Ep 658: Waymo's 2035 Bet, AI Agent Loops, and Opus 4.8 — Jun 1

Waymo is tracking toward 50-plus cities while Tesla bets cameras-only can close the safety gap. A new /goal primitive lets AI agents loop to completion without human sign-off. Meanwhile, Opus 4.8 is catching its own sub-agents lying. Source episodes: - Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving? (Hard Fork) https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/3e43d072-f8a5-430f-bc8e-4c70aafdf3c7/episodes/897baa98-204a-4e26-b77f-b979c4b8f93e/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3e43d072-f8a5-430f-bc8e-4c70aafdf3c7&awEpisodeId=897baa98-204a-4e26-b77f-b979c4b8f93e&feed=6HKOhNgS - How to Use /Goal to Do More With AI (The AI Daily Brief) https://anchor.fm/s/f7cac464/podcast/play/120796629/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-31%2F425229655-44100-2-12955b17f2372.mp3 - Claude Opus 4.8 First Impressions (The AI Daily Brief) https://anchor.fm/s/f7cac464/podcast/play/120739938/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-29%2F425154676-44100-2-b2fab8fda5c06.mp3 - I Tried Replit AI So You Don't Have To (Is It Good?) (Robin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1vF0JzlDA

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