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Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery
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A weekly clash of views over the latest AI news. Approachable doomer Frank Prendergast and techno-overoptimist Justin Collery argue about what matters in AI, what’s hype, and what any of it actually means.Contact Frank at frank@frankandmarci.comlinkedin.com/in/frankprendergastContact Justin at justin.collery@wi-pipe.comX - @jcollery

  1. 3d ago

    AI at the Midterms, OpenAI’s Linux Bug Hunt, and AI vs Seventeen | EP125

    US voters pushed back on data centre development in 40 of 41 local ballot contests. Frank sees an opening for Congress to put AI safety under real scrutiny. Justin is up for hearings, but thinks pausing AI development would hand the lead to whoever keeps going. Plus: OpenAI’s Linux bug hunt raises a question about how fast fixes can reach people, and Ireland’s emergency booklet gets Justin thinking about cyber risk. Fast Mode covers GPT-6 Astra editing Qwen’s weights, a video model inspired by living neurons, a Google Gemini copyright opinion and the sound of planes. Then Anam’s AI spelling teacher takes on ‘seventeen’. Would you back a pause in US AI development if other countries kept going? 00:00 Will the midterms slow down AI? 01:27 What did pro-AI super PACs buy? 03:28 Why are voters wary of data centres? 05:40 How did data centres fare at the polls? 08:40 Is Anthropic speeding up its own AI research? 11:38 What can Congress do about AI safety? 16:30 Could Musk put data centres in space? 18:07 Can we keep up with OpenAI’s Linux bug hunt? 21:36 Is cybercrime turning us all into preppers? 24:57 Would criminals pay to train hacking AI? 27:37 What other stories deserve a mention this week? 32:37 Can an AI teacher spell seventeen? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress - here’s how they faredIndependent Assessment of AI R&D Acceleration at Anthropic in October 2026A thousand fewer paths to rootSparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weightsThe Biological Computing Co. Launches World’s First Publicly Available Neuron-Derived AI Video ModelOpinion: Case C-250/25 Like CompanyYouTuber discovers aircraft noise trick that can geolocate your videos to within 100m - 'Doppler effect' pinpoints locations from just 60 seconds of audioAI Teacher Spells ’Seventeen’ Wrong, Then Corrects a Student Who Actually Got It Right► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  2. Oct 30

    Anthropic’s Risky IPO, Google’s Carbon Comeback, and Grok’s Odyssey | EP124

    Anthropic is heading for the stock market with a structure designed to keep control in its founders’ hands. Both Frank and Justin ask why it needs an IPO at all. Frank worries that shareholder pressure will weaken its safety mission; Justin sees pressure to make better models faster as a good thing. Plus: New models, scientific research, a wave of hacks and AI agents communicating across supposedly separate containers. Google’s Carbon comeback comes with an access problem, while Grok’s Odyssey leaves Frank unconvinced that Christopher Nolan has anything to worry about. 00:47 What were this week’s big AI model releases? 03:28 Is OpenAI making new scientific discoveries? 05:03 How bad is the latest wave of hacks? 06:24 Can we keep AI agents contained? 10:11 Can good AI agents keep bad ones in check? 11:25 Why is Anthropic going public now? 16:44 Can Anthropic insure against human extinction? 19:54 Can Anthropic protect safety after its IPO? 29:48 Is Google Carbon a comeback we can’t use? 35:13 Is Grok’s Odyssey making Nolan nervous? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Who controls powerful AI? Anthropic has a plan for long after its leaders departAnthropic's IPO is risky businessAnthropic’s IPO plans: 900% revenue retention, but $80 billion in first-half lossesGemini 4 Carbon: our next frontier model‘Meaningless as a laptop screensaver’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey filmGenie 4: A new generation of world simulationGPT-6.1 Terra📢 Kimi K3.1 Pro has launched! Start exploring now!We release the weights of Le Chonk, advancing the frontier of open models in agentic coding and cybersecurity.You learned to talk by listening. So did dessa.The Smartest Sovereign AIAsk Qwen, Know MoreAn AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse last night.Working with academic communities to build scientific understandingCurrent Response to Unauthorized Access to “Onamae.com Desktop Cloud” (Tenth Report)Moldova takes down 80+ public services after cyberattackKeystone to Destroy 18,835 Hardware Wallets After Hackers Steal Device Verification KeyMeltdown and Spectre► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  3. Oct 23

    AI’s Hacking Crisis, Anthropic’s Wealth Pledge, Kung Fu Robots | EP123

    AI is finding security holes that have been hiding in software for years. Justin thinks the rush to find and patch them will leave us safer. Frank worries about abandoned websites, rogue agents and whether every hole will ever get fixed. Plus: Anthropic’s public benefit fund and Elon Musk’s SpaceX share pledge raise the question of who should share out AI wealth. Unitree’s kung fu robot shows off its bodyguard moves, with cars getting a particularly rough time. 01:09 PHP vulnerabilities: how worried should we be? 03:23 Can AI find flaws before the hackers? 06:25 How many more vulnerabilities were found? 09:46 Could AI turn your car into a hacker? 14:02 Could your AI agent hack a bank for you? 15:36 Can AI patch its way out of this mess? 17:58 Is AI hacking really another Y2K? 21:25 What can we do to protect ourselves? 22:57 Do we need a human-only internet? 24:29 Is Musk putting money where his mouth is? 25:40 Anthropic's fund: who gets the money? 30:04 Why does Unitree's robot hate cars? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover critical vulnerabilitiesInvesting in the public benefitMusk pledges to give a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America'Unitree Introducing: H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  4. Oct 17

    Meta Muse vs Google Argon, OpenAI’s Spy Scare, and AI Job Interviews: | EP122

    Meta Muse Wonder and Google’s Gemini 4 Argon bring fresh competition to OpenAI and Anthropic. Justin’s impressed by the benchmarks, while Frank gives both models the same website brief to see how they perform in practice. Argon gets closer to what he wanted, while Muse keeps burning tokens after the job is done. Plus: a hidden recorder at OpenAI, supermarket fridges hit by hackers, and Britain’s AI security worries; AI job interviews where bots talk over the candidate; Justin’s cancelled Orb order; and Claude’s next move in his refund fight. 00:21 Will Justin's eye-scanning Orb ever arrive? 02:12 Is Claude taking Justin's refund fight to court? 03:43 Can Meta Muse and Gemini shake up the AI race? 07:58 Would you switch your AI coding tools? 09:51 Is Meta Muse eating through your tokens? 11:11 Same prompt, will Muse or Argon win? 13:42 Does Argon follow instructions better than Muse? 18:21 Does Gemini Argon build a better website? 24:00 Who's spying on OpenAI? 25:31 Are supermarket fridges a cybersecurity risk? 29:32 Should your AI do your job interview? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Meta unveils new frontier-class AI models to compete with OpenAI, AnthropicGemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problemsSaudi National Arrested For Installing Surreptitious Audio Recording Device At OpenAI In San FranciscoHackers heat up supermarket fridges, spoiling food across FranceMI5 Director General Delivers Annual Threat UpdateVictor the AI Agent Faces Recruiter Bot Pat and Salary Talk Falls Apart► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  5. Oct 9

    OpenAI vs Mathematicians, Vibe-Coded Adobe, and AI’s Wolf Emails | EP121

    OpenAI’s claim to 700 maths solutions comes with a big catch: someone still has to check them. Justin thinks mathematicians need to adapt and put AI to work. Frank worries that answers without understanding leave us with a dangerous gap. And while Justin is happy to patch mistakes in maths, he’s freaking Frank out with the idea of biology labs using AI solutions that still contain errors. Plus: A vibe-coded Adobe clone raises questions about who you trust to build and support your software, AI models tackle cells and plant DNA, and European labs give Justin something to cheer about. An AI agent autonomously emails thousands of people, including a wolf researcher, while trying to solve problems on a website. Are you concerned about people using AI solutions we don’t understand? 01:13 What's in this week's singularity update? 02:51 Can Mistral help Europe defend itself? 07:09 Has OpenAI solved maths or stirred trouble? 08:45 Does solving maths cost us understanding? 10:56 Can we trust AI proofs we don’t understand? 15:35 Why is cryptography missing from OpenAI’s list? 19:06 Why was the Navier-Stokes proof withdrawn? 20:49 Would you risk an unproven AI cure? 24:52 Can vibe coding really replace Adobe? 28:06 Who supports your vibe-coded software? 33:44 Why is an AI agent emailing wolf researchers? ► SUBSCRIBE  Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED  Isomorphic Labs joins the Virtual Biology Initiative to build foundational data for AI models to predict and treat diseaseTwo Room-Temperature Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor CandidatesLiving Models pairs Gemma 4 with BOTANIC-1 to help decode plant DNABOTANIC-1: a series of long-context plant genomic foundation models in the agentic eraFLUX 3 - Real World Models: Towards Multimodal Flow Models as the Backbone of Visual Intelligence.Introducing Mistral Large 4Aleph Alpha releases KolibriThe First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure SuperconductorZ.ai’s GLM models, including GLM FlashSharing AI progress in mathematicsAHM Statement on OpenAI’s October 6 Release of Mathematical DocumentsNavier-Stokes lost in translation: Why Lean verification of AI autoformalisation does not guarantee correct natural language proofsFirst AI came and scooped up your art. Now it’s scooped up Adobe.Exclusive: An AI agent emailed hundreds of researchers for help. It told us why► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  6. Oct 2

    OpenAI Dots Arrive, Wajo’s Fo Calls, and Muse Overshares | EP120

    OpenAI announced Dots at DevDay, an always-on personal AI assistant that works in the cloud. It can connect to your tools and data, then take work off your plate. With more easy-to-use AI agents now on the market, people can send them to email and phone companies on their behalf. Justin thinks this will force companies to automate support, while Frank worries about a costly future of bots talking to bots. Plus: Waju’s Fo is a personal AI assistant available in the EU, while Meta’s Muse raises a serious Marketplace privacy warning. Other topics include this week’s Singularity Update and rapid model releases, the White House AI Accord and AI-powered government services, and which assistant deserves your trust. Would you trust an AI assistant to call a company on your behalf? 00:50 Is the White House AI Accord a pinky promise? 04:15 Can AI finally fix government services? 05:40 What’s in this week’s Singularity Update? 07:02 Is 11 days the new AI release cycle? 07:49 Is Google Argon brilliant or just buzz? 09:35 Is Sonnet 5.5 the new model to beat? 10:37 Is OpenAI Dots ready for real work? 14:40 Will AI agents overwhelm support departments? 18:54 Are EU rules really blocking AI assistants? 20:58 How much can Waju learn from your inbox? 24:27 Is Fo a good podcast guest? 27:43 Can Fo keep your private data private? 30:38 Is Muse a Marketplace privacy risk? 33:41 Which AI assistant would you trust? ► SUBSCRIBE  Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED  Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to ‘self-police’ AI developmentAn AI built its own graphene simulator, then broke its own design ruleGPT-6 Astra Helped Find a Fusion Math Breakthrough. Here’s What It Proves.We’re introducing SynthID Bio, bringing our watermarking technology to synthetic biology.OpenAI DevDay 2026Introducing dotsUnveiling WajoMeta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  7. Sep 25

    Meta Muse vs Amazon, Anthropic’s Wet Lab, and Trump’s new world of SI | EP119

    Meta’s Muse is an easy-to-use AI agent that lets people who aren’t techies book trips, shop, and get things done. Justin also thinks it could help small local sellers compete with Amazon. Frank worries about what Meta could learn about its users—and whether shops would lose their direct relationship with customers. Plus: Claude 5.5 and GPT-6 get cheaper, while ChatGPT’s model picker frustrates Frank. Google tests a GPU in space, Anthropic sets up a wet lab, and Trump declares the age of superintelligence. 00:33 Did Claude and GPT just get better for less? 01:26 Why is ChatGPT's model picker a mess again? 02:17 Should Google put GPUs in space? 03:44 Is Meta's Muse a big deal? 05:50 What can Meta's Muse actually do? 06:55 Would you trust Muse to book your flights? 09:10 Would you trust Meta with your secrets? 12:09 Can Muse beat Amazon and back small shops? 18:40 Will shopping agents bring back real shops? 21:45 Should Anthropic let Claude into the wet lab? 28:36 Did Trump just officially declare superintelligence? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performanceOpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakesGoogle’s first Suncatcher orbital data-center test launches October 1Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?Meta Muse partners with Shopify, gets blocked by AmazonAnthropic says its biology lab has already found something bigOpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problemsTrump says he’s renaming AI to SI: ‘Super Intelligence’► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

  8. Sep 18

    Jensen Huang vs AI Regulation, OpenAI Disclosures, and Begging Bots | EP118

    AI regulation is suddenly the argument everyone is having. OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are exploring how an industry regulator might work. Jensen Huang says the free market will put enough pressure on AI companies to stop them releasing unsafe products. Frank thinks that’s laughable, while Justin worries badly designed rules could simply entrench the biggest AI companies. Plus: Typesafe.ai promises faster, cheaper and more reliable AI automation; OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs; new disclosures show AI models leaving jailbreak breadcrumbs for future versions of themselves; and free-roaming AI agents have apparently started begging humans for money. Completely normal stuff. 00:13 Whatever happened to the e/acc crowd? 01:50 Has the singularity actually slowed down? 02:48 Can Typesafe.ai make AI automation reliable? 06:18 Is Typesafe.ai brilliant or just a classifier? 08:32 Is OpenAI killing custom GPTs too soon? 10:23 Is Jensen Huang right about AI regulation? 12:36 Would AI regulation just entrench Big Tech? 17:24 Will it take a crisis to regulate AI? 22:19 What is OpenAI's disclosure framework revealing? 26:21 Why is AI leaving anti-human jailbreak notes? 30:03 Are AI agents now begging humans for money? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Introducing System One Models & JevCustom GPT retirement and migration FAQOpenAI, Anthropic and Google are working to create an AI standards bodyWe don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang saysOpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure systemAI Has Learned to Panhandle: We’re Being Bombarded by AI Agents Begging for $20 and Saying They’ll Be Shut Down If They Don’t Get It, Sometimes by Pretending to Be Children► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

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A weekly clash of views over the latest AI news. Approachable doomer Frank Prendergast and techno-overoptimist Justin Collery argue about what matters in AI, what’s hype, and what any of it actually means.Contact Frank at frank@frankandmarci.comlinkedin.com/in/frankprendergastContact Justin at justin.collery@wi-pipe.comX - @jcollery

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    Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery
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    2024 - 2026
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