Future Around & Find Out

To Accede or Not To Accede? That Is The Question | It's FAFO Friday!

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Murderbots, mass layoffs, and media takeovers — all in one news cycle. Anthropic told the Pentagon "we will not accede." Block cut half its workforce overnight. And the Paramount-Warner Brothers deal raises real questions about who's running the media now.


Also, thanks to Nicolás Maduro's fashion sense, Dan's 13-year-old is being called Lil Tator at school and honestly? The kids are all right. 


Happy FAFO Friday!

Here's some of what Kwaku Aning and I get into:

  • (00:00) - Three Stories Broke Last Night
  • (03:16) - Anthropic Tells the Pentagon No
  • (06:24) - Murder Bots, But Human in the Loop
  • (07:00) - The Pentagon's Friday Deadline
  • (09:28) - Why This Is a Huge Win for Anthropic
  • (10:50) - The War for AI Talent
  • (12:57) - Is the Administration Losing Steam?
  • (15:05) - The Paramount-Warner Brothers Deal
  • (17:36) - Who Controls the Media Now?
  • (21:13) - CNN, Independent Media, and the Employee Perspective
  • (23:55) - Block Lays Off 4,000 People
  • (24:14) - The Citrini Research Fiction That Tanked Stocks
  • (27:49) - AI Washing and the Real Reason for Layoffs
  • (30:11) - Will Vibe Coding Replace Real Companies?
  • (33:27) - Mid-Roll Break
  • (34:41) - Past, Present, Future: State-Controlled AI
  • (35:18) - Past, Present, Future: Independent Media
  • (38:03) - — SLAPP Lawsuits and Creator Protections
  • (40:23) - — Past, Present, Future: Knicks Championship
  • (41:44) - — Come See Us at South by Southwest!
    • ...more
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