February 18, 2026

Intelligent Machines 858: The Itinerant Salt Miner from Buffalo

2 hours 51 minutes

OpenClaw's creator makes headlines by joining OpenAI after GitHub fame and a whirlwind of VC and big tech offers, redefining what's possible for independent developers in the AI arms race. Is this the year agentic AI goes mainstream, and are the big players ready for that disruption?

OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future | Peter Steinberger

OpenAI disbands mission alignment team

Opinion | I Left My Job at OpenAI. Putting Ads on ChatGPT Was the Last Straw. - The New York Times

Introducing GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark

Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

Google's Pixel 10a Launches on March 5 for $499

Google's AI drug discovery spinoff Isomorphic Labs claims major leap beyond AlphaFold 3

Gemini 3 Deep Think: AI model update designed for science

Radio host David Greene says Google's NotebookLM tool stole his voice

A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music

Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood

GPT-5 outperforms federal judges 100% to 52% in legal reasoning experiment

An AI project is creating videos to go with Supreme Court justices' real words

I used Claude to negotiate $163,000 off a hospital bill. In a complex healthcare system, AI is giving patients power.

Sony Tech Can Identify Original Music in AI-Generated Songs

AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li's Startup World Labs Raises $1 Billion

Yann v. Yoshua on directed systems

Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

An Ars Technica Reporter Blamed A.I. Tools for Fabricating Quotes in a Bizarre A.I. Story

Plain Dealer using AI to write reporters' stories

Mediahuis trials use of AI agents to carry out 'first-line' news reporting

DJI's first robovac is an autonomous cleaning drone you can't trust

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand 'Search Party' Surveillance Beyond Dogs

ai;dr

I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are sold out for the year, says WD

Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School

peon-ping — Stop babysitting your terminal

Hugo Barra makes a to-do agent

Raspberry Pi soars 40% as CEO buys stock, AI chatter builds

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Emily Forlini

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February 18, 2026

Intelligent Machines 858: The Itinerant Salt Miner from Buffalo

2 hours 51 minutes

OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future | Peter Steinberger

OpenAI disbands mission alignment team

Opinion | I Left My Job at OpenAI. Putting Ads on ChatGPT Was the Last Straw. - The New York Times

Introducing GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark

Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

Google's Pixel 10a Launches on March 5 for $499

Google's AI drug discovery spinoff Isomorphic Labs claims major leap beyond AlphaFold 3

Gemini 3 Deep Think: AI model update designed for science

Radio host David Greene says Google's NotebookLM tool stole his voice

A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music

Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood

GPT-5 outperforms federal judges 100% to 52% in legal reasoning experiment

An AI project is creating videos to go with Supreme Court justices' real words

I used Claude to negotiate $163,000 off a hospital bill. In a complex healthcare system, AI is giving patients power.

Sony Tech Can Identify Original Music in AI-Generated Songs

AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li's Startup World Labs Raises $1 Billion

Yann v. Yoshua on directed systems

Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

An Ars Technica Reporter Blamed A.I. Tools for Fabricating Quotes in a Bizarre A.I. Story

Plain Dealer using AI to write reporters' stories

Mediahuis trials use of AI agents to carry out 'first-line' news reporting

DJI's first robovac is an autonomous cleaning drone you can't trust

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand 'Search Party' Surveillance Beyond Dogs

ai;dr

I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are sold out for the year, says WD

Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School

peon-ping — Stop babysitting your terminal

Hugo Barra makes a to-do agent

Raspberry Pi soars 40% as CEO buys stock, AI chatter builds

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Emily Forlini

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:

monarch.com with code IM

bitwarden.com/twit

preview.modulate.ai

spaceship.com/twit

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