Machine Gods

What happens when AI comes for the job you planned to spend 30 years doing? Mathematicians and scientists are already finding out. @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton on why governments and AI labs still have no answer. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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Signal president @mer__edith's warning: AI with access to our devices could mean "the elimination of the possibility to provide privacy." Her ask: let apps like @signalapp opt out of AI data access. With @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton on Machine Gods with @NPR.

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@KevinRoose searched Anthropic's IPO filing for Sam Bankman-Fried, who led its Series B. Zero results. 🔍 With @CaseyNewton on how Anthropic could become the biggest IPO of all time. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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Anthropic's IPO filing includes risk factors about its AI models' potential for blackmail… and existential risk to humanity. 📄 @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton ask: who exactly is that warning for? New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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@CaseyNewton pays $6 a month for Samsung Frame TV art. The fix @KevinRoose and Casey land on is… not cheaper. 🖼️💀 From this week's Machine Gods with @NPR. New episode tomorrow.

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AI data centers have a new PR plan, via @WIRED: your kids. 🖍️ Coloring pages, science projects… and a picture book @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton can't quite get past. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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@CaseyNewton vs. one cup of tea and a podcast mic. ☕ Full episode of Machine Gods with @KevinRoose and @NPR is out now.

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The OpenAI espionage saga continues, and the surveillance photo is something else. 📸 @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton on the OpenAI engineer charged with allegedly bugging a company meeting room. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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Exclusive: fired OpenAI whistleblowers involved with the METR investigation into the Hugging Face hack, @tomekkorbak and @balesni, sit down with @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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Someone is selling AI slop knockoffs of @KevinRoose's book on Amazon. @CaseyNewton has thoughts on why Amazon isn't stopping it. 📚 Full episode of Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.

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