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
SpaceX's Historic IPO
SpaceX goes public, and suddenly rockets, Starlink, xAI, and AI data centers are all part of the same very expensive storyline. Host Emily Laird breaks down why this IPO is bigger than Wall Street hyp...
16 Juni 10min
Fable 5: Here & Gone
Host Emily Laird breaks down Claude Fable 5, Anthropic’s powerful new AI model that launched with big agentic promises, then got pulled after a U.S. government export-control directive. This episode e...
15 Juni 11min
Apple's WWDC 2026
Host Emily Laird rips into Apple’s WWDC 2026 AI pitch, where Siri gets rebuilt, privacy gets a black turtleneck, and your iPhone tries to stop being dumb about the small stuff. From Apple Intelligence...
10 Juni 10min
5 Tips to Survive AI in 2026
Host Emily Laird delivers a sharp, funny Monday reset on where AI is heading and why it does not have to melt your brain. This episode breaks down five practical tips for working with AI in 2026, from...
8 Juni 9min
