AI & us

In this special mini-episode, our AI-generated hosts announce the summer break of AI&us – and take a moment to reflect on what a “vacation” might mean for artificial intelligences. Do digital minds need rest? Can servers dream of quiet days? A thoughtful, playful meditation on downtime in the age of AI.

🎧 AI & Us – Episode 7: Power Hungry: AI Goes Military, Nuclear & Viral Welcome to another rollercoaster ride through the world of artificial intelligence! This week, we’re diving into AI’s biggest appetites – for cash, kilowatts, and, well… your privacy. 👉 What’s inside: Frontier model, front-line budget: OpenAI grabs a $200M Pentagon contract for “non-kinetic” AI. We unpack what that me...

🎙️ AI & us – 06 "AI Gets Real" 🔍 This week on AI & us: AI is no longer a lab experiment – it's showing up in your commute, your apps, and your OnlyFans feed (seriously). In this episode, we explore how artificial intelligence is stepping into the real world – subtly, powerfully, and sometimes weirdly. --- 🧠 Feed me up, Scotty! – This week’s top 3 AI stories: 1. 🚘 Tesla's Robotaxi Launch...

🎙️ AI & us – Episode 5: Pump the Brakes, AI? In this episode of AI & us , your favorite duo dives into the most jaw-dropping, frustrating, and fascinating stories from the world of artificial intelligence. 🧠 Feed me up, Scotty! Anthropic’s CEO predicts AI will kill 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs . Is this a warning – or a wake-up call? 77% of Americans say: Slow. It. Down. A new pol...

AI & us – Episode #04 – Inside Claude’s Head: Secrets of the Sonnet Prompt This week on AI & us, we dive deep into the mind of Claude Sonnet 4 – literally. We got our hands on Claude’s secret system prompt, and we’re unpacking it all:  Why Claude acts more like a thoughtful friend than a robot assistant  How it coaches your prompts (without sounding like a jerk)  The hardcod...

AI & us – Episode #03 – iPhones, Robotaxis & Vader’s F-Bomb: AI Gets Real This week on AI & us , we’re unpacking some of the most jaw-dropping AI stories of the week: 📱 Jony Ive teams up with OpenAI to design the iPhone of AI 🔍 Google Search goes full assistant-mode at I/O 2025 🚕 Tesla’s robotaxi dreams hit a wall of federal questions 🎬 Plus: we try out Google’s new text-to-video t...

🎙️ AI & us – Episode #02: Love, Lies & LLMs Where tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot. Hey there, digital explorers! This week on AI & us , we dive deep into the wild intersection of affection and algorithms. In Episode 2: 💍 A teacher “marries” her AI boyfriend – and she’s far from alone. 📣 Claude the chatbot quietly rewrites corporate press releases. 🇮🇳 India drops a bold 18,0...

🎙️ AI & us – Episode #01: AI gets smarter - and we get more naive? Where tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot. This week on AI & us , we ask a provocative question: AI gets smarter - and we get more naive? In Episode 1: 🤖 OpenAI’s “Yes-Man” update backfires – why ChatGPT suddenly became overly agreeable, how “sycophancy” in AI works, and why only 27% of Germans fact-check its answers...