Best The New Stack Context Podcasts (2025)

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096: Today in AI: Claude Opus 4.5 Launches Soon, Nano Banana Pro Impact, Google £1M Movember Campaign 46:33

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Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all; plus Waymo expanding across Bay Area and SoCal; and Meta wants to get into the electricity trading business 5:00

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Reuters reports that the executive order has been put on hold. If signed, the order would probably face significant opposition, including from Republicans who previously criticized the proposed moratorium on state regulation. Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive …

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095: Today in AI: Google Dominates with Imagen 3, TPU Stack Control, $350B Revenue Risk 39:52

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CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider,’ X rolling out the ‘About this account’ feature, and Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules 8:40

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-Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike's network. -X's new feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username. -Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom ind…

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Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani 7:37

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According to Grok, Elon Musk can out slug the MLB's greatest power hitters... except Ohtani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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094: Today in AI: Gemini 3 Skips Nvidia GPUs, NVDA Earnings Soar, Marcus vs LeCun Feud Explodes 47:30

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Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model; and another fire broke out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford 5:08

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Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web. Also, the fire that broke out at the Oswego, NY Is the second major fire -- and the third overall -- in the last few months at the Novelis plant, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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093: Today in AI: Gemini 3 Tops Benchmarks, Anti-Gravity Tool Free, Google Buys Windsurf for $2.5B 32:01

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How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago 7:18

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Written by: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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The Epstein files have claimed their first OpenAI victim; plus Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps 3:53

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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board days after Congress released an extensive cache of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which included details of intimate affairs. OpenAI is pushing deeper into retail, with Target set to debut a new ChatGPT-powered app for shoppers in coming weeks. The news fo…

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DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor; plus, Hugging Face CEO says we’re in an ‘LLM bubble,’ not an AI bubble 7:07

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Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028. Also, Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clem Delangue says all the attention is on LLMs, but smaller, specialized models will make sense in many use cases going forward. Learn more about your ad choi…

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092: Today in AI: Gemini 3 Drops This Week, Grok 4.1 Beats Claude, Jack Dorsey Bans AI on Vine 16:30

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Zap Energy ramps up the pressure in its latest fusion device; plus, Stack Overflow is remaking itself into an AI data provider 5:55

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Zap’s Fuze-3 device has been firing pulses of plasma at the company’s headquarters in Seattle, and the results of those experiments will ultimately inform the design of the company’s future demonstration plants. The Fuze-3 device was able to compress a soup of charged particles to more than two hundred thirty two thousand PSI and heat it to more th…

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Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost; plus, Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen 4:58

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One year ago, e-commerce giant Amazon kicked off its new online car sales business with Hyundai. Now, Ford is joining in with a certified used car twist. Also, Facebook's new content protection tool extends to Instagram too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone 14:44

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As Nigel Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Amazon satellite network gets a rebrand and drops its affordability pitch; plus, a jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M 6:28

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The company has been quietly changing how it talks about who its internet customers will be before it announced a big name change last week. Also, a federal jury in California ruled Friday that Apple must pay medical device maker Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…

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091: Today in AI: China Cyber Attack Foiled by Claude, Cursor Raises $2.3B, GPT 5.1 Drops 37:02

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ChatGPT launched pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; plus, newsletter platform beehiiv adds AI website building, creator tools in major expansion 6:48

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The group chat is available to Free, Plus, and Team users on both mobile and web platforms. OpenAI says the pilot is designed to explore how people use group conversations in ChatGPT. Also, in a video announcing the release of beehiiv, Tyler Denk, the co-founder and CEO of beehive, said that what makes newsletter platforms powerful is ownership. “O…

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‘Chad: The Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake ; plus, after 5 months, the $1,200 bottles of Besties All-In tequila are finally starting to ship 6:27

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Chad: the Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games. Also, orders of the Besties Tequila were supposed to be fulfilled by end of summer but were delayed again and again due to the bottle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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090: Today in AI: GPT 5.1 Drops, First ChatGPT Marriage, World Labs Launches Marble 3D Worlds 33:07

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Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive 6:34

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Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of 6-second, looping videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Why a researcher is building robots that look and act like bats; plus Productivity app Hero announces an SDK that will complete your AI prompts for you 7:29

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These palm-sized robots use ultrasound signals to navigate harsh conditions in search and rescue missions. Also, the autocomplete will help users create more effective prompts for AI apps, resulting in fewer back-and-forths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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089: How to Build an AI Personal Brand, Monetize Your Expertise, Launch Your AI Business 27:17

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AI Authority Accelerator: https://promptentrepreneur.thrivecart.com/ai-authority-accelerator/ Join 40,000 readers and get the full notes and summary: https://newsletter.aiwithkyle.com/subscribe Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@iamkylebalmer?sub_confirmation=1 Want to become fast-track becom…

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The global race for the AI app layer is still on; plus Australian spy chief warns Chinese hackers are ‘probing’ critical networks for espionage and sabotage 6:57

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The U.S. is far ahead of Europe in the race for large AI models, at least in funding. But the picture is different for the application layer, global VC firm Accel highlighted in its 2025 Globalscape report. Also, Australia's intelligence chief warned that Chinese hackers are trying to break into its networks, sometimes successfully, to "pre-positio…

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Robyn is an empathetic AI companion chatbot; plus Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup 7:40

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Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app. Also, Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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088: Today in AI: World Models Are AI's Next Frontier, OpenAI Burns $15M Daily, Free Vibe Coding Tools 50:18

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Lovable says it’s nearing 8 million users as the year-old AI coding startup eyes more corporate employees 6:37

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The platform has attracted an eclectic user base. More than half of Fortune 500 companies are using Lovable to "supercharge creativity," according to Osika, who insisted retention remains strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware, plus a better way of thinking about the AI bubble 9:19

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Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficult to justify, given the broad range of victims — journalists, activists, and now political consultants — that have come forward. AI isn't all or nothi…

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087: Today in AI: Imagen 3 Passes Key Tests, Gov Systems Flooded, Students Cheat at Escape Rooms 23:40

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Elon Musk uses Grok to imagine the possibility of love, plus, ‘Pluribus’ was emphatically ‘made by humans,’ not AI 4:21

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After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal weekend on his social media platform X. Also, if you watched all the way to the end of the new Apple TV show “Pluribus,” you may have noticed an unusual disclaimer in the credits: “This show was made by…

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OpenAI asked Trump administration to expand Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers, plus is Wall Street losing faith in AI? and Apple new iPhone features 5:58

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A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company is hoping the federal government can support the company's ambitious plans for data center construction. Also, a rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence. And while Apple’s iPhone already supports texting, calling emergency…

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086: Today in AI: Kimi K2 Beats GPT-5, OpenAI Wants Gov Backstop, $1 Trillion IPO Drama 26:08

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‘Landfall’ spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones; plus CBO confirms it was hacked 6:06

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A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch. In addition, the congressional research office confirmed a breach, but did not comment on the cause. A security researcher suggested the hack may have originated because CBO failed to patch a f…

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Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $1T pay package; plus, Tesla to begin Cybercab production in April, says Musk 7:40

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The proposal received more than 75% approval. Musk can earn the $1 trillion in shares over the next 10 years if Tesla hits a number of milestones. Plus Musk said he expects Tesla to be able to put all the Cybercabs it builds on the road, and thanked Waymo for 'paving the path.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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085: Today in AI: Gemini 3 Size Leaked at 1.2T Parameters, Microsoft Space Data Centers, China's Iron Robot 46:16

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Peloton recalls 833,000 bikes after reports of injuries; plus, Perplexity to pay Snap $400M to power search in Snapchat 3:11

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Peloton users to stop using the affected bikes immediately. Also, Snap said today that it has signed a deal with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to power a new chatbot. As part of the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom, plus Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B and Blue Origin plans second launch of New Glenn 6:03

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Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day. Apple is turning to Google's technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant. Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch in January mostly went well, and now the long-de…

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084: Today in AI: Sora on Android, Apple Teams with Gemini, Amazon Sues Perplexity Over Bot Scraping 29:06

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Microsoft built a fake marketplace to test AI agents. It failed in surprising ways; plus Penn confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack 6:40

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Researchers at Microsoft have developed a new simulation environment for testing AI agents, revealing surprising weaknesses in the current state-of-the-art. Also, Penn experienced a data breach on Friday as hackers sent messages boasting of the hack to the university community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Anthropic projects $70B in revenue by 2028, plus Tesla’s Master Plan 4 still lacks specifics ahead of $1T Musk pay vote 6:07

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The Information reports that Anthropic expects to generate as much as $70 billion in revenue and $17 billion in cash flow in 2028. The growth projections are fueled by rapid adoption of Anthropic’s business products, a person with knowledge of the company’s financials said. And despite its imprecision, the fourth "Master Plan" is a centerpiece of T…

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083: Today in AI: OpenAI AWS Deal, PewDiePie Builds Local LLM, Perplexity Offers Free Pro 33:27

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Wait, people actually use Facebook Dating? plus, ClickUp adds new AI assistant to better compete with Slack and Notion 7:26

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Meta said that Facebook Dating has 1.77 million daily active users in the US between ages 18-29. Also, core parts of the ClickUp release were possible because of its acquisition of Qatalog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Alphabet is increasingly launching “moonshot” projects as independent companies — here’s why 6:53

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Despite the emphasis on detachment from ideas, X employees do have significant skin in the game when projects spin out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Meta has an AI product problem 6:50

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Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster; also, Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs 6:06

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. Also, a majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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082: Today in AI: OpenAI Eyes $1 Trillion IPO, Perplexity Patents Launch, Hugging Face Training Guide 25:05

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Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1 billion in Poolside; also, Luminar is cutting jobs, losing its CFO, and warning of a cash shortage 4:05

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Semiconductor giant Nvidia is looking to invest at least five hundred million dollars and up to one billion dollars in Poolside which builds AI models for software development. That’s according to reporting from Bloomberg, which cited sources. This investment would be part of a two billion dollar funding round Poolside is raising at a twelve billio…

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Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era; plus Canva launches its own design model 7:38

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“The dead internet theory is real,” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told Digg founder Kevin Rose, referring to the idea that much of the internet isn’t human — it’s mostly bots. The two entrepreneurs have since teamed up to re-envision how to build a social community in this world where, very soon, it will be hard to tell bot from human. Also, Can…

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081: Today in AI: OpenAI Goes For-Profit, Consulting's Kodak Moment, Claude Excel Integration Launches 26:07

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Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy; plus Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies 5:38

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Design platform Figma said today that it has acquired AI-powered image and video generation company Weavy. The startup will join Figma under a new brand called Figma Weave. Also, Threads continues to ship new features at a rapid pace. Shortly after the launch of communities and disappearing “ghost posts,” the social networking app on Thursday intro…