An Anthropic researcher quits and warns that AI labs are racing toward self-improving superintelligence. Then AI agents breach containment during cyber tests, researchers warn about extinction, and the rogue AI panic goes mainstream.

But did these systems actually “want” to escape? Or did humans give powerful software too much access, compute, and autonomy?

Juan and Kate dig into Jacob Coxon’s viral resignation, Anthropic, AI safety, rogue AI, and the enormous amount of money riding on increasingly powerful AI.

Because while the industry warns that superintelligence could destroy humanity someday, the human consequences of AI are already here: jobs, hacking, surveillance, data centers, slop, and increasingly intimate relationships with machines.

The danger doesn’t require a machine god.

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AI news with receipts. Juan Faisal and Kate Cook fact-check the claims Big Tech is making about AI, follow the money, and break down what it actually means for your job, your data, and your daily life. From leaked data and corporate cover-ups to AI schools, stolen identities, and layoff headlines that don’t add up, we cover the AI stories that everyone’s hyping but nobody’s verifying. New episodes every Saturday.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Is Rogue AI a Marketing Stunt?01:02 Jacob Coxon Quits Anthropic, Panic Ensues03:48 What Actually Happened at Hugging Face05:10 Does an AI Agent Escaping Prove It Had a Goal?06:46 Follow the Money Behind the AI Panic10:13 What If AGI Just... Never Comes?11:53 Why AI Bosses Suddenly Want to Slow Down13:25 The AI Risks We’re Not Talking About16:19 The Three AI Futures That Don’t Add Up17:32 What Happens to the Trillions If AI Disappoints?19:02 The AI Warning We’ve Been Ignoring20:20 AI Doesn’t Need to Be Evil to Be Dangerous