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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2026 · 48 MIN

GitHub’s Outage, AI’s Andromeda Strain, and the Deepfake Crisis Hitting Taylor Swift

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A major GitHub outage exposes how AI-driven demand is straining core dev infrastructure, while a new synthetic AI “virus” splits the security community between cheers and fears. Meanwhile, deepfakes have hit Taylor Swift and nine other public figures, raising fresh questions about how anyone verifies what’s real. Hosted by Mike Vizard and Alan Shimel, with guests Jon Swartz, Andi Mann, Teri Robinson, Stephen Foskett and Barbara Roos.

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