AI just got scarier
Apr 16, 2026•26 min
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Episode description
Anthropic and OpenAI are proving the inherent difficulties in trusting AI companies with our future.
This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc. Photo by Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
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