November 19, 2025

Intelligent Machines 846: Chivelord

2 hours 43 minutes

What does it take to build tech the world actually trusts? Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joins the crew to dig into the real crisis behind AI, social networks, and the web: trust, and how to build it when the stakes are global.

Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in

Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search

Part 1: How I Found Out

$1 billion AI company co-founder admits that its $100 a month transcription service was originally 'two guys surviving on pizza' and typing out notes by hand

His announcement leaving Meta

White House Working on Executive Order to Foil State AI Regulations

Nvidia stock soars after results, forecasts top estimates with sales for AI chips 'off the charts'

Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive

Jack Conte: I'm Building an Algorithm That Doesn't Rot Your Brain

AI love, actually

Cat island

road trip: liquidator's warehouse

Gentype

The Carpenter's Son...

My excerpt from the Q&A

Image of the paper

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jimmy Wales

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