IM 869: My Sentience is Going Up - Chatbots in Charge

Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches.

• White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released • Elon Musk admits xAI distilled OpenAI models • Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence. • OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant update to make ChatGPT smarter with fewer emoji • Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic • Starting today, agents can now be Cloudflare customers. They can create a Cloudflare account, start a paid subscription, register a domain, and get back an API token to deploy code right away. https://t.co/qFgCivQTTi • We just launched the @Link CLI: https://t.co/nAjPpC2lbb. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time. • When Daawkins met Claude - UnHerd • I am one of those whose research points to the conclusion that the mind is computable. • Say Hello to the Internet of AI • The greatest capital misallocation in history? • AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California - California WaterBlog • China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same. • Academy announces major overhaul to rules • AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses • The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs • Have LLMs improved patient outcomes? • As workers worry about AI, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI is 'creating an enormous number of jobs' • Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores • California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws • Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy! • 'This is fine' creator says AI startup stole his art • Google DeepMind Takes Minority Stake in Maker of 'Eve Online' • He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame? • Empty Screenings • Furwall by Ollie Wagner • DataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AI • So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday's Internet • The Python Hunt • News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content • Vanishing Culture from the Internet Archive • Gigantic Gutenberg Bible page • Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Troy Hunt

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