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The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots. The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds. On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes every Wednesday.

  1. 4 HR AGO

    My Sentience is Going Up - Chatbots in Charge

    Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches. White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released Elon Musk admits xAI distilled OpenAI models Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence. OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant update to make ChatGPT smarter with fewer emoji Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic Starting today, agents can now be Cloudflare customers. They can create a Cloudflare account, start a paid subscription, register a domain, and get back an API token to deploy code right away. https://t.co/qFgCivQTTi We just launched the @Link CLI: https://t.co/nAjPpC2lbb. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time. When Daawkins met Claude - UnHerd I am one of those whose research points to the conclusion that the mind is computable. Say Hello to the Internet of AI The greatest capital misallocation in history? AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California - California WaterBlog China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same. Academy announces major overhaul to rules AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs Have LLMs improved patient outcomes? As workers worry about AI, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI is 'creating an enormous number of jobs' Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy! 'This is fine' creator says AI startup stole his art Google DeepMind Takes Minority Stake in Maker of 'Eve Online' He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame? Empty Screenings Furwall by Ollie Wagner DataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AI So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday's Internet The Python Hunt News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content Vanishing Culture from the Internet Archive Gigantic Gutenberg Bible page Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Troy Hunt Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: helixsleep.com/machines webroot.com/twit trustedtech.team/intelligent365

    2h 29m
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    4 HR AGO ·  BONUS

    You Might Also Like: On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Introducing Esther Perel: The REAL Reason You’re Struggling to Find Love (Fix THIS to Build Chemistry in Real Life) from On Purpose with Jay Shetty. Follow the show: On Purpose with Jay Shetty Today,  Jay Shetty welcomes back Esther Perel to unpack a growing tension in modern relationships: in a world more connected than ever, why so many people feel deeply disconnected. Esther reframes dating struggles as something deeper than love itself, pointing to a broader loss of real-life social practice. Without the everyday interactions that once taught us how to approach, connect, and handle rejection, dating now feels like a high-stakes performance instead of a natural progression. What was once built through play, curiosity, and gradual connection has been compressed into a single moment of pressure, turning love into something overwhelming rather than something we can explore. Jay and Esther explore the illusion of connection in the digital age, where texting replaces talking and screens replace presence. Esther explains how this disembodied way of relating strips away the elements that create real intimacy, like eye contact, tone of voice, touch, and shared energy. While it can feel like we are communicating more, we are often losing depth, nuance, and emotional resonance. This shift has shaped a culture that avoids friction and discomfort, yet still feels more anxious, lonely, and exhausted. In trying to make relationships easier and more efficient, we may be losing the very experiences that give them meaning. In this episode you'll learn: How to Build Real Connection Offline How to Turn Dating Into Discovery, Not Pressure How to Be More Curious Instead of Judgmental How to Create Attraction Through Presence Not Perfection How to Ask for What You Truly Need How to Build Trust in Small, Consistent Moments How to Balance Independence and Interdependence How to Stay Open to Love Without a Checklist If there’s one thing to hold onto, it’s this: nothing about love is broken, you’re just being asked to approach it differently. The world may have made connection feel more complicated, but at its core, it still comes back to showing up, being present, and allowing yourself to be seen without needing to get everything right. With Love and Gratitude, Jay Shetty JAY’S DAILY WISDOM DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Join 900,000+ readers discovering how small daily shifts create big life change with my free newsletter. Subscribe https://news.jayshetty.me/subscribe   Check out our Apple subscription to unlock bonus content of On Purpose! https://lnk.to/JayShettyPodcast  What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 01:11 Why Is Gen Z Dating Less? 04:23 The Disappearance of Physical Connection 06:26 Living in a Fully Contactless World 09:54 Connected, Yet Deeply Disconnected 12:01 Dating in the Age of Surveillance 14:11 Why Real Connection Feels Harder Than Ever 17:07 Why Love Falls Flat Without Friction 18:41 The Missing Skills No One Taught Us About Love 24:35 The Hidden Power Struggles Shaping Modern Relationships 27:05 The 4 Pillars of Relational Intelligence 30:07 Have We Lost the Ability to Problem-Solve? 32:38 How to Know If You Can Really Trust Someone 36:44 From “Me” to “We”  38:27 Should You Make a Dating Checklist?  41:04 Why Dating Feels Like a Full-Time Job 43:00 The Pressure Behind “Intentional” Dating 47:50 When Love Doesn’t Speak Your Language 50:25 Why Talking to AI Feels Easier Than People 55:16 The Trap of Wanting Love to Feel Effortless 56:35 Is Love Supposed to Be Hard? 57:58 Why Wanting Love Isn’t “Cringe” 01:02:43 Codependence vs Healthy Love 01:07:09 What Actually Keeps Desire Alive? 01:10:26 Breaking Down Viral Relationship Myths   01:17:38 Esther on Final Five Episode Resources: Website | https://www.estherperel.com/  YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@estherperel  Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/esther.perel/  Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estherperelofficial  LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherperel  TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@estherperel_official  Substack | https://estherperel.substack.com/  Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.

  3. 30 APR

    Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea - Can You Really Own Your AI?

    Are you ready for a world where true personal computing is under threat? This week's candid conversation with Framework CEO Nirav Patel tackles why owning your own AI hardware matters more than ever—and what's at risk if we don't. Alphabet tops Q1 estimates on strong Google Cloud growth Is OpenAI Falling Further Behind in the A.I. Race? OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model OpenAI Breaks Free From Exclusive AI Pact With Microsoft Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for 'any lawful government purpose' Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared OpenAI Set to Redefine Smartphones; MediaTek, Qualcomm & Luxshare Key to Its AI Agent Phone Why Manus has become a crucial prize in the global AI race - Fast Company Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path Amateur armed with ChatGPT 'vibe-maths' a 60-year-old problem Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 Cursor-Opus agent snuffs out startup's production database OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview Study Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-Generated The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not Generative AI vegetarianism To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch * Chloe vs. History Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public | TechCrunch noscroll Felvidek Amazon's AI product podcasts 64″D Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Timmy's rescue Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nirav Patel Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: scribe.how/machines outsystems.com/twit zscaler.com/security

    2h 37m

  4. 23 APR

    The Ketchup Effect - The Lines Are Too Damn Long

    Game designer and Atlantic writer Ian Bogost joins to argue that the true joy of technology is not frictionlessness, but the small sensory pleasures and constraints that keep us tethered to real life. Discover how AI could push us back into the world, not just behind our screens. CSA and Security Experts on Mythos Planning Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox Anthropic's most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands News: Anthropic Removes Claude Code From $20-A-Month "Pro" Subscription Plan For New Users (Developing) Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use Amid Compute Crunch Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch Token demand makes an AI bubble unlikely, says Michael Dell Anthropic bites back in the compute wars with Amazon partnership SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion Google Cloud Releases New TPU Chip Lineup in Bid to Speed Up AI Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all Kimi K2.6 Tech Blog: Advancing Open-Source Coding Sam Altman's "proof of human" company pushes into mainstream services Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts Next Time You Order a Dairy Queen Blizzard, You May Be Talking to AI Chip Maker TSMC Is More Bullish Than Ever on AI, Despite Iran War AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it's boosting their revenue too Stanford's AI Index finds China has nearly closed the performance gap with the US despite spending 23 times less New Movie Trailer Shows First AI-Generated Performance By a Major Star: the Late Val Kilmer We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease in SF and asked it to make a profit | Andon Labs This pasta sauce wants to record your family LeWorldModel: Stable End-to-End Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture from Pixels Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers Tokyo court rules movie and anime 'spoiler articles' are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prison Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data AI's New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails Depths of Wikipedia GitHub - google-labs-code/design.md: A format specification for describing a visual identity to coding agents. DESIGN.md gives agents a persistent, structured understanding of a design system. Is Your Site Agent-Ready? Jeff's Gemini happy ending The Must-Have Item in Silicon Valley Is a $178 Sweater With a CEO's Face Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guests: Lucas and Ian Bogost Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: webroot.com/twit monarch.com with code IM outsystems.com/twit

    2h 46m

  5. 16 APR

    I'm Bonkers for Yonkers - Is Coding Dead?

    When renowned photographer Craig Mod coded his own AI-powered Twitter, the lines between art, tech, and community blur in surprising ways. This episode explores what happens when creative minds take AI into their own hands—and why the next wave of software might feel more like a home-cooked meal. Sam Altman's Blog About Firebombing OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed Federal agencies skirt Trump's Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview's cyber capabilities | AISI Work OpenAI rips Anthropic, distances itself from Microsoft The tiny disclosure at the bottom of OpenAI's tax day post is all you need to read Exclusive: Anthropic Preps Opus 4.7 Model, AI Design Tool Federal Court Denies Anthropic's Motion to Lift 'Supply Chain Risk' Label Anthropic Asks Christian Leaders for Help Steering Claude's Spiritual Development Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use Amid Compute Crunch Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators Mark Zuckerberg Is Reportedly Building an AI Clone To Replace Him In Meetings Chrome Now Lets You Turn AI Prompts Into Repeatable 'Skills' Adobe's new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI Even more good news for the future of neurosymbolic AI 'The Audacity' Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For AI influencers are 'everywhere' at Coachella I don't see images in my head. Can training give me a mind's eye? Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI as AI drug discovery hopes mount OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro Ukraine captures enemy Russian position using only robots, no humans: 'The future is already on the front line' I/O schedule Haunted Paper Toys Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now DNS & Network Tools — Mr.DNS TRAIN JAZZ The hottest college major hit a wall. What happened? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Craig Mod Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

    2h 29m

  6. 9 APR

    Mythic - Too Dangerous to Release?

    A secretive AI called Mythos is already finding zero-day exploits that humans missed for decades, but Anthropic claims it is too risky for public release. Hear what leading security experts think could happen if this technology escapes the lab. Claude Mythos Preview System Card - Claude Mythos Preview System Card.pdf Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? Meta Employees Vie for AI 'Token Legend' Status Meta releases new model for Social Media "Muse Spark" Why OpenAI's Purchase of a Big Tech Podcast Is So Sleazy How Accurate Are Google's A.I. Overviews? Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour Google's AI Overviews are correct nine out of ten times, study finds How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company The back story behind the first "$1.8 Billion" dollar "AI Company" It's Called Silicon Sampling, and It's Going to Ruin Public Opinion Polling Cloudflare builds what it calls the successor to WordPress JuliusBrussee/caveman: 🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 75% of tokens by talking like caveman Mvidia Old NYC records Basketball is.... good? QVC, HSN cable networks face Chapter 11, insolvency AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalism Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Daniel Miessler Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: helixsleep.com/machines spaceship.com/twit zscaler.com/security

    2h 27m

  7. 2 APR

    And Artemis Too - Journalism In The Age Of AI

    What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even seasoned journalists are wrestling with these tools. Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know (Il)Legal Python Port Claude Code Unpacked Spinner Verbs RANK SPECULATION: Capybara cost - AI haves and have nots. And whither spud? Another supply chain attack on NPM OpenAI closes $122B round at $852B valuation, opens door to retail investors SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals Gmail rolling out AI Inbox beta for AI Ultra subscribers You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state Inside David Sacks' new role shaping Trump's AI agenda 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll More Than Half of US Says AI Likely to Harm Them, Poll Finds The largest AI survey ever reveals what humans actually want 'Most People Don't Enjoy Their Jobs:' Perplexity CEO Says AI Layoffs Are Chance To Launch AI-Powered Ventures Biggest AI conference traps researchers, presuming AI as cheating An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In. Obsolete Sounds The oldest job in journalism: New York Post 'runners' defy AI A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Kate Lee Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: get.stash.com/im monarch.com with code IM

    2h 25m

  8. 26 MAR

    Fire and Ash - Hot Takes on Tech Trials

    Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick joins the panel to showcase a new AI-powered tool that doesn't just summarize articles—it thinks like a journalist, flagging what's truly new and revealing the patterns that matter. If you want to stay several steps ahead in the AI race, this episode is a must-listen. Malware autodownloaded by AI agents Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was "inevitable" on its apps We're saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. TurboQuant: Redefining AI efficiency with extreme compression Apple Can 'Distill' Google's Big Gemini Model Apple Plans AI Reboot With Siri App, New Look and 'Ask Siri' Button in iOS 27 Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace A look at "tokenmaxxing", a status game where employees at a number of companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using Elon Musk Announces $20B 'Terafab' Chip Plant in Texas To Supply His Companies Jury finds Elon Musk guilty of defrauding Twitter investors [U] Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine,' Dies at 80 AI Doc trailer reflect — Time-Travel Reflection for Obsidian Esoteric Ebb Butthole Regex Blaster Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Marshall Kirkpatrick Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: outsystems.com/twit spaceship.com/twit

    2h 44m
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The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots. The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds. On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes every Wednesday.

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  • Years Active
    2009 - 2026
  • Episodes
    203
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