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How Humans Will Earn in the AI Economy with Jordan Gray from Public AI
Will AI steal your job or create new opportunities? Discover how humans will thrive in the evolving AI economy.
Introducing: The Mishal Husain Show
Go beyond the headlines with Mishal Husain as she uncovers the ideas shaping our world, featuring exclusive interviews with global power players.
A Tiny Plot to Call Home
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How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren
Are your developer productivity metrics outdated? Learn how to accurately measure and boost your team's performance in the AI era.
Version History: Sony Watchman
Remember the Sony Watchman? Take a trip down memory lane and rediscover the iconic personal TV that changed how we watched on the go.
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Anthropic Chief Product Officer: Why AI Model Development Is Accelerating — With Mike Krieger
Duration: 00:51:14
October 8, 2025
- Anthropic is seeing accelerated AI model development due to faster customer feedback loops, which provide specific insights for improvements, as well as streamlined model release processes for smoother launches.
- Engineering advancements, rather than just increased data center scale, have been crucial in improving Anthropic's AI models, allowing them to maximize compute usage and scale training runs efficiently.
- Anthropic is focusing on building "agents" with capabilities beyond coding, emphasizing their role as proactive, collaborative coworkers that can plan, use tools, and learn over time to improve efficiency across various operational tasks.
OpenAI and AMD's Megadeal, Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s Bumpy Start. Meta vs. Apple
Duration: 00:57:35
October 6, 2025
- OpenAI's partnership with AMD involves a multi-billion dollar commitment to purchase AMD chips, potentially leading to OpenAI owning up to 10% of AMD contingent on deploying AMD technology.
- Sam Altman and Johnny Ive are facing technical challenges, especially concerning sufficient compute power, in the development of their secretive AI device, potentially delaying its release.
- The tech industry is potentially converging towards a singular AI-powered interface, as major companies like Meta, Apple, Amazon and Google all appear to be developing similar devices with integrated assistants, signifying a potential future product war.
Sora 2 & AI’s Slop Era, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap
Duration: 00:57:48
October 4, 2025
- OpenAI's Sora 2 is a compelling yet potentially concerning AI video generator, challenging existing social media platforms and raising questions about the nature of online connection.
- Meta's decision to use AI chat data for ad targeting, while perhaps unsurprising, highlights the ongoing tension between user privacy and the monetization of AI technology.
- Apple's shift toward smart glasses, prompted by Meta's progress, signals a growing focus on AI-integrated wearables, though Apple's AI capabilities will need to advance to compete effectively.
Microsoft's Head of Cloud & AI on the AI Buildout's Risks and ROI — With Scott Guthrie
Duration: 00:53:31
October 1, 2025
- Microsoft acknowledges the massive AI infrastructure buildout, but emphasizes a "balanced investment strategy" that prioritizes diverse AI applications and disciplined capital spending.
- The shift towards liquid-cooled data centers represents a significant technological change, impacting data center design, staffing, and the feasibility of upgrading older facilities.
- Microsoft believes post-training techniques are as, or more, important than pre-training, and that maximizing "tokens per watt per dollar" across diverse silicon options (custom and Nvidia) is crucial for ROI.
Is Generative AI a Cybersecurity Disaster Waiting to Happen? — With Yinon Costica
Duration: 01:01:59
September 24, 2025
- AI's building tools are introducing new vulnerabilities, as the foundational technologies used to develop AI applications can be exploited by malicious actors.
- Organizations face risks by storing sensitive data in insecure cloud infrastructures, creating potential entry points for attackers using well-established techniques.
- AI-generated code introduces new security challenges, especially with "vibe coding," raising questions about code ownership, maintenance, and the need for human oversight in AI-driven development.
The Hidden Science Behind Brain-Computer Interfaces — With Sally Adee
Duration: 00:51:13
August 27, 2025
- BCIs are not new, as research and experimentation with implanted electrodes and brain-computer interfaces have been ongoing since the 1960s, addressing a common misconception.
- BCIs can revolutionize healthcare by providing insights into patient perception and potentially aiding in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions, especially with the development of technology that can detect stressors inside the body.
- Ethical considerations are paramount in BCI development, particularly regarding informed consent, equal accessibility, data ownership, and the concept of cognitive liberty.
Can The Web Survive Generative AI? — With Matthew Prince
Duration: 00:54:44
August 15, 2025
- Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, discusses how the rise of generative AI is impacting the web by answering queries directly, resulting in a decrease in traffic to content creators' sites and jeopardizing their traditional revenue models.
- Google's increased use of AI overviews has drastically reduced traffic to original sources, and AI models like OpenAI and Anthropic are making it exponentially harder for websites to get clicks compared to traditional Google search, signaling an urgent need for publishers to adapt their strategies.
- Cloudflare is introducing a technological solution, including a "402 Payment Required" response, to create a marketplace where AI companies can compensate content creators for using their content, aiming to ensure incentives for original content creation are maintained in an AI-driven future.
Is The AI Going To Escape? — With Anthony Aguirre
Duration: 00:58:40
August 13, 2025
- Black holes serve as unique theoretical laboratories for exploring the intersection of quantum mechanics and general relativity.
- General relativity, beyond a theory of gravity, fundamentally governs causal connections and observable events within spacetime.
- Black holes may not be as special as we think, representing regions of the universe that are ultimately unknowable for making predictions about the rest of the universe.
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap: GPT-5's Capabilities, Why It Matters, and Where AI Goes Next
Duration: 00:30:38
August 8, 2025
- GPT5 introduces a new dynamic reasoning capability, abstracting model selection from the user and leading to improved performance across various tasks.
- While OpenAI acknowledges the measurable improvements in GPT5, they emphasize the evolving nature of intelligence metrics, particularly the importance of reasoning time and tool use over purely scaled pre-training.
- OpenAI believes that the advancements in GPT5, specifically in coding and technical problem-solving, will help with both consumers and businesses but especially with enabling new enterprise use cases.
Vibe Coding: Everything You Need To Know — With Amjad Masad
Duration: 01:05:31
August 6, 2025
- The rise of vibe coding is enabling a new wave of "citizen developers" to build personal software, create entrepreneurial ventures, and develop internal tools, potentially disrupting traditional software models.
- Replet's CEO highlights the increasing competition in the AI model space, with Chinese models like Kimmy K2 now rivaling Western models like Anthropic's Claude, potentially impacting pricing and innovation.
- The CEO expressed concerns about the potential negative societal impacts of AI love bots due to their hyperreal nature and possible negative influence on human relationships, fertility rates, and the broader economy.