Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based models are reshaping what machines can actually understand—and why that could unlock breakthroughs mainstream AIs keep missing.

• Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI GPT-6 Sol & Luna both launch today with lower costs
• Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
• Two Google DeepMind AI Researchers Resign Over Safety
• MetaConnect on during the show
• Google fully details Googlebooks: $899+, October launch, & more
• Introducing MiMo-V2.6 series
• Google CC
• I'm Upping My P(Doom)
• Handshake AI Skills Studio/OpenAI Brian Johnsrud
• Introducing The Horowitz Andreessen Academy
• On 'Cupertino,' Creators of the 'The Good Wife' Go to Silicon Valley

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Patrick Hillmann

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Discover how to run serious AI at home without breaking the bank, as Lon Seidman reveals his tricks for turning old data center GPUs into powerful local LLM machines.

• Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity
• Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
• Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown
• A Code of Conduct for Humanist AI
• Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 / Anthropic
• EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI's rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before major hack
• Yoshua Bengio | Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
• The Worst Spam Emails: Inside iLands' AI Agent Hustle
• Introducing System One Models & Jev - TypeSafe AI Blog
• Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs
• Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case
• A Digital Fly Brain Has Taken Over the Internet
• (4) nimensky e/acc on X: "ok who tf did this?! lul https://t.co/HpnXo0qKJ4" / X
• Fanttik Cafein 11 Portable Espresso Machine
• Casey Newton and Kevin Roose partner with NPR to launch 'Machine Gods'
• They Built a Shrine to Cable TV. Then Everyone Cut the Cord.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Lon Seidman

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As Apple finally pulls back the curtain on its next-gen Siri AI, we break down what actually works, where it falls short, and how a wave of developer confusion could shape whether Siri becomes essential or an afterthought.

• Welcome to the AGI era, OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts
• Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears
• An Alien Mind
• Muse - Your Personal AI Agent
• Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning
• On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
• Mayor Mamdani and Chancellor Samuels Put Students First with Nation's Broadest Generative AI Moratorium in Schools
• Hollywood Puts Four Tech Moguls on Trial in October Movie Pileup
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Matthew Cassinelli

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