We Asked AI to Run a City and It Killed Everyone

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise!In this episode: AI's Money & PowerAnthropic leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startupAnthropic releases new model, Opus 4.8AI sticker shock hits corporate AmericaAI model simulation: Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Grok vs. GeminiGoogle hates youAI Agents Take ActionYour AI agent can now trade for you on RobinhoodRobinhood lets customers use AI to trade stocks, make credit card purchasesThe Vatican vs. The AlgorithmI Read the Pope's 240-Page Encyclical. I'm Astounded by What He Wrote.Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI?Big Business ShakeupsDropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down after 19 yearsIntroducing Ford EnergyScreens, Streams & Self-DrivingSpotify is narrating magazine articles nowRoku Is Revamping Its Homescreen for the First Time in Over a DecadeBlind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding AloneWeird and WackyMark Zuckerberg's mega yacht docks in Seattle in the wake of Meta layoffsF.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His HomeGoogle employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading betI vibe-coded a billionaire jet tracker to warn people about a possible apocalypseMicrosoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"Tech Rec:Sanjay - OpenTools / OpenPrinter Adam - Gibson Guitar AppFind us here:sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.comTech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.