OpenClaw has gotten a lot of hype, and the Austrian man who created it just got hired by OpenAI. He had some hot takes on everything wrong with Europe, but most of what he's claiming isn't adding up. 

Also, we do a deep dive into how we do research for the show and where AI tools help. 

This week we've got another interview! This time Dustin is sitting down with marketing, AI, and management consultant Natalia Arcila Barbour to discuss Davos (now that the dust has settled), AI, and where she thinks companies are getting things wrong and right. 

This week we're sharing our experience in switching to Mistral as our main LLM. 

We're also diving into growing backlash against social media companies - X's Paris offices were raided, Tik Tok is being investigated for addictive behaviors, and more European governments are proposing social media bans for minors. 

The dust is settling on Trump's threats to take Greenland... for now, but that's not stopping urgent discussions around EU tech sovereignty. What's happening and where does Europe stand?

This week we're interviewing Hugo Lassiège - French software engineer, entrepreneur and founder - and discussing his new, European Substack alternative Writizzy as well as European tech sovereignty, AI for code vs writing, content moderation, and more!

You can follow Hugo on his blog https://eventuallymaking.io/ and start your own newsletter at https://writizzy.com/.

Some surprising data is coming out showing that there's a growing wave of hostility towards AI in the US, but we're not seeing the same things in Europe. What's happening and what could this mean politically?

There's been a TON of news in December, so we're finishing the year with an epic newsbag and assigning every story a place on the Naughty or Nice Lists. 

People are using AI for all kinds of things, but how is it being used in performance reviews and what should people watch for?

Also, ten European banks have banded together to launch a new European stablecoin. What is it, and what does it mean?

Today we're looking at some big and controversial changes being proposed to the EU's landmark privacy law GDPR. We're also going to look at what some call Google Zero - when people are no longer clicking on external links when they do searches. Is this the end of the internet?

This week: We look at the arguments for why we might be in an AI bubble as well as take a look at the war on Wikipedia and Elon's new alternative Grokpedia.