Kara and Scott debate Sydney Sweeney’s latest controversial ad. Raging Moderates co-host Jessica Tarlov joins to discuss Canada cozying up to Europe, and the art of political disagreement. Then, Universal's cold feet about the Elon Musk documentary, Mark Zuckerberg’s motives in the AI debate, and Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon find common ground. And.. ... Show More
Sep 15
AI Panic: Dario’s Warning, Trump’s Dismissal, and OpenAI’s IPO Delay
Kara and Scott unpack the recent AI panic, as Dario Amodei calls for a slowdown, Donald Trump dismisses concerns, and Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public this year. Then, they discuss Mark Carney’s push for closer ties with the EU, and why Canada and the U.S. may not be gettin ... Show More
58m 17s
Sep 11
Trump's 9/11 Fiction, a Major AI Warning, and Apple's Foldable iPhone
Scott Free August is officially over, and Scott is back! Kara and Scott run through the biggest news he missed in August before unpacking President Trump's shifting 9/11 story and a disturbing new AI warning. Then, Trump makes a $5,000 cash promise to voters, Apple unveils its fi ... Show More
1h 7m
Apr 2018
Facebook agonistes. Really agonizing. Ad-supported apps like them some data. Sino-US trade tensions and Chinese cyber espionage. Russian wet work and disinformation. Western reprisals.
In today's podcast we hear that Facebook's troubles are getting worse: more people's data were scraped, deleted videos were archived by Facebook, and so on. Appthority finds a more general problem with ad-supported apps: they're all hungry for data. Sino-American trade disputes a ... Show More
20m 55s