Machine Gods

News and analysis of artificial intelligence development and impact AI summary

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The official podcast of the singularity. News, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the AI future. New episodes on Wednesdays and Fridays.

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  1. 2026-11-13 · 58 min

    What an insane news cycle! Jensen Huang has officially resigned as CEO of Nvidia, following a series of scandals including reported affairs with Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese intelligence asset, as well as Kimberly…

  2. 2026-11-13 · 19 min

    Until this week, Jensen Huang was one of the most powerful people in the most powerful industry on earth. Now, after 33 years running Nvidia, he’s out. Ahead of our usual conversation dropping Friday, we’re bringing you…

  3. 2026-11-11 · 46 min

    It might be the biggest tech scandal of the year, and possibly the most significant intelligence breach since the Cold War. On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair, following reports that Alice Huang,…

  4. 2026-11-06 · 37 min

    AI was all over the 2026 midterms: in the ads, in the political spending and in voters’ opposition to data centers. We break down the races that most surprised us, from Texas to a small Ohio town that recalled its mayor…

  5. 2026-11-04 · 48 min

    North Korea stole $6 billion from Binance in about 20 minutes, according to the FBI, making it the biggest crypto heist ever. We break down the hack: how the attackers got in, why investigators think the laundering may…

  6. 2026-10-30 · 48 min

    OpenAI has angered scientists (again) after its AI cracked three of the hardest problems in math, computer science, and physics. But researchers are pushing back on how the company is sharing the results, from proofs…

  7. 2026-10-28 · 54 min

    Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has released the most detailed account of its business yet, as it prepares for its IPO. We break down the biggest surprises in its S-1 filing and explain what the numbers tell us…

  8. 2026-10-23 · 53 min

    Fired OpenAI safety researchers Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak give us their first interview since their dramatic dismissal. They take us inside the company during METR’s investigation into the Hugging Face hack,…

  9. 2026-10-21 · 51 min

    On the first episode of Machine Gods, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton ask: How worried should we be about rogue AI agents? After OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach, we discuss the first sighting of a rogue AI agent fleet linked…

  10. 2026-09-16 · 1 min

    The official podcast of the singularity. News, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the AI future. New episodes twice weekly starting the week of October 19th, wherever you get your podcasts and at…

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