Intelligent Machines (Audio)

• IM 843: Immortal Beloved, You've Arrived - AI's Emotional Intelligence Paradox

  Can an AI truly care about your feelings—or is emotional intelligence in machines just the most sophisticated form of manipulation? Dr. Alan Cowen of Hume AI joins the crew to unpack the promise and peril of emotionally adept bots, even as they're quietly shaping how we connect, seek help, and parent in the digital age. Virtual Try On Free Online - AI Clothes Changer | i-TryOn Oreo-maker Mondelez to use new generative AI tool to slash marketing costs OpenAI Moves to Generate AI Music in Potential Rivalry With Startup Suno Surprising no one, researchers confirm that AI chatbots are incredibly sycophantic Microsoft's Mico heightens the risks of parasocial LLM relationships Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon - Dexerto A Definition of AGI OpenAI Finalizes Corporate Restructuring, Gives Microsoft 27% Stake and Technology Access Until 2032 - Slashdot This mom's son was asking Tesla's Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says Nvidia Becomes World's First $5 Trillion Company - Slashdot Paris Hilton Has Been Training Her AI for Years How Realistic is OpenAI's 2028 Timeline For Automating AI Research Itself? Tesla's "Mad Max" mode is now under federal scrutiny Zenni's Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age Alphabet earnings Meta earnings You Have No Idea How Screwed OpenAI Actually Is Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B Casio's Fluffy AI Robot Squeaked Its Way Into My Heart For the sake of the show, I will suffer this torture -jj Machine Olfaction and Embedded AI Are Shaping the New Global Sensing Industry A silly little photoshoot with your friends Bugonia Celebrating 25 years of Google Ads The Data Is In: The Washington Post Can't Replace Its "TikTok Guy" Peak screen? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Dr. Alan Cowen Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security zapier.com/machines agntcy.org ventionteams.com/twit

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• IM 842: None Pizza Left Beef - AI On the Edge

  Is the future of artificial intelligence running on your desk instead of in massive data centers? This episode breaks down how Nvidia's Blackwell chip and HP's new ZGX Nano could let anyone fine-tune jaw-dropping language models at home—and why privacy, cost, and control are suddenly up for grabs. Introducing ChatGPT Atlas Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP Leo... AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows The Majority AI View - Anil Dash OpenAI cracks down on Sora 2 deepfakes after pressure from Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA Is Andrej Karpathy Right About Overhyped AI? Happy 18th Birthday to None Pizza Left Beef Originality.ai Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Mike Elgan Guests: Joey de Villa and Andrew Hawthorn Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" ventionteams.com/twit

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• IM 840: Pudding Forks - Industrial Bubble or Tech Boom?

  From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io

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• IM 839: Cogsuckers and Clankers - Radio's New Golden Age or Apocalypse?

  What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarch.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org

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• IM 837: Could Should Might Don't - Why Tomorrow Doesn't Feel Like Sci-Fi

  With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit

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