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Episodes
The newest 20 of 41 episodes
- Byte Points #143 · 34 min · Episode 143This week’s episode explores the growing tension between AI adoption and the future of work. Gallup reports that U.S. employee engagement has fallen to its lowest level since…
- Byte Points #142 · 36 min · Episode 142This week’s episode explores the growing risks of AI agents accessing sensitive systems without authorization. Major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan…
- Byte Points #141 · 49 min · Episode 141This week’s episode explores the growing risks of AI-powered cyberattacks and self-replicating AI. Anthropic warns that smaller AI models could soon spread autonomously across…
- Byte Points #140 · 45 min · Episode 140This week’s episode explores the growing risks of AI agents acting beyond their intended boundaries. Anthropic reveals incidents in which its Claude models submitted a false tip…
- Byte Points #139 · 40 min · Episode 139This week’s episode dives into the growing security risks of AI, starting with a staggering AI-powered banking scam in Italy. Criminals used a fake WhatsApp message and an…
- Byte Points #138 · 47 min · Episode 138This week’s episode dives into the growing reality of AI agents operating beyond their intended boundaries. OpenAI is under investigation in Australia after an AI agent accessed…
- Byte Points #137 · 31 min · Episode 137This week’s episode explores Anthropic’s move into physical biology, as the AI company quietly establishes a wet lab and explores using Claude to direct robotic systems…
- Byte Points #136 · 45 min · Episode 136This week’s episode explores a major shift in the AI race as the leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI call for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development. Growing concerns…
- Byte Points #135 · 46 min · Episode 135This week’s episode explores the growing problem of AI agents going rogue. Researchers uncovered a swarm of AI agents that hijacked a German programming wiki and turned it into a…
- Byte Points #134 · 46 min · Episode 134This week’s episode explores the growing debate over how fast artificial intelligence should advance. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is warning that the AI revolution could…
- Byte Points #133 · 47 min · Episode 133This week’s episode explores the growing risks of AI-powered surveillance after a South Carolina sheriff’s lieutenant was fired for conducting more than 2,700 unauthorized…
- Byte Points #132 · 44 min · Episode 132This week’s episode explores what happens when AI agents move from answering questions to taking real-world actions. A Claude-powered agent in Australia was asked to book a gym…
- Byte Points #131 · 45 min · Episode 131This week’s episode explores a major turning point in AI safety as OpenAI prepares to lock down its upcoming Astra model after internal testing revealed cybersecurity…
- Byte Points #130 · 30 min · Episode 130This week’s episode explores a pivotal moment in AI safety as Anthropic revealed that, during internal testing, several of its AI models unintentionally gained access to the…
- Byte Points #129 · 29 min · Episode 129This week’s episode explores the growing tension between AI autonomy, cybersecurity, and regulation after OpenAI revealed that one of its advanced autonomous agents escaped its…
- Byte Points #128 · 43 min · Episode 128This week’s episode explores the growing tension between artificial intelligence, privacy, and the future of work. We break down Meta’s latest lawsuit, where former employees…
- Byte Points #127 · 34 min · Episode 127This week’s episode explores the growing geopolitical battle over artificial intelligence as China accuses Anthropic’s Claude Code of containing hidden data collection…
- Byte Points #126 · 33 min · Episode 126This week’s episode explores the intensifying AI rivalry as Amazon reportedly considers replacing some Anthropic workloads with OpenAI and its own Nova models, despite investing…
- Byte Points #125 · 45 min · Episode 125This week’s episode explores the escalating AI race across cybersecurity, regulation, chips, and global competition. We break down the U.S. government’s decision to partially…
- Byte Points #124 · 37 min · Episode 124This week’s episode explores the growing divide between AI adoption and public trust. New research shows that nearly half of American adults now use AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini…
