The Synthetic Anchor Conundrum
Mirage’s AI news experiment points to a version of media that does not need a studio, a broadcast schedule, or a human anchor reading from a desk. A channel can appear in a day. It can label synthetic...
22 Aug 29min
Should We Rebuild Work Around AI?
The episode opened with a practical warning for people building AI systems: timestamps and time zones can quietly break databases, automations and search tools. That led into Slack Code, a new collabo...
21 Aug 1h 7min
Is Grok Bot the Best AI Work Assistant?
The episode opened with a hands-on comparison of Grokbot, Codex and Claude. Gareth found Grokbot strong for delegation, organization and everyday work, but weaker on difficult problem solving. The dis...
20 Aug 1h 3min
Do We Need to Rethink What Work Is?
The episode opened with Apple Vision Pro being used to map a house while running Ethernet cable, letting a worker see marked locations through floors and walls. That led to a wider discussion about di...
19 Aug 1h
Are Custom GPTs Reaching the End?
The episode opened with a practical example of how quickly AI coding agents are moving beyond software. Someone used Claude to write a Mac driver for an old Windows-only HP printer, leading to a wider...
18 Aug 50min
Are AI Harnesses the New AI Wrappers?
The episode opened with the reported Stripe acquisition of OpenRouter at a $7 billion valuation and questions about how OpenRouter’s business model supports that price. The conversation expanded into ...
17 Aug 58min
The Pool of One Conundrum
Insurance has always worked by not knowing. You paid into a pool with people you would never meet, and nobody could say which of you would be the one who burned, crashed, or got sick. Everyone paid fo...
15 Aug 23min
Can AI Solve the Energy Problem It Is Creating?
The episode opened with the growing power demands behind AI. The hosts discussed Nvidia, Google and Microsoft’s work on 800-volt DC power for data centers, which could reduce energy lost converting el...
14 Aug 58min
