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#41#70#99#128#157Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27#141Episode released Oct 15: Why Fortune 500 Companies Are Quietly Switching to Open ModelsEpisode released Oct 22: No One Likes Any of Sam Altman’s 3 AI Endgames | TWiAI E36
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Latest episodes

  • No One Likes Any of Sam Altman’s 3 AI Endgames | TWiAI E36

    October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    This Week In AI is made possible by PayPal: http://paypal.launch.co Today’s show: Sam Altman told OpenAI staff that there are only three ways for AI regulation to go: an international watchdog, every lab merging into one CERN-style…

  • Why Fortune 500 Companies Are Quietly Switching to Open Models

    October 15, 2026 · 49 min

    This Week In AI is made possible by: PayPal: http://paypal.launch.co Today’s show: Companies are spending $1 million on AI in a single month, but can’t always point directly to any resulting revenue. Jeffrey Morgan of Ollama joins Jason…

  • Data Centers Aren't Killing the Grid. They Could SAVE It.

    October 8, 2026 · 45 min

    Thanks to our partner, @Paypal! Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at https://paypal.launch.co/Today’s show:Demand for AI requires America to build data centers faster than the power…

  • 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…

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  • 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…

  • Is open source AI really ahead of the frontier? 3 builders weigh in. | E25

    August 6, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    This Week In Startups is made possible by: PAYPAL OPEN Today’s show: China’s Alibaba just dropped a 2.4 trillion parameter open weight model that the company claims only trails Anthropic’s flagship among the major frontier rivals. Of…

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An experts-only AI podcast: Think the 'All In' podcast for AI. Jason + 3 CEO-level experts breaking down the news & trends.