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A daily news program covering the top stories in technology with a weekend in depth interview.

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    Hashtag Trending Presents Project Synapse: Three AI Users Discuss the Week In AI - Apr 18, 2026

    AI Weekly: Claude 4.7, Token Costs, Open Models, Backlash, and Practical Ways to Use AI In this weekend "Project Synapse" episode, the hosts review major AI developments, including Anthropic's release of Claude Opus 4.7 (with rapid complaints about lying and token/cost issues) and discussion of the broader shift toward tighter token economics, enterprise budgeting pressure, and Microsoft's evolving M365 licensing that bundles Copilot and agents. They note growing AI backlash ranging from local resistance to data centers and concerns about profitability to reports of attacks on Sam Altman's home. The conversation covers open and Chinese models (agentic coding and multimodal image generation) and the strategic impact of open weights. They also highlight real-world uses: automating documentation, internal Q&A knowledge bases, customer service (including Starlink using Grok), research and editing workflows, book marketing, document drafting, email/search, and accounting/expense automation—while emphasizing hallucinations and verification. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Sponsor and Welcome 01:18 Lightning Round Setup 02:34 Claude Opus 4.7 Reactions 08:22 Token Costs and Enterprise Pricing 12:45 Valuations Profit and UBI Debate 19:14 Backlash Data Centres and Supply Chain 31:29 Copilot Hallucination at Work 33:32 China Agentic Coding Model 37:43 Practical AI Wins and New Threats 44:18 AI Crime Scale 45:24 Everyday AI Wins 48:29 Lightning Round Demo 50:17 Open Source Shockwave 52:32 Deepfake Son Dilemma 58:20 AI Marketing Playbook 01:02:23 Editing and Fact Checks 01:05:09 Ethics and Authenticity 01:16:27 AI First Checklist 01:22:28 Tooling Gets Better 01:25:35 Wrap and Sponsor

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    OpenAI Says Microsoft Is Holding It Back

    OpenAI vs Microsoft, Uber's Surprise AI Coding Bills, Netgear's Router Exemption, and Nvidia's Overnight Engineering Win   Jim Love covers four enterprise tech stories: OpenAI claims its partnership with Microsoft is limiting its ability to reach enterprise customers, especially those on AWS Bedrock, amid Copilot criticism and reported access tensions; Uber warns that rapid adoption of AI coding tools and usage-based token billing is driving costs beyond expected budgets and could signal broader enterprise spend shocks; Netgear becomes the first to win an FCC exemption from U.S. restrictions on foreign-made routers, highlighting stricter security and supply-chain expectations; and Nvidia reports a major productivity gain, saying an AI-powered GPU can reduce a chip design library porting task from eight engineers over 10 months to overnight, while internal models like Chip Nemo help train and support engineers, though fully autonomous chip design remains far off. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 AI Headlines Preview 00:24 Show Intro and Sponsor 00:48 OpenAI vs Microsoft Tensions 03:40 Uber AI Coding Costs Surge 06:07 Netgear Router Ban Exemption 08:08 Nvidia Overnight Chip Work 10:40 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks

    12 мин.

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    Anthropic Surges: OpenAI Investors Nervous

    Anthropic's Revenue Surge, Iran's Viral AI Propaganda, Allbirds' AI Pivot, and Google-ICE Data Sharing Scrutiny Jim Love covers four AI and tech headlines: OpenAI investors are growing uneasy as Anthropic's annualized revenue reportedly surged from about $9B at the end of 2025 to $30B by March, boosting its appeal at a ~$380B valuation versus OpenAI's ~$850B and heavy cash burn. Iran's AI-generated Lego-style propaganda videos have gone viral across TikTok, X, and YouTube, highlighting how cheap, culturally fluent generative content can shape opinion and sparking censorship disputes. Footwear brand Allbirds is attempting a dramatic pivot into AI compute leasing after selling its IP and assets for $39M, with shares spiking 582% in a day. The EFF urges investigations into Google for allegedly sharing subscriber info with ICE without user notification despite prior promises. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's AI Headlines 00:27 Sponsor Meter 00:46 Anthropic vs OpenAI Valuations 02:36 Iran's Viral AI Propaganda 05:06 Allbirds Goes AI Compute 07:45 Google Data Shared With ICE 10:16 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks

    11 мин.

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    Attacker Had Hit List of AI CEOs

    Altman Attack Plot, Wayback Machine Blocked, AI at Work Tops 50%, and Starlink Uses Grok for Support Host Jim Love covers four stories: police say the 20-year-old accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home allegedly carried a document listing AI CEOs, investors, and addresses and now faces attempted murder and federal charges; more news organizations are blocking the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine over concerns like AI training and paywall bypassing, risking loss of an independent record of how online information changes; Gallup finds AI use at work has surpassed 50% of U.S. employees, though an NBER survey reports over 80% of AI-using companies see no meaningful productivity gains; and Starlink rolls out Grok-based conversational AI for customer support, with Love testing it and finding it generally smooth despite some limitations. 00:00 Headlines And Intro 00:44 Altman Attack Details 02:48 Wayback Machine Blocked 05:01 AI Use Hits Majority 08:50 Starlink Support Goes AI 09:51 Calling The Grok Agent 12:02 Wrap Up And Sponsor

    13 мин.

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    France to Drop Windows for Linux

    France Ditches Windows for Linux, US Towns Vote on Data Centers, and Microsoft Eyes an AI "E7" Tier This episode covers France's April 8, 2026 order to end Windows on government workstations and migrate every ministry to a Linux-based sovereign stack, requiring full dependency mapping and migration plans by Autumn 2026 across desktops, collaboration, security, AI, databases, virtualization, and networks, centered on the Ubuntu-based "Les Suite Numérique," with prior GenBuntu police deployments cited for savings. It also examines growing US resistance to data centers after Port Washington, Wisconsin voters required future tax incentives to be approved by referendum, amid concerns over limited jobs and heavy power and water demand, with multiple states and federal proposals seeking pauses while other states keep incentives. Finally, it discusses reports that Microsoft may add a premium AI-focused enterprise tier ("E7") affecting AI-agent cost assumptions, and details mounting pressure on Sam Altman and OpenAI, including a Mac desktop app security issue, harsh media criticism, and attacks targeting Altman's home. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Headlines Preview 00:22 Welcome And Sponsor 00:46 France Ditches Windows 01:40 Sovereign Linux Stack 02:37 Europe Moves Off Teams 03:35 Data Centers Face Pushback 04:51 Energy Limits And Politics 06:53 Microsoft E7 AI Pricing 09:13 Altman Under Fire 11:53 Closing And Thanks

    13 мин.
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A daily news program covering the top stories in technology with a weekend in depth interview.

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    Jim Love
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    2017 - 2026
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