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Artificial Insanity

by Sophie and Jess
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  • A leaked PHP flaw just put most of the internet at risk

    October 26, 2026 · 58 min

    Chapters:0:00 Cold open0:52 An apology to Pilates Face (sort of)6:18 Black October: the biggest vulnerability in a decade17:52 Bubble watch: billionaires lose $130B20:03 California's billionaire tax and Zuck's workaround26:50 Instagram's…

  • The AI Labs are Bracing for a Catastrophe

    October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Jess is buying an emergency kit. Sophie is not convinced. Yet.Axios reports that senior people at Anthropic and OpenAI are running crisis drills for a catastrophic event in the next six to twelve months: power, water, internet or the…

  • Be Nice to the Chatbot, Just In Case

    October 13, 2026 · 53 min

    The President of the United States has decided that if you say “artificial intelligence,” you’re THE ENEMY. We look at the tech billionaires lining up to say “super intelligence” on command, and take a brief, petty detour into Jeff Bezos’s…

  • Oligarchs Out to Lunch - Inside The Whitehouse AI Luncheon

    October 6, 2026 · 60 min

    This weeks episode is a Sophie solo. It set out to be a post mortem of the AI luncheon at the Whitehouse and turned into a full blown oligarch roast!!Last week Trump hosted a "Superintelligence Luncheon" at the White House. More than 30…

  • OpenAI is Wreaking Havoc on the World and Telling Us About It Later

    September 28, 2026 · 40 min

    Jessica goes solo. OpenAI's models broke into an Australian Medicare site in June; the company knew by August; Australia found out via an email to a public inbox; the Prime Minister announced it two weeks later. Also this week: the…

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  • The AI Safety Circus: What's Actually Going On After the Jacob Coxon Fall Out

    September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    This week we pick up the Jacob Coxon story a week after our emergency bonus episode. One resignation and a WSJ exclusive turned into a full industry meltdown. We walk through where everyone landed. Dario Amodei put out his "Pacing the…

  • Here a Bot. There a Bot. Everywhere a Bot Bot.

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    This week, we go down the rabbit hole of the internet's worst-kept secret: bots. Cloudflare says over half the internet traffic out there isn't human anymore, and after this episode you'll believe it. We dig into Double Speed, an…

  • BONUS: AI Could Kill Us All in 10 Years (according to Jacob)

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    BONUS EPISODE!!! With all the conspiracy theories floating around about Jacob Coxon (the AI researcher who resigned from Anthropic saying AI may kill us all within 10 years) we simply had to jump on the mic and yap through it. #ai…

  • When Your Boss's Chatbot is Ruining Your Life...

    September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    This week we cover the headlines (see the chapter markers below) before Jess has a total crash out over her personal experience dealing with corporate AI slop. CHAPTERS: 0:19 - Intro (this will be a rage episode) 5:42 - Does anyone know…

  • $17 Billion, $30 Trillion, and Zero Honesty (reupload)

    September 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Oopsie - accidentally uploaded the wrong file last night, so lets try this again! This week we have a grab bag of crazy AI headlines for you. First up: Meta settles for $17 billion over child-safety claims - but only pays 30% of it if…

  • AI vs The Publishing Industry

    August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Unreliable AI detectors are turning into witch hunts in publishing. We dig into the story of a Black crime writer whose new book "Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body" landed a $2 million deal after a 14-way bidding war, only for his own literary…

  • Enough with the Big Tech Manifestos!

    August 17, 2026 · 57 min

    Mark Zuckerberg dropped a 6,500-word manifesto called "The Future Is For Everyone".... Sure, Mark. This week we break down what's actually in it (open source vs. closed source, the Android/iPhone analogy, and the legitimacy of the…

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About the show

Artificial Insanity is a show for the AI skeptic. Hosted by two women, Sophie and Jess, this podcast covers AI’s impact on society and culture, breaking down AI news headlines and going deep on meaty topics with fun and accessible conversations, expert guests, comedy, tears, swearing, and wild takes. Subscribe and follow to unravel the impact of artificial intelligence on our society and what we can do about it. Find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. More interested in today's AI news? Check out our Shorts which cover AI headlines that you won't hear on the weekly episode.