Episode 15: AI Agents Get Credit Cards, OpenAI Wobbles, and Slate Auto's EV Approach

Today, Visa & Mastercard enable AI agent purchases, tokenizing credentials & embedding payments into AI conversations. OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update due to sycophancy, highlighting AI personality tuning challenges. Sam Altman's Worldcoin launches iris-scanning orbs in the US to combat AI fakery. Anthropic supports AI export controls to maintain America's AI advantage. Slate Auto aims for the mass EV market with an affordable mini-pickup. US GDP drops amid tariff impacts. Plus, Snap shares fall on ad spend concerns, while Big Tech crushes earnings. Apple must loosen App Store grip on commissions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.