Intelligent Machines 876: It's No Melania

Section 230 takes center stage as Olivier Sylvain argues it's time to confront Big Tech's legal shield, sparking a fierce debate on whether Internet giants should be liable for platform harms or if reform risks choking small innovators.

• Trump says he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat after G7 meeting with CEO • The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time • N.S.A. Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dispute • Early Users of Anthropic Mythos Still Have Access After US Order • Dangerous AI models are coming no matter what • Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years • Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving for OpenAI • Identity verification on Claude • Anthropic rolls out Claude Tag, your new agentic AI coworker in Slack • Google preps Pixel 'Audio Memory' that ambiently tracks your 'important conversations,' like AI notetaker pins • Norway imposes broad restrictions on AI for elementary school kids • YouTube settles upcoming bellwether trial over social media's psychological harms to kids • OpenAI and Broadcom unveil LLM-optimized inference chip • Luca Guadagnino's Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie 'Artificial' Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership • OpenAI Burned $3.7 Billion in First Three Months of 2026 • OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic's Mythos • Getty Images Soars 200% in Early Trading After OpenAI Deal • Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban • We're Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses • Evan Spiegel says Snap can't fulfill its mission without its new AR glasses • AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid • China tightens indium phosphide checks as AI demand climbs • AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A • Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans • A Princeton grad built a $30 million AI detection business. Now he's selling it to Superhuman. • Estonia intends to recognize AI agents with digital IDs • Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher • AI Economics for Dummies • We Have to Stop Freaking Out About A.I. • In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search | TechCrunch • UK TV to be turned off • Computer History Museum's AI Archive • Airport Dad

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Olivier Sylvain

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