February 11, 2026

Intelligent Machines 857: Taskrabbit Arbitrage

2 hours 46 minutes

Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau go head-to-head over whether today's AI breakthroughs are truly unprecedented or history repeating itself. Hear what happens when the show's hosts use cutting-edge tools to challenge each other's optimism, skepticism, and predictions for the future of work.

Something Big Is Happening

Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes

Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment balloons to $61 billion

Google is going for the jugular — by doubling capex and outspending the rest of Big Tech

Google's Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users

OpenAI's Meta makeover

ChatGPT's deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reports

Alexa+, Amazon's AI assistant, is now available to everyone in the U.S.

Amazon Plans To Use AI To Speed Up TV and Film Production

AI didn't kill customer support. It's rebuilding it

Worried about AI taking jobs? Ex-Microsoft exec tells parents what kind of education matters

most for their kids.

A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content

AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic

Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl

Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs

How To Think About AI: Is It The Tool, Or Are You?

LEO! Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study

HBR: AI Doesn't Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

Waymo Exec Admits Remote Operators in Philippines Help Guide US Robotaxis

Medicare's new pilot program taps AI to review claims. Here's why it's risky

Section 230 Turns 30; Both Parties Want It Gone—For Contradictory Reasons

Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps

The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt

Uber Eats adds AI assistant to help with grocery shopping

Is having AI ghostwrite your Valentine's Day messages a good idea?

As Saudi Arabia's 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They're Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable

YouTube Argues It Isn't Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

'Man down:' Watch Amazon delivery drone crash in North Texas

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

Leo's AI Journey

The TIMELINE

TWiT x 2 in Super Bowl commercials

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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February 11, 2026

Intelligent Machines 857: Taskrabbit Arbitrage

2 hours 46 minutes

Something Big Is Happening

Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes

Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment balloons to $61 billion

Google is going for the jugular — by doubling capex and outspending the rest of Big Tech

Google's Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users

OpenAI's Meta makeover

ChatGPT's deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reports

Alexa+, Amazon's AI assistant, is now available to everyone in the U.S.

Amazon Plans To Use AI To Speed Up TV and Film Production

AI didn't kill customer support. It's rebuilding it

Worried about AI taking jobs? Ex-Microsoft exec tells parents what kind of education matters

most for their kids.

A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content

AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic

Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl

Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs

How To Think About AI: Is It The Tool, Or Are You?

LEO! Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study

HBR: AI Doesn't Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

Waymo Exec Admits Remote Operators in Philippines Help Guide US Robotaxis

Medicare's new pilot program taps AI to review claims. Here's why it's risky

Section 230 Turns 30; Both Parties Want It Gone—For Contradictory Reasons

Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps

The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt

Uber Eats adds AI assistant to help with grocery shopping

Is having AI ghostwrite your Valentine's Day messages a good idea?

As Saudi Arabia's 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They're Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable

YouTube Argues It Isn't Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

'Man down:' Watch Amazon delivery drone crash in North Texas

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

Leo's AI Journey

The TIMELINE

TWiT x 2 in Super Bowl commercials

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

preview.modulate.ai

Melissa.com/twit

spaceship.com/twit

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