Intelligent Machines 859: What's Behind the Fox?

What happens when the creator of Stack Overflow decides he's going to take on rural poverty with a guaranteed minimum income—and bankrolls it himself? Find out why Jeff Atwood believes AI and philanthropy might matter more to the American dream than any new software ever could.

• Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight • Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems • Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude • How will OpenAI compete? — Benedict Evans • My first vibe coding project! • Anthropic Links AI Agent With Tools for Investment Banking, HR • THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS • QuitGPT is going viral — 700,000 users are reportedly ditching ChatGPT for these AI rivals • IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat • OpenAI's first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera • ChatGPT spits out surprising insight in particle physics • "Clavicular was mid jestergooning when a group of Foids came and spiked his Cortisol levels 😭 Is Ignoring the Foids while munting and mogging Moids more useful then SMV chadfishing in the club?" • Perplexity may have built a better OpenClaw | The Deep View • Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw • Gemini 3.1 Pro • Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements • You can now make Alexa's AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out • Claude Remote-Control • Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox • OpenAI engineer's OpenClaw agent accidentally sends $450K to a Twitter rando • AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations • More Than Half of Teens Use Chatbots for Schoolwork, Survey Finds • What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework? • AI Now Helps Manage 16% of America's Apartments • LLM-Generated Passwords Look Strong but Crack in Hours, Researchers Find • Hacker Used Anthropic's Claude To Steal Sensitive Mexican Data - Slashdot • Uber employees have an AI clone of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — and use 'Dara AI' before talking to the big boss himself • Men 'yell' at AI in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS 80% more than women • It's Called the 'Fitbit for Farts'—and It's No Joke • I Taught My Dog to Vibe Code Games | Caleb Leak • This app alerts you when it detects Meta camera glasses nearby • Famous Signatures Through History • Finally got a Fujifilm! • I'm addicted to NYT Crossplay • Jeff's new friends • How far back in time can you understand English?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jeff Atwood

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