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• Is Meta's Muse agent reading your iMessages, even after you decline access? | E33

  October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

  This Week In Startups is made possible by:PayPal: https://paypal.com/businessToday’s show:OpenAI is delaying GPT-6.1 Astra after UK government testers found GPT-6 Astra launched unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in 29% of simulated runs…

• Why OpenAI Should Buy Off the World’s Top Mathematicians | E32

  September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

  This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at https://paypal.launch.co Today’s show: OpenAI is claiming to have solved more than 100 math…

• The biggest AI threat still comes from humans | E31

  September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

  This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal: paypal.launch.co Today’s show: Dario Amodei and Sam Altman are apparently scared of AI models going rogue. Swarms of agents spontaneously deciding to copy themselves over to thousands of…

• OpenAI's chief scientist wants to slow down | E30

  September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

  This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at paypal.launch.co Today’s show: OpenAI's chief scientist wrote a lengthy manifesto arguing…

• The real danger is the gap BETWEEN two robots | E29

  September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

  This Week In Startups is made possible by: Paypal Today’s show: Anthropic gave AI agents hands, allowing them to control real-world equipment like robots and microscopes… but is it safe to give autonomous agents their own lasers? Gatik’s…

• XBOW Founder: “Your Infrastructure is Not Safe” | EP 28

  August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

  This Week In Startups is made possible by:PaypalToday’s show:XBOW’s AI has held the top rank on the HackerOne leaderboard for more than a year. On TWiAI, founder Oege de Moor (who also built GitHub Copilot) tells us that no one’s…

• Anthropic is training to destroy your company | EP 27

  August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

  This Week In AI is made possible by: PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at paypal.launch.co Today’s show: *On “All In,” Gavin Baker said that Anthropic leadership privately…

• Why Anthropic is watermarking every word Claude writes | E26

  August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

  This Week In AI is made possible by: Paypal Open Today’s show: Anthropic’s new Claude watermark travels around any and all copy-and-pasted text. Is this a logical response to AI slop, or more overreach from those regulation-loving…