I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.

Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?
Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought then was a wild pivot point for the internet — and now it […]

The Data Center Boom Is Bringing Investment But Who Really Benefits?

Data centers promise jobs, investment and tax revenue, but their local impact is complicated. Here’s who benefits and what communities may give up in return.

Ethan Mollick’s New Overhang

Ethan Mollick’s new post argues humans retain advantages over AI through deep knowledge, broad knowledge, taste, and agency.

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.

Leaks Show That Meta’s New AI Agent Relied on Real People to Make Calls

Reports indicate Muse was routing calls the AI was supposedly making to humans in call centers.

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe’s near-term plans.

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

AI agents operating in OpenAI’s research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab’s knowledge.

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows…