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THIS BILLION SECONDS: AI@70 -- EP 5 THE AGE OF COGNITION
September 13, 2026 · 13 minInvesting your cognition surplus. Within the next year we'll have "good enough" AI running on our smartphones, walking around with an extra 'brain in our pocket'. In our series final, we look forward into a future where we're all living…
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THIS BILLION SECONDS: AI@70 -- EP4 AI COMES HOME
September 6, 2026 · 13 minAI@70 Episode 4 - AI COMES HOME AI models get 'trained' inside massive data centres, using some of the most powerful computers ever built. We've now learned how to make those models small enough to run on a laptop. Seventy years after it…
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THIS BILLION SECONDS: AI@70 -- EP 3: TALK TO THE CLAW
August 30, 2026 · 10 minPete Steinberger set the world on fire with OpenClaw, the first general-purpose agent - and one with a soul. We'll look at how being in the right time and the right place with the right vibe fundamentally changed the public perception of…
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THIS BILLION SECONDS: AI@70 EP 2 -- THE WATERSHED
August 21, 2026 · 10 minTHE NEXT BILLION SECONDS: AI@70 EP 2: THE WATERSHED ChatGPT opened the door to artificial intelligence. Almost immediately, researchers built 'agents' using it - but three years of hard yards passed before agents were 'good enough' to be…
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THIS BILLION SECONDS: AI @ 70 Ep 1: AI TAKES THE PENSION
August 16, 2026 · 11 minTHIS BILLION SECONDS AI @ 70 -- EPISODE ONE: AI TAKES THE PENSION On the 17th August 1956, artificial intelligence was born. The founders of the field reckoned they'd have thinking machines equivalent to humans in five year, perhaps…
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Pokemon Go used to train killer drones (RNZ Nine to Noon rebroadcast)
June 18, 2026 · 15 minOn RNZ's "Nine to Noon" Mark gave host Kathryn Ryan an update on the US export controls on the "Fable 5" AI model - and how that's causing them trouble with their allies, who had already integrated it into workflows. Then they'll look at…
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Unsafe AI? Anthropic's Fable 5 - an AI that may be too smart for its own good (RNZ "Nine To Noon" rebroadcast)
June 15, 2026 · 12 minOn Friday 12 June, AI powerhouse Anthropic cut off all access to their latest-and-greatest "Fable 5" AI model. Based on the incredibly powerful Mythos - which has the capacity to hack into almost any computer - Fable had safeguards to…
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RNZ "Nine To Noon" - Vulnageddon, RAMageddon and ChatGPT Goblins?
May 14, 2026 · 18 minHost Kathryn Ryan in conversation with Mark, profiling the concerning capability of Anthropic's Mythos AI model to hack into the most protected systems - now it seems other AI models are just as powerful. RAMageddon could be on the way…
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RNZ rebroadcast- Does Anthropic's Mythos threaten us all?
April 9, 2026 · 17 minOn "Nine to Noon" host Kathryn Ryan and Mark discuss Anthropic's latest 'Mythos' AI model, considered so dangerous to cybersecurity the company has set up a cross-company partnership to work on patching all of the hacks it found. Will…
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RNZ Nine to Noon Replay: Anthropic vs. the Department of War
March 5, 2026 · 18 minLeading AI firm Anthropic drew two red lines on their work with the newly renamed US 'Department of War': No mass surveillance of Americans, and no autonomous weapons. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hesgeth threatened to declare Anthropic a…
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RNZ Nine To Noon Replay: French social media ban, Microsoft encryption sharing
January 29, 2026 · 19 minRNZ replay 30 January 2026 In conversation with RNZ "Nine to Noon" host Kathryn Ryan, we look at the recent massive layoffs at Amazon, France's social media laws for under 15s, Microsoft giving the keys to your data kingdom to the FBI…
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THE AGETECH AEON #2 - CAN TECH CARE FOR US?
December 9, 2025 · 23 minAbby Bloom, Catherine Ball and I (along with Sally Dominguez) are heading back to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to see the latest innovations in 'agetech' - technologies that help restore ability and increase agency as we age…

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