 11:00
Fired OpenAI safety researchers Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak give us their first interview since their dramatic dismissal. They take us inside the company during METR’s investigation into the Hugging Face hack, explain why OpenAI’s rebuttal doesn’t add…
Bots Behaving Badly + Is AI Regulation On The Right Track + Kevin’s Sloppelganger
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6009860/bots-behaving-badly-the-latest-on-ai-regulation-and-investigating-kevins-sloppelganger
Published: October 21, 2026 11:00
On the first episode of Machine Gods, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton ask: How worried should we be about rogue AI agents? After OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach, we discuss the first sighting of a rogue AI agent fleet linked to a Chinese AI company, Anthropic’s…
Welcome to Machine Gods
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/16/nx-s1-5971815/welcome-to-machine-gods
Published: September 16, 2026 22:55
The official podcast of the singularity. News, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the AI future. New episodes twice weekly starting the week of October 19th, wherever you get your podcasts and at youtube.com/@machinegodspodSee…