February 25, 2026

Intelligent Machines 859: What's Behind the Fox?

3 hours 5 minutes

What happens when the creator of Stack Overflow decides he's going to take on rural poverty with a guaranteed minimum income—and bankrolls it himself? Find out why Jeff Atwood believes AI and philanthropy might matter more to the American dream than any new software ever could.

Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight

Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude

How will OpenAI compete? — Benedict Evans

My first vibe coding project!

Anthropic Links AI Agent With Tools for Investment Banking, HR

THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS

QuitGPT is going viral — 700,000 users are reportedly ditching ChatGPT for these AI rivals

IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat

OpenAI's first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera

ChatGPT spits out surprising insight in particle physics

"Clavicular was mid jestergooning when a group of Foids came and spiked his Cortisol levels 😭 Is Ignoring the Foids while munting and mogging Moids more useful then SMV chadfishing in the club?"

Perplexity may have built a better OpenClaw | The Deep View

Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements

You can now make Alexa's AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out

Claude Remote-Control

Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox

OpenAI engineer's OpenClaw agent accidentally sends $450K to a Twitter rando

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

More Than Half of Teens Use Chatbots for Schoolwork, Survey Finds

What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?

AI Now Helps Manage 16% of America's Apartments

LLM-Generated Passwords Look Strong but Crack in Hours, Researchers Find

Hacker Used Anthropic's Claude To Steal Sensitive Mexican Data - Slashdot

Uber employees have an AI clone of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — and use 'Dara AI' before talking to the big boss himself

Men 'yell' at AI in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS 80% more than women

It's Called the 'Fitbit for Farts'—and It's No Joke

I Taught My Dog to Vibe Code Games | Caleb Leak

This app alerts you when it detects Meta camera glasses nearby

Famous Signatures Through History

Finally got a Fujifilm!

I'm addicted to NYT Crossplay

Jeff's new friends

How far back in time can you understand English?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jeff Atwood

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