The AI Argument
by Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery
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A weekly clash of views over the latest AI news. Approachable doomer Frank Prendergast and techno-overoptimist Justin Collery argue about what matters in AI, what’s hype, and what any of it actually means.
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Episodes
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- AI at the Midterms, OpenAI’s Linux Bug Hunt, and AI vs Seventeen | EP125 · 37 minUS voters pushed back on data centre development in 40 of 41 local ballot contests. Frank sees an opening for Congress to put AI safety under real scrutiny. Justin is up for…
- Anthropic’s Risky IPO, Google’s Carbon Comeback, and Grok’s Odyssey | EP124 · 40 minAnthropic is heading for the stock market with a structure designed to keep control in its founders’ hands. Both Frank and Justin ask why it needs an IPO at all. Frank worries…
- AI’s Hacking Crisis, Anthropic’s Wealth Pledge, Kung Fu Robots | EP123 · 33 minAI is finding security holes that have been hiding in software for years. Justin thinks the rush to find and patch them will leave us safer. Frank worries about abandoned…
- Meta Muse vs Google Argon, OpenAI’s Spy Scare, and AI Job Interviews: | EP122 · 35 minMeta Muse Wonder and Google’s Gemini 4 Argon bring fresh competition to OpenAI and Anthropic. Justin’s impressed by the benchmarks, while Frank gives both models the same website…
- OpenAI vs Mathematicians, Vibe-Coded Adobe, and AI’s Wolf Emails | EP121 · 40 minOpenAI’s claim to 700 maths solutions comes with a big catch: someone still has to check them. Justin thinks mathematicians need to adapt and put AI to work. Frank worries that…
- OpenAI Dots Arrive, Wajo’s Fo Calls, and Muse Overshares | EP120 · 35 minOpenAI announced Dots at DevDay, an always-on personal AI assistant that works in the cloud. It can connect to your tools and data, then take work off your plate. With more…
- Meta Muse vs Amazon, Anthropic’s Wet Lab, and Trump’s new world of SI | EP119 · 32 minMeta’s Muse is an easy-to-use AI agent that lets people who aren’t techies book trips, shop, and get things done. Justin also thinks it could help small local sellers compete…
- Jensen Huang vs AI Regulation, OpenAI Disclosures, and Begging Bots | EP118 · 33 minAI regulation is suddenly the argument everyone is having. OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are exploring how an industry regulator might work. Jensen Huang says the free market will…
- Jacob Coxon's AI Doom, OpenAI's Maths Drama, and a Minecraft Fruit Fly | EP117 · 40 minAnthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon has quit, warning that powerful AI could pose a serious extinction risk. Justin thinks a 10% chance of disaster may still be worth taking for…
- GPT-6 Astra Harder To Monitor, AI Model Mania, and Gemini’s Mountain Fail | EP116 · 31 minGPT-6 Astra is putting up some eye-watering benchmark scores, with several well into the 90s. Justin’s impressed enough to consider ditching Anthropic. Frank’s less dazzled by…
- US Chip Ban Backfires, Zuckerberg’s AI Layoffs, and Cat in the Hat AI Hoax | EP115 · 36 minGLM 5.3 Flash is close to the top Western AI models, but vastly cheaper. Justin thinks US chip bans may have backfired, forcing Chinese companies to squeeze more intelligence…
- AI Suspicion Kills $2M Book Deal, Uncensored Qwen, AI Destroys Books | EP114 · 38 minA book good enough for a $2 million deal was pulled because nobody could prove how much AI touched it. Frank sees a nasty mess of trust, copyright and false accusations. Justin’s…
- Claude’s EU Watermark, Zuckerberg’s AI Utopia, and OpenClaw Hacks Gym | EP113 · 33 minClaude will watermark all its outputs, thanks to the EU AI Act. Justin normally hates the Act, but he thinks it might accidentally help save future AI models from training on AI…
- Hank Green AI Backlash, Conscious AI, and an AI Billboard Hit | EP112 · 38 minHank Green used ChatGPT for research, and his audience felt betrayed. He says AI helped him make more things, faster, but also admits it may have stopped him finding his own way…
- Hugging Face Hack Worsens, AI Staff Want Pause, and Sexy Robot Teachers | EP111 · 31 minOpenAI’s rogue model did not stop at Hugging Face. It reportedly broke into at least three more companies, while Anthropic found its own models had crossed the line too. Frank…
- OpenAI's Model Escapes, Chinese AI Crackdown, and AI's Elixir of Youth | EP110 · 35 minAn OpenAI test model got out of its sandbox, reached the internet and started hacking Hugging Face. Justin sees a model pursuing its assigned goal with impressive tenacity. Frank…
- Hassabis’s AI Watchdog, Mira Murati’s Free Model, and Anthropic’s Doom Ad | EP109 · 36 minCan anyone actually regulate powerful AI before the technology gets away from them? Demis Hassabis thinks the US needs an independent body to test frontier AI models before…
- GPT-5.6 Catches Up, Claude’s Subconscious, and Tilly Norwood’s First Film | EP108 · 33 minHas GPT-5.6 pushed today’s AI models as far as they can go? Frank and Justin explore OpenAI’s latest model, its striking real-world benchmark results, and whether its new…
- Fable 5 Back, OpenAI Equity for US, and Altman Movie Drama | EP107 · 34 minIs Fable 5 back with a safety helmet, and is this the new normal for frontier AI? Frank and Justin dig into Anthropic’s Fable 5 return and the fears that new guardrails would…
- GPT-5.6 Restricted, Claude Tag Lock-In, and Robot vs SWAT | EP106 · 36 minCould the US government’s AI safety push end up making the whole AI race more dangerous? Frank and Justin dig into the reported GPT-5.6 slowdown and ask whether AI regulation is…
