September 24, 2025

Intelligent Machines 838: Fat Bears Live Now!

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2 hours 48 minutes

Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet.

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Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

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ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume

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The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Steven Levy

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September 24, 2025

Intelligent Machines 838: Fat Bears Live Now!

Listen Later

2 hours 48 minutes

Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet.

Interview with Steven Levy

Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now

Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers

Can We Afford AI?

Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies

China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train

Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research

Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever

"My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community

ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume

The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art?

Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio

The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models

More! Shrimp!

Wounded robots

Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Steven Levy

Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines.

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