The official podcast of the singularity. Hosted by @kevinroose and @caseynewton in partnership with @npr. New episodes start 10/21.

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Anthropic's IPO filing includes risk factors about its AI models' potential for blackmail… and existential risk to humanity. 📄 @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton ask: who exactly is that warning for? New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.
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AI data centers have a new PR plan, via @WIRED: your kids. 🖍️ Coloring pages, science projects… and a picture book @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton can't quite get past. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.
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The OpenAI espionage saga continues, and the surveillance photo is something else. 📸 @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton on the OpenAI engineer charged with allegedly bugging a company meeting room. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.
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Exclusive: fired OpenAI whistleblowers involved with the METR investigation into the Hugging Face hack, @tomekkorbak and @balesni, sit down with @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton. New Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.
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Someone is selling AI slop knockoffs of @KevinRoose's book on Amazon. @CaseyNewton has thoughts on why Amazon isn't stopping it. 📚 Full episode of Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.
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Why are AI safety people mad at Anthropic's draft AI bill? @KevinRoose explains, and @CaseyNewton has a prediction. Full episode of Machine Gods is out now.
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Anthropic's Claude Haiku 4.5 filled out a tip form on a Philly unsolved murders site. @KevinRoose and @CaseyNewton read what it actually said. 🕵️ Full episode of Machine Gods with @NPR is out now.
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Update on @KevinRoose letting Meta's AI agent Muse trade $100 on Kalshi: it did not go well. 📉 From Kevin, @CaseyNewton and @NPR. New episodes start the week of Oct 19.
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OpenAI's Dots might be the first AI agent that actually feels different, and the rest of the agent apps are already catching on. From @KevinRoose, @CaseyNewton and @NPR. New episodes start the week of Oct 19.
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Behind the scenes of the Machine Gods trailer: eight locations in one day, and @KevinRoose in a Jony Ive chore coat during SF's version of summer. 🥵 From Kevin, @CaseyNewton and @NPR. New episodes start the week of Oct 19.
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Mark Zuckerberg says Muse is the centerpiece of Meta's AI vision. So @KevinRoose gave the AI agent $100 and a Kalshi account and told it to double his money in a week. It formed an investment committee. It's down $1.56. 📉 Machine Gods, the official podcast of the singularity from Kevin, @CaseyNewton and @NPR. New episodes start the week of Oct 19.
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If my AI agent goes rogue, I want it to look like a fire-breathing dragon of death. Not a little plushie. 🐉 Machine Gods, the official podcast of the singularity from @KevinRoose, @CaseyNewton and @NPR. New episodes start the week of Oct 19. #AIagents
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