AI Special Report

By AI Special Report Team

Skyler Monroe discusses the latest developments in artificial intelligence, from research breakthroughs to industry applications.... more

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The podcast currently has 182 episodes available.

AI Special Report episodes:

July 15, 2026 AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-isnt-smarter-than-a-baby-yet/)
- **Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/salesforce-rolls-out-new-slackbot-ai-agent-as-it-battles-microsoft-and)
- **SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/965600/spacexai-grok-build-repository-upload)
- **OpenAI finally launches hardware… for Codex** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/965901/openai-hardware-codex-micro-launch)
- **DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/doge-deployed-ai-housing-policy/)
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July 14, 2026 OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-head-of-safety-leaving/)
- **Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think.** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/google-just-redesigned-the-search-box-for-the-first-time-in-25-years-heres-why-it-matters-more-than-you-think)
- **The Google Images homepage will recommend photos even before you search** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/965138/google-images-homepage-ai-overviews-search-nano-banana)
- **US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge** (Ars Technica AI)
- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/us-rare-earths-flow-to-asia-as-domestic-demand-is-slow-to-emerge/)
- **This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-summer-of-ludd-gowanus/)
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July 13, 2026 Data centers love solar: Here’s a comprehensive guide to deals over 100 megawatts
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Data centers love solar: Here’s a comprehensive guide to deals over 100 megawatts** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/data-centers-love-solar-heres-a-comprehensive-guide-to-deals-over-100-megawatts/)
- **The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/964843/apple-openai-lawsuit-wildest-claims)
- **The fight against AI data centers is just beginning** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/column/963346/ai-data-centers-fight)
- **Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-using-ai-and-quantum-computing-to-generate-new-peptides/)
- **YouTube AI updates include auto dubbing expansion, age ID tech, and more** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/youtube-ai-updates-to-include-expansion-of-auto-dubbing-age-identifying-tech-and-more/)
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July 12, 2026 Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/964350/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets)
- **Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/964416/meta-instagram-ai-muse-image-deepfakes)
- **Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/964519/apple-silicon-self-driving-car-ai-m7-ultra)
- **Would you host part of an AI data center in your home?** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963930/sunrun-distributed-ai-data-center)
- **Nvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AI** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/nvidia-thinks-ai-can-solve-electrical-grid-problems-caused-by-ai/)
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July 11, 2026 Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/perplexity-accused-of-scraping-websites-that-explicitly-blocked-ai-scraping/)
- **Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/breakneck-data-center-growth-challenges-microsofts-sustainability-goals/)
- **Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/self-inspection-raises-3m-for-its-ai-powered-vehicle-inspections/)
- **The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia’s AI ‘Fuckup Finder’** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/the-28-million-dollar-mistake-that-inspired-estonias-ai-fuckup-finder/)
- **Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes** (Ars Technica AI)
- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/high-severity-guest-vm-escape-is-1-of-2-linux-vulnerabilities-to-surface-this-week/)
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July 10, 2026 Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/messi-ronaldo-tech-portfolios-salah-playing-a-different-game/)
- **Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963738/openai-fidji-simo-steps-down-ceo-advisor)
- **Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963628/google-ai-generated-ads-label)
- **Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/ai-drug-discovery-startup-converge-bio-pulls-in-25m-from-bessemer-and-execs-from-meta-openai-and-wiz/)
- **Instagram’s Adam Mosseri: If you don’t like AI, ‘then you shouldn’t have it in your feed’** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/963961/instagram-adam-mosseri-ai-feed-filters)
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July 09, 2026 Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/962897/character-ai-series-microdrama-vertical-video)
- **Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/data-center-demand-drives-66-surge-in-natural-gas-power-plant-costs/)
- **Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/model-behavior-anthropic-will-charge-consumers-extra-to-use-claude-fable-5/)
- **Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/railway-secures-usd100-million-to-challenge-aws-with-ai-native-cloud)
- **OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chief-futurist-joshua-achiam-is-leaving-the-company/)
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July 08, 2026 Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/pickup-artist-mystery-has-an-ai-girlfriend/)
- **Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/962485/meta-muse-image-ai-model-instagram)
- **Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets** (Ars Technica AI)
- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/hackers-can-use-9-of-the-most-popular-ai-tools-to-assemble-massive-botnets/)
- **Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/geothermal-could-power-nearly-all-new-data-centers-through-2030/)
- **I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/frontier-labs-arent-the-only-ones-pursuing-self-improving-ai/)
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July 07, 2026 Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/meta-adds-another-650-mw-of-solar-power-to-its-ai-push/)
- **Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/961978/anthropic-claude-cowork-mobile-web)
- **British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/british-space-startup-launches-longevity-lab-into-orbit/)
- **Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/news/961528/microsoft-layoffs-july-2026-sales-xbox)
- **Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/shut-those-laptops-anthropic-puts-its-claude-cowork-agent-on-your-phone/)
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July 06, 2026 I spy
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **I spy** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/column/961707/smart-glasses-ai-wearables-meta-surveillance-privacy)
- **"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what** (Ars Technica AI)
- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/dangerous-ai-models-are-coming-no-matter-what/)
- **Solar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centers** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/solar-notches-another-win-as-microsoft-adds-475-mw-to-power-its-ai-data-centers/)
- **The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/960854/ai-fanfiction-ao3-claude-detector)
- **Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/27/gridcare-thinks-more-than-100-gw-of-data-center-capacity-is-hiding-in-the-grid/)
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FAQs about AI Special Report:

How many episodes does AI Special Report have?

The podcast currently has 182 episodes available.