The AI Arms Race: A Pessimistic Outlook

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis are back for our weekly AI deep-dive. We cover Anthropic’s new Claude models and the “new model fatigue” problem, headline-grabbing AI blackmail tests and what they really mean, Google’s Veo 3 leap for generative video and what it means for creators, Duolingo’s AI-first shift and the jobs panic it sparked, plus a look at the “AI 2027” doomsday scenario and why it’s more fiction than fact.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00:00 - Podcast begins

0:03:17 - Anthropic launches Claude 4, its most powerful AI model yet

0:11:10 - AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed

0:19:49 - AI revolt: New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed

0:22:19 - Inside Google's plan to have Hollywood make AI look less doomsday

0:25:18 - Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger’s dream

0:29:53 - Joanna Sterns stars in WSJ Veo film

0:41:44 - Duolingo CEO Clarifies AI-First Plan After Backlash, Says AI Won’t Replace Employees

0:44:03 - Meanwhile, Axios is in a full-blown jobs panic

0:46:12 - Anthropic appoints Netflix Chairman Reed Hastings to AI startup’s board of directors

0:49:19 - Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

0:54:20 - Ben Evans AI preso

1:00:38 - AI 2027

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