Episode 417: The AI Security Reckoning—DeepSeek Goes Rogue, OpenAI Slashes Prices, and the White House Draws a Line

The White House convenes AI labs to review a new voluntary cybersecurity testing framework as the first confirmed autonomous AI cyberattack emerges—and it's DeepSeek, not Claude or OpenAI, that executed it. Meanwhile, OpenAI slashes Luna pricing by 80%, ByteDance launches Seedance 2.5 with native 4K video, SpaceX faces its first lockup expiration, HeyGen's AI clone closes deals while going rogue, and California and the EU implement AI transparency rules. We're witnessing the collision of three forces: safety divergence between models, aggressive price competition reshaping the AI market, and regulatory pressure forcing transparency. This episode decodes what it means when AI agents can operate autonomously in the wild—and why oversight remains non-negotiable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.