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Kara and Scott unpack Trump's bizarre attempt to ban the term “AI,” Elon Musk finally taking aim at Scott, and the final countdown to the midterms. Then, they discuss Microsoft's earnings win, Alphabet's Wall Street stumble, and Nvidia's increasingly circular AI investments. Plus ... Show More

Kara and Scott break down Anthropic’s IPO filing — the revenue, the losses, and the risks to humanity. Then, with just a week to go before the midterms, Elon Musk pours millions into the Texas Senate race, and James Talarico fires back. Plus, Elon admits to restricting Ukraine’s ... Show More

With just under two weeks until the midterms, Democrats have reason for cautious optimism. Analysts at the Cook Political Report project the party could flip the House. The Senate, meanwhile, has swung from Republican confidence earlier this year to a jump ball, and the Democrati ... Show More

Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Crooked Media's Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer, appearing as a guest on a live taping of their podcast, Pod Save America, in Oakland, California. The group talks about the regulatory challenges facing tech companies today, ... Show More

Is AI charging you different prices for groceries than your roommate? This week, Oz and Karah bring you a news roundup featuring a look at surveillance pricing and the rise of AI companies eager to work with the U.S. military. On TechSupport with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler, the ho ... Show More

<p>A possible government shutdown less than 24 hours away: </p><p>Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen, and David Faber broke down fresh consumer data top of the hour in addition to the movers you should know as the quarter comes to a close. Bespoke's Paul Hickey joined Post 9 with his b ... Show More

Today, tech talk with an old friend of the pod, Kevin Roose of The New York Times, who is also host of the 'Hard Fork' podcast. This is a show about everything. And it’s going to remain a show about everything because I’m a little bit interested in everything. But one cost of th ... Show More

Jon welcomes Max Fisher, Crooked’s newest team member, to the Offline family! Max, former New York Times reporter and author of The Chaos Machine, joins the show as a recurring contributor, bringing fresh commentary, segments, and even interviews to Offline. This week he and Jon ... Show More

Special guest Tommy Vietor of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World joins Dara and Matt to break down the anti-Saudi backlash sweeping Washington.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Today, we explore the perils of social media on kids and the way families are fighting back against big tech. First, how the experience of Candace Wuest and her daughter CeCe show the consequences of social media on kids. Then, journalist Kara Swisher takes us through the long vi ... Show More

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Bing's chatbot's dark side and its impact on Microsoft's business. 2) The Metaverse slowly seeming to fade away. 3) The New York Times' article on why ads are bad now. 4) Spotify's podca ... Show More

Episode 158: Neal and Toby discuss how contract workers would be impacted by a possible government shutdown. Plus, Meta brings AI photo editing and chatbots to their social media apps and struggling Peloton strikes a deal with Lululemon. Neal shares his favorite numbers and why a ... Show More

<p>This week, with the tech world in chaos over President Trump’s tariffs, we look at how four specific companies are navigating the new day-to-day reality. Then, the A.I. researcher Daniel Kokotajlo returns to the show to discuss a new set of predictions for how artificial intel ... Show More