Microsoft's 4,800 Layoffs
Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs, and the savings cover roughly two days of its AI infrastructure spending. Host Emily Laird runs the arithmetic the press release skipped: a $190 billion capex bill, an Xbox d...
8 Juli 8min
OpenAI & the $42 Billion Gift
OpenAI just offered the US government a 5% ownership stake, and host Emily Laird checks the receipts on what that $42.6 billion gift actually costs. This episode traces the timeline from frozen model ...
7 Juli 9min
Grok 4.5 & the Closed-Loop Machine
Elon Musk says Grok 4.5 rivals Claude Opus, but there's no public benchmark, no model card, and no outside lab backing the claim. Host Emily Laird peels the branding off and looks at what actually mat...
6 Juli 10min
Use Case Thursday: The Shadow AI Delusion
In this episode, host Emily Laird exposes the massive delusion behind corporate AI bans and the quiet rise of off-the-books model usage. Managers believe a strict firewall stops unauthorized tech, but...
2 Juli 9min
The Dean Ball Essay or AI Safety has a Control Problem
In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down Dean Ball’s argument that frontier AI safety is shifting from public frameworks to quiet release control. The real stakes are not just whether advanced mo...
1 Juli 13min
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol is not just another smarter model, it is a preview of controlled intelligence as the new product category. In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down the real stakes: governmen...
30 Juni 11min
What is Recursive Self-Improvement?
In this episode of Generative AI 101, host Emily Laird breaks down recursive self-improvement, the feedback loop where AI begins helping build better AI. The reality check: this is not a chatbot fanta...
29 Juni 11min
AI Scams in 2026
AI scams have gone full Death Star, scaling panic with cloned voices, deepfakes, fake romances, and corporate video-call trickery. Host Emily Laird breaks down how fraud became a factory in 2026, from...
17 Juni 10min
