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Evan looks into the depths of his AI-powered voice agent by sending it on a new mission: going to therapy. Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer ...  Show more

How much of what you see online is actually real? This week, Reed Albergotti (Semafor) breaks down Anthropic's latest clash with the Trump Administration. Is Anthropic’s own messaging to blame? Then, Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post) talked to students that walked out on Google ...  Show more

In a San Francisco courtroom, federal regulators are fighting to block one of the biggest deals in the history of Silicon Valley. 

David McCabe, who covers technology policy for The New York Times, talks about Lina Khan, the F.T.C. chair who is the architect of the lawsu ...

This is the crossover episode of when I went on the Big Technology podcast on Friday. We ask where the moat is in AI? And we celebrate Ed Sheeran if you can believe it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

In his final Talking Tech podcast, Jefferson Graham looks back at the technology we discussed here since the show began in 2013, and then some. Jeff is moving onto to focus on photography and video, and you'll have two new co-hosts, Brett Molina and Mike Snider, beginning 1/4. Se ...  Show more

Aaron Gordon, Senior Writer at Motherboard, Vice’s science and technology website, talks about his co-authored article, “‘The Least Safe Day’: Rollout of Gun-Detecting AI Scanners Has Been a ‘Cluster,’ Emails Show,” with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. They also discuss Gordon ...  Show more