AI Special Report

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/obvios-stop-sign-cameras-use-ai-to-root-out-unsafe-drivers/) - **Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/meta-employees-abso...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **You Probably Won’t Get Rich Off the SpaceX IPO** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/you-probably-wont-get-rich-off-the-spacex-ipo/) - **Siri is good now??** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/podcast/949079/siri-ai-good-vergecast) - **Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/947836/google-search-privacy-settings-images-audio) - **China Opens World’s First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/china-opens-worlds-fi...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Data center tweaks could unlock 76 GW of new power capacity in the US** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/data-center-tweaks-could-unlock-76-gw-of-new-power-capacity-in-the-u-s/) - **Apple’s New Siri AI Is Ready to Get Personal** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/apples-new-siri-ai-is-ready-to-get-pe...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Aren’t Picking Sides** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-and-anthropic-may-be-rivals-but-their-investors-arent-choosing-sides/) - **Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/data-ce...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **OpenAI files for IPO, following Anthropic** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/946335/openai-ipo-s-1-confidential) - **Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/texas-ag-sues-meta-over-cla...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **New York lawmakers pass one-year ban on new data centers** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/policy/944041/new-york-data-center-moratorium) - **Quantum Computing Is Having Its Public Market Moment** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-is-having-its-public-market-moment-quantinuum/) - **Alpha Sc...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AI Has Come for Serif Fonts** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-has-come-for-serif-fonts/) - **Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure** (VentureBeat AI) - [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/railway-secures-usd100-million-to-challenge-aws-with-ai-native-cloud) - **Liste...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/943234/kevin-oleary-agrees-to-downsize-massive-utah-data-center) - **Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/self-ins...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **ElevenLabs now lets authors create and publish audiobooks on its own platform** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/elevenlabs-is-now-letting-authors-create-and-publish-audiobooks-on-its-own-platform/) - **Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https:...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/this-is-how-trump-finally-signed-the-ai-executive-order/) - **Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/breakneck-data-center-growth-challenge...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/millions-of-ai-agents-imperiled-by-critical-vulnerability-in-open-source-package/) - **Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake’ TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furiou...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews** (VentureBeat AI) - [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai) - **Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think....

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/illinois-pass-major-ai-safety-law-pritzker/) - **Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/27/gridcare-thinks-more-than-100-gw-of...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/why-reddit-blocked-my-daily-visit-to-its-mobile-website/) - **Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/a-hacker-group-is-poisoning-open-source-code-at-an-unprecedented-scale/) - **Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read mor...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/fed-up-with-vibe-coders-dev-sneaks-data-nuking-prompt-injection-into-their-code/) - **Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi** (Wired AI) - [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/he...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/obvios-stop-sign-cameras-use-ai-to-root-out-unsafe-drivers/) - **Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/information-technolo...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/texas-ag-sues-meta-over-claims-that-whatsapp-doesnt-provide-end-to-end-encryption/) - **Nobody wants to tell me why they only listen to their own Suno slop** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/column/935545/hackers-ai-chatbots) - **Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/google-publishes-exploit-code-threatening-m...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/936219/elon-stop-trying-to-make-grok-happen) - **Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/why-are-top-universit...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/tech/936002/samsung-memory-chip-employees-deal-strike-bonus) - **Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen** (The Verge AI) - [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/936219/elon-stop-trying-to-make-...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **ElevenLabs now lets authors create and publish audiobooks on its own platform** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/elevenlabs-is-now-letting-authors-create-and-publish-audiobooks-on-its-own-platform/) - **Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure** (VentureBeat AI) - [Read more](h...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/mozilla-says-271-vulnerabilities-found-by-mythos-have-almost-no-false-positives/) - **Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers** (The Verge AI...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden** (Ars Technica AI) - [Read more](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/04/why-a-recent-supply-chain-attack-singled-out-security-firms-checkmarx-and-bitwarden/) - **Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack** (Ars Te...