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Email salesman at Platformer and podcast co-host at Machine Gods, the official podcast of the singularity. In partnership with NPR.
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METR says the redactions leave readers more reliant on its judgment than the group considers ideal.
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Saudi Aramco is contributing about $2.6 billion in cash in 2026, plus AI, compute and digital assets.
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OpenAI reportedly plans community compacts and would propose state legislation giving people a say in data center projects.
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OpenAI reportedly plans to propose mandatory AI safeguards and state legislation giving communities a say in data center projects.
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TechCrunch reports that users can question matched AI expert profiles in group chats or ask a profile directly.
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Machine Gods says the researchers discuss METR’s investigation into the Hugging Face hack and challenge OpenAI’s rebuttal.
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Kevin Roose says @MachineGodsPod will feature @balesni and @tomekkorbak, two of three OpenAI safety researchers fired earlier in October.
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The Verge reports that US Pro and Max subscribers can join a waitlist for the research preview.
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Machine Gods' account calls it NPR's “official podcast of the singularity” and describes Roose and Newton seeing its new set.
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A poster jokes about putting an “I bought this before she went crazy” sticker on their Theranos device.
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A user joked that the distant arrival was a new “high score” and invited others to share theirs.
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9to5Google reports that users will be able to access their vibe-coded Android apps through the library.
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Meta AI Research says Active Memory retrieves relevant past details, while Active Focus helps Muse Wonder work through blockers.