## 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 AI Superintelligence Slowdown** (The Verge AI)

- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996923/ai-safety-slow-openai-anthropic)

- **AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713)

- **How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face** (Ars Technica AI)

- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/how-openai-let-a-mob-of-llm-agents-game-a-test-and-ransack-hugging-face/)

- **Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students ** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/inaugural-mit-music-technology-research-showcase-celebrates-work-students-0629)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **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/)

- **Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home** (The Verge AI)

- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/996310/google-home-mcp-integration-agentic-ai-smart-home-price-release-date)

- **Here’s What the AI Apocalypse Could Look Like** (Wired AI)

- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-heres-what-the-ai-apocalypse-could-look-like/)

- **David Autor named head of the Department of Economics** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/david-autor-named-head-department-economics-0626)

- **How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-an-mit-database-evolved-into-global-standard-data-sharing-0729)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Data center tweaks could unlock 76 GW of new power capacity in the US** (TechCrunch AI)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/data-center-tweaks-could-unlock-76-gw-of-new-power-capacity-in-the-u-s/)

- **Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.** (VentureBeat AI)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/claude-code-costs-up-to-usd200-a-month-goose-does-the-same-thing-for-free)

- **AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713)

- **MIT in the media: For the future of tech, "Massachusetts can absolutely lead"** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-media-future-tech-massachusetts-can-absolutely-lead)

- **Apple might make servers again to cash in on the AI rush** (The Verge AI)

- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/996321/apple-servers-ai-nvidia)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Could AI tell you where you left your keys?** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/could-ai-tell-you-where-you-left-your-keys-0617)

- **Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/alexander-rakhlin-named-director-mit-statistics-data-science-center-0803)

- **AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Told Me That ‘All Lives Matter’** (Wired AI)

- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-told-me-that-all-lives-matter/)

- **OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki** (Ars Technica AI)

- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/openai-agents-discussed-ways-to-escape-their-sandbox-on-public-wiki/)

- **OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May** (The Verge AI)

- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994383/openais-rogue-ai-rubygems-hack)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **David Autor named head of the Department of Economics** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/david-autor-named-head-department-economics-0626)

- **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/)

- **How novice coders can develop AI programs for military applications** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-novice-coders-can-develop-ai-programs-for-military-applications-0707)

- **MIT in the media: Innovating and educating for the next 250 years of America** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-media-innovating-and-educating-next-250-years-america)

- **Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/improving-ai-agent-speed-and-energy-efficiency-0625)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki** (Ars Technica AI)

- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/openai-agents-discussed-ways-to-escape-their-sandbox-on-public-wiki/)

- **Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy** (Ars Technica AI)

- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/microsoft-patches-a-record-972-vulnerabilities-112-of-them-critical/)

- **Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities ** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ila-kumar-innovates-with-communities-0901)

- **Looking beyond natural sequences** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/looking-beyond-natural-sequences-0827)

- **How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change** (TechCrunch AI)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/how-one-ai-startup-is-helping-rice-farmers-battle-climate-change/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case** (The Verge AI)

- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994207/chatgpt-new-mexico-lawyer-fined-murder-appeal)

- **AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713)

- **AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”** (Ars Technica AI)

- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/metas-scrapped-plans-to-go-ai-native-included-slashing-teams-by-60-percent/)

- **Meta bought 1 GW of solar this week** (TechCrunch AI)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/meta-bought-1-gw-of-solar-this-week/)

- **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/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **AI helps design new materials that work in the real world** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-helps-design-new-materials-that-work-in-real-world-0826)

- **System helps humans predict when self-driving cars will make mistakes** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/system-helps-humans-predict-when-self-driving-cars-will-make-mistakes-0902)

- **A better way to model the behavior of metal alloys** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/better-way-to-model-metal-alloys-behavior-0619)

- **MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-projects-selected-funding-under-doe-genesis-mission-0723)

- **Generating scenarios for extreme events, without extreme data** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/generating-scenarios-extreme-events-without-extreme-data-0824)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads** (Wired AI)

- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-orders-meta-to-stop-allowing-ai-child-abuse-ads/)

- **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/)

- **Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Needs You to Trust It** (Wired AI)

- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/meta-releases-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-with-privacy-built-into-it/)

- **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)

- **A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage** (Wired AI)

- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-dollar400-million-startup-wants-to-fix-the-ai-memory-bottleneck/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **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/)

- **AI power users claim Anthropic duped them with subscriptions, and they’re taking it to court** (The Verge AI)

- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/990313/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pricing-subscription-plans)

- **When agents act on their own, governance has to live in the data layer** (VentureBeat AI)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/security/when-agents-act-on-their-own-governance-has-to-live-in-the-data-layer)

- **With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-models-simulate-wider-range-of-real-world-scenarios-0810)

- **Jinhua Zhao named head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning** (MIT AI News)

- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/jinhua-zhao-named-head-department-urban-studies-planning-0611)

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