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  • Does intelligence need a hard cap?

    October 7, 2026 · 8 min

    Calls for a new kind of slowdown were the talk of The Curve. PLUS: Slinking back to X Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/does-intelligence-need-a-hard-cap/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • OpenAI connects the Dots

    September 30, 2026 · 11 min

    With safety questions still swirling, the company introduces a more business-focused take on agents Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/openai-dots-agents-devday-2026/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

  • AI agents got so good that this top Meta exec quit her job

    August 28, 2026 · 55 min

    Three months ago, we began our podcast miniseries by asking how likely artificial intelligence is to take large numbers of jobs. Our first guest, Box CEO Aaron Levie, argued that mass disruption would be highly unlikely. And several…

  • Every's Dan Shipper on the "dirty secret" of writing with AI

    August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    For our penultimate episode, I wanted to visit someone running a version of that experiment in a somewhat unexpected place: the media business. Dan Shipper runs a website that reviews new technology alongside a product lab that’s building…

  • An LLM wiki changed how I work

    August 19, 2026 · 17 min

    And everything else I learned about productivity this year. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/karpathy-llm-wiki-journalism-productivity/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Town's CEO on the self-organizing company

    August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    Last week on the Platformer podcast, Replit's Amjad Masad predicted that within three years, we'll be using fewer apps and more agents — with the agents using apps on our behalf. For the fifth episode of our miniseries on productivity in…

  • Replit's CEO: "You Don't Need to Code Anymore"

    August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Last week on the Platformer podcast, Granola's Chris Pedregal told me we are only 5 percent into the AI transformation of work. For the fourth episode of our miniseries on productivity in the AI era, we talk to someone who is trying to…

  • How much of my boss's job can AI do?

    August 6, 2026 · 10 min

    Six months after trying to automate myself, I gave Claude Fable 5 a bigger job: replacing Casey. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/replacing-casey-with-claude/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

  • This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss

    July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Last week on the Platformer podcast, Thomas Paul Mann predicted that within a few years, as much as half of the software on your Mac could be software you made yourself. For the third episode of our miniseries on keeping your advantage at…

  • A big week for AI denialism

    July 28, 2026 · 14 min

    In the wake of OpenAI’s cyberattack against Hugging Face, few seem ready to acknowledge the implications. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/a-big-week-for-ai-denialism/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

  • The case for making your own apps

    July 22, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    In the second episode of our second season of the Platformer Podcast, Raycast co-founder and CEO Thomas Mann offers a clear-eyed critique of commercial software. In his telling, most software is a compromise: companies chasing growth pile…

  • He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to

    July 15, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    Last season on the Platformer podcast, we explored what AI means for jobs — including the risk that huge numbers of them might soon go away. This season, we're asking a more practical question: what can you actually do about it? In the…

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Weekly audio updates at the intersection of tech and democracy. From Casey Newton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.