It's time to panic about AI safety

It's a big week for new ideas about computers, so David and Nilay spend some time on Samsung's vision for foldables and Mark Zuckerberg's vision for AI agents that do absolutely everything. Then they talk about the fallout from last week's OpenAI Hugging Face hack, and whether all this talk about AI safety will actually amount to anything. Finally, it's time for Brendan Carr is a Dummy, the vertical video takeover, and the smashing success of the Ferrari Luce.

Further reading:

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future

Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ program to lease new devices

What’s the catch with the Apple Upgrade program?

Mark Zuckerberg is planning a big push into personal AI agents

Mark Zuckerberg wrote an op-ed about AI for the WSJ.

We’re running out of reasons to ignore AI safety

OpenAI reportedly didn’t notice its AI agent hacking Hugging Face until a week later.

Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face

AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

Former FCC chairs blast Carr’s early renewal of ABC licenses as an ‘assault on free speech.’

ABC demands FCC drop its ‘punitive’ early license renewal of its stations

Qualcomm is raising phone chip prices starting September 1st

The Ferrari Luce reportedly already hit its 2026 sales target

Samsung’s smartphone biz posts first ever loss, but profit still soars 1,300 percent on RAM.

Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok

YouTube Premium will include Peacock starting next year

HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts

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(Timestamps are approximate.)

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:00 Baby Announcement

00:06:00 Galaxy Z Fold

00:12:00 Apple Leasing Program

00:15:00 Kill Switch Concerns

00:19:00 Zuck Agent Future

00:34:00 AI Safety Week Recap

00:42:00 Regulation Versus China

00:49:00 Winning AI Race

00:53:00 Security Arms Race

00:57:00 Brendan Carr Is a Dummy

01:07:00 Facebook Becomes TikTok

01:12:00 Ramageddon Price Hikes

01:16:00 HBO Max Shorts

01:23:00 Ferrari Luce Buzz

01:26:00 Wrap Up and Plugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices