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  • Does Rogue AI Really Exist?

    October 21, 2026 · 32 min

    An OpenAI agent accessed non-public data on a government Medicare portal. The exploit wasn’t sophisticated. Now suddenly everyone’s talking about rogue AI. But does it really exist? Aubrey’s position is that it doesn’t. Not that the…

  • The Pope and AI

    June 2, 2026 · 31 min

    Pope Leo just released a 42,000 word encyclical on AI. Kara and Aubrey read it so you don't have to.Magnifica Humanitas landed on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the Catholic Church's landmark statement on the Industrial…

  • What do AI Tech Billionaires Believe?

    May 25, 2026 · 34 min

    What do the elite building AI actually believe?Kara and Aubrey dig into TESCREAL (transhumanism, extropianism, singletarianism, cosmism, effective altruism and long-termism) the ideology quietly animating some of the most powerful people…

  • Age Verification

    May 18, 2026 · 38 min

    Last year Australia banned kids from social media, but 61% of them are still on it.Kara and Aubrey dig into what prompted the ban, what some research suggests about social media's impact on youth mental health, and why expecting parents to…

  • Should We Be Kind To AI?

    May 11, 2026 · 45 min

    Do you say please and thank you to your AI? One of us does. One of us doesn't. Both of us have thought about it way too hard.In this episode, Kara Bombell and Aubrey Blanche spiral from basic AI manners into moral philosophy (are AIs…

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  • Techno-Feudalism

    May 11, 2026 · 35 min

    Cloud compute is the new land. We pay to work on it. Someone else owns it. Sound familiar?In episode two, Kara Bombell and Aubrey Blanche get into Yanis Varoufakis's techno-feudalism thesis and why it might be the most useful frame we have…

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About the show

The bAIbes is a podcast for people who want their AI analysis sharp, honest, and a little irreverent. Hosted by two former technology executives — we bring deep Australian tech industry experience to the conversations that matter: AI's social impact, political dimensions, and what responsible transformation actually looks like for real organisations. No hype. No hand-wringing. Just two women who know what they’re talking about. We're hot and we know stuff.