Fast & Broken

Carly Rector

Two friends from the internet try to make sense of what startup culture is doing to the world. Carly Rector is a software engineer and startup founder. Each week, she discusses current events with Teresa Kramer, TTRPG product manager and semi-professional voice actor. Their shared history lets them bridge the gap between online creative communities and the tech world with an empathetic but critical perspective.

  1. 19 JAN

    Optimistic Dichotomy: Grok and Society, Claude Code and Claude Cowork

    In this episode, we review developments in the Grok deepfake epidemic and examine its implications on society at large, and then discuss the wave of excitement over Claude Code and the launch of Claude Cowork. -- Show Notes: Grok Updates Musk calls UK fascist https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-10/musk-calls-uk-fascist-as-row-over-x-s-grok-ai-images-escalates Senate bill https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-13/us-senate-targets-sexual-deepfakes-amid-furor-over-grok-images?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2ODU0NzAwNSwiZXhwIjoxNzY5MTUxODA1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOFQ5MVVLSkg2VjcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQTY1MzM1Nzc4OTI0MzIxOEZCOTQzOTc4MzMyRjUyMyJ9.IQw7T3QrhdiAsH36MD_nt1BDRzjSHaK6B0mShb-fYAc https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/elon-musk-cannot-get-away-with-this/685606/ X disables nudes by Grok account on X https://www.npr.org/2026/01/16/nx-s1-5678965/elon-musks-x-to-block-ai-chatbot-grok-from-making-explicit-images-of-real-people Ashley St. Clair sues https://www.theverge.com/news/863097/ashley-st-clair-elon-musk-grok-undressing-lawsuit Wider Society Issues https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/the-internet-was-built-to-objectify-women/685652/ Claude Code + Claude Cowork https://www.geekwire.com/2026/a-new-era-of-software-development-claude-code-has-seattle-engineers-buzzing-as-ai-coding-hits-new-phase/ https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/claude-code-and-what-comes-next https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-claude-cowork-release-ai-vibecoded-2026-1

    1h 2m
  2. 22/12/2025

    Seymour Cash: Disney-OpenAI Deal, AI Water Use Discourse, Larian Backlash & AI Leadership

    This week, we discuss the deal between Disney and OpenAI, including the interesting specifics of the financials and the challenge of implementing Disney's guardrails. Then, we discuss the complex issue of AI water use and how it's overblown in online discourse. Finally, we talk about how a lot of negative backlash to AI is actually backlash to decision's from leadership. At the end, we touch briefly on Anthropic's updates to their Project Vend, where they have Claude run a store.Fast & Broken will be off next week for the holidays. See you in the new year!--Show Notes: Disney-OpenAI deal https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-invest-1-billion-in-openai-license-characters-for-use-in-chatgpt-sora-3a4916e2 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/openai-deal-to-license-disney-characters-is-entirely-in-stockhttps://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ai-strategy-employees-disneygpt-openai-deal-chatgpt-2025-12 AI Water Use Discourse https://andymasley.substack.com/p/a-short-summary-of-my-argument-that https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/podcasts/hardfork-australia-water.html https://youtu.be/H_c6MWk7PQchttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/karendhao_empire-of-ai-water-footprint-changes-activity-7407296049628971008-oM2X/ AI backlash: tech vs leadership https://www.polygon.com/divinity-larian-studios-generative-ai-swen-vincke/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/dev-backlash-to-larian-ceo-s-ai-comments-is-about-leadership-not-just-tech Anthropic CISO forces Claude on his Discord server https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-2

    1h 26m

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Two friends from the internet try to make sense of what startup culture is doing to the world. Carly Rector is a software engineer and startup founder. Each week, she discusses current events with Teresa Kramer, TTRPG product manager and semi-professional voice actor. Their shared history lets them bridge the gap between online creative communities and the tech world with an empathetic but critical perspective.