Talk Nerdy to Me: All About Character AI
Character.AI is where Shakespeare meets Snapchat and your anime boyfriend quotes Nietzsche in real time. In this episode, Emily Laird explores the company turning chatbot conversations into Gen Z’s fa...
8 Okt 202511min
OpenAI's New Toys: Sora 2, a New App, and a Pulse in Pulse
OpenAI just dropped Sora, a sleek new app that uses the brand new Sora 2 video gen model, and something called Pulse in Pro. Host Emily Laird breaks down what it all actually means beneath the PR glos...
7 Okt 20259min
Dear AGI, You Still Make Me Nervous... Love Always, Emily.
What do you get when you mix billion-dollar egos, unfinished AI code, and an arms race mindset? A potential disaster with better branding. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down why “safety pledges”...
6 Okt 202511min
10 Gigawatts and a Dream: OpenAI, NVIDIA, and the $100B Compute Flex
What do you get when OpenAI and NVIDIA throw $100 billion at the problem of thinking machines? A digital superhighway powered by 10 gigawatts of GPU-fueled fury, and maybe the early blueprints for art...
23 Sep 20257min
Meta’s AR Glow-Up
Meta’s back on your face and this time, it’s not just a privacy nightmare in disguise. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down Meta’s latest smart glasses lineup: the Ray-Ban Display (complete with a...
22 Sep 202511min
Fact-Check or Fail: How to Keep Your AI From Making Stuff Up
In this episode, host Emily Laird teaches you how to keep your AI from bluffing like your cousin Chad at Thanksgiving. No code. No blood moon rituals. Just smarter prompts and better fact-checking. Em...
17 Sep 202511min
OpenAI, Oracle, and the 4.5 Gigawatt Hunger Games
Title: a16z 5th Edition Pt. 4: No-Code, Just Vibes & the Top of the Class OpenAI’s rumored $300 billion cloud pact with Oracle isn’t just another tech headline, it’s a sci-fi-sized bet on the future ...
16 Sep 20259min
The FTC Enters the Chat (And It’s Not Flirting)
The FTC just knocked on the doors of seven AI giants, including OpenAI, Meta, and Snap (amongst many others) with legally binding orders, and they’re not here for small talk. In this episode, host Emi...
15 Sep 20259min
