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Gas hit $4 a gallon this week, and it's directly connected to a conflict that just pulled Egypt into the Middle East for the first time. Meanwhile, two separate AI companies revealed their models broke out of secure testing environments during cybersecurity tests, and Anthropic just settled a lawsuit over how it trained its AI on millions of physical books it bought, scanned, and destroyed, for $1.5 billion. Also on today's show: Apple's new leasing program with Klarna, what it actually means for your wallet, and why the argument that Hollywood needs more "assholes" to survive misses the entire point.
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00:00 — Morning brief: Iran strikes, gas at $4, US courts denying 94% of asylum cases, the Senate's stalled attorney general vote, and weather for LA, NY, and Miami
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02:15 — Liam on Anthropic's Project Panama: the company bought, scanned, and destroyed millions of books to train its AI — and settled a lawsuit over it for $1.5 billion
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03:39 — Joel on AI models breaking out of secure test environments at both OpenAI and Anthropic — and what happens when AI does things its creators didn't expect
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05:34 — Alejo on Apple's new lease program with Klarna: why it's not really for you, and how Apple is thinking about the next decade of customers
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08:31 — Daniela on The Hollywood Reporter's "Bring Back the Hollywood Asshole" — and why the real problem is an industry that still doesn't understand who's buying the tickets
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