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Anthropic?s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
This week, we look at the cybersecurity threats that a new unreleased model from Anthropic are posing to software everywhere. And we ask whether Project Glasswing, the company?s bold new defense initiative, will give tech companies enough of a head start to secure the web. Then, we?re joined by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz of The New Yorker to discuss their blockbuster new profile of Sam Altman. And finally, we look to the skies for this edition of One Good Thing.
Guests:
Ronan Farrow, investigative reporter and a contributing writer to The New Yorker. Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Additional Reading:
Anthropic Claims Its New A.I. Model, Mythos, Is a Cybersecurity ?Reckoning? Why Anthropic?s New Model Has Cybersecurity Experts Rattled Sam Altman May Control Our Future ? Can He Be Trusted? Artemis II Moon Launch
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The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
Last week, two separate juries held social media companies liable for harming young users. We unpack what these landmark decisions mean ? not only for the future of social platforms like Meta and YouTube, but also for A.I. chatbots. Then, Sebastian Mallaby, the author of ?The Infinity Machine,? joins us to talk about the three years he spent with Demis Hassabis and those closest to Google DeepMind. And finally, we catch up on some of our favorite tech headlines from the week with a round of HatGPT.
Guest:
Sebastian Mallaby, author of ?The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence.?
Additional Reading:
Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety An A.I. Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned I Met Olaf ? the Frozen Robot who Might be the Future of Disney Parks Claude?s Code: Anthropic Leaks Source Code for A.I. Software Engineering Tool What?s With All the A.I. Videos of Cheating Fruit? This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into A.I. Podcasts North Korean Hackers Suspected in Axios Software Tool Breach
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