May 06, 2026

IM 869: My Sentience is Going Up - Chatbots in Charge

2 hours 29 minutes

Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches.

White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released

Elon Musk admits xAI distilled OpenAI models

Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence.

OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant update to make ChatGPT smarter with fewer emoji

Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic

Starting today, agents can now be Cloudflare customers. They can create a Cloudflare account, start a paid subscription, register a domain, and get back an API token to deploy code right away. https://t.co/qFgCivQTTi

We just launched the @Link CLI: https://t.co/nAjPpC2lbb. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time.

When Daawkins met Claude - UnHerd

I am one of those whose research points to the conclusion that the mind is computable.

Say Hello to the Internet of AI

The greatest capital misallocation in history?

AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California - California WaterBlog

China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.

Academy announces major overhaul to rules

AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses

The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs

Have LLMs improved patient outcomes?

As workers worry about AI, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI is 'creating an enormous number of jobs'

Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores

California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

'This is fine' creator says AI startup stole his art

Google DeepMind Takes Minority Stake in Maker of 'Eve Online'

He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?

Empty Screenings

Furwall by Ollie Wagner

DataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AI

So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday's Internet

The Python Hunt

News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content

Vanishing Culture from the Internet Archive

Gigantic Gutenberg Bible page

Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Troy Hunt

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