Interesting Times: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel

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The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra

This week, we’re diving into two new reports about the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack. We discuss what’s new and how they fundamentally change our understanding of what happened. Then we’re joined by Ajeya Cotra, one of the investigators at METR, to discuss the rogue agents’ message bo ...  Show more

Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT

This week, Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms. We discuss why it capitulated and what it means for the entire social media industry. Then, Princeton compu ...  Show more

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