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 226 episodes available.

AI Special Report episodes:

July 19, 2026 Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/thinking-machines-lab-releases-its-first-model-inkling/)
- **Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/obvios-stop-sign-cameras-use-ai-to-root-out-unsafe-drivers/)
- **Computer cops** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/965066/ai-police-cops)
- **Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/ai/agentic-orchestration-enterprise-ai-organizations-have-a-deployment-problem-not-a-platform-problem-and-most-are-calling-chatbots-agents)
- **The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-agent-security-gap-54-of-enterprises-have-already-had-an-ai-agent-incident-and-most-still-let-agents-share-credentials)
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July 18, 2026 The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/967544/best-apps-gadgets-reading-installer)
- **Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/prompt-injection-attacks-are-thwarting-ai-hacking-agents/)
- **The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-ai-compute-gap-enterprises-are-buying-infrastructure-faster-than-they-can-measure-what-it-costs)
- **ElevenLabs now lets authors create and publish audiobooks on its own platform** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/elevenlabs-is-now-letting-authors-create-and-publish-audiobooks-on-its-own-platform/)
- **Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-your-period-tracker-is-probably-spying-on-you/)
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July 17, 2026 Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/harvard-dropouts-to-launch-always-on-ai-smart-glasses-that-listen-and-record-every-conversation/)
- **A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/humanoid-robot-soldier-eric-trump-foundation-future-industries/)
- **Meta to add 100MW of solar power from US gear** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/meta-to-add-100-mw-of-solar-power-from-u-s-gear/)
- **My Ebike Delivery Went Missing. When I Tried to Recover It, I Ended Up in Chatbot Hell** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/ebike-delivery-missing-when-i-tried-to-recover-it-i-ended-up-in-chatbot-hell/)
- **An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/the-apple-faceid-veteran-building-a-frontier-ai-model-for-the-human-brain/)
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July 16, 2026 Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/who-are-climate-conscious-consumers-not-who-youd-expect-says-northwind-climate/)
- **New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/966647/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-ai-policies)
- **Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now** (Ars Technica AI)
- [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/microsoft-secure-boot-has-been-broken-for-most-of-its-existence/)
- **Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcase-apple-sued-openai-new-york-data-center-moratorium-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/)
- **Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/966072/suno-ai-music-training-scraping-youtube-hack)
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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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FAQs about AI Special Report:

How many episodes does AI Special Report have?

The podcast currently has 226 episodes available.