This week: the people who built AI asked the most powerful man in the world to slow it down, and he said no -- while a farmer chatbot and an eye-screening tool quietly kept helping people in Tamil Nadu. A car company gave its robot a staff badge for walking off a production line, while a quieterapp kept teaching village children to read their own names. And malware was found making its own decisions by vote, between four AI models, while a stolen deepfake of a real Chief Minister talked ordinary people out of money theycouldn't spare.

Different stories, same question underneath: who -- or what -- gets to decide, while nobody's watching? Plus -- today's AI Tool of the Day is GPT-6 Sol and Luna, OpenAI's newest, cheaper models. And from the kitchen -- Feijoada, Brazil's national dish, for our listeners there.

— TODAY'S AI TOOL —

GPT-6 Sol and Luna — OpenAI's newest models, priced at half of last month's rate, built for coding and everyday tasks.

Learn more: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna/

— TODAY'S RECIPE —

Feijoada (Brazil's National Dish). Soak 500g black beansovernight. Simmer with 300g cubed beef brisket + 3 bay leaves, covered in water, 1 hour. Add 300g pork ribs, 300g sliced smoked sausage, 200g diced bacon, and 1 orange (halved) -- keep submerged, simmer 1 more hour untiltender, then discard the orange. Sauté 1 chopped onion + 4 cloves garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil until soft; ladle in 2 scoops of cooked beans and mash into a paste. Stir the paste back into the pot, simmer uncovered 10-15 min until thick and glossy. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with white rice, sautéed collard greens, and farofa.

— TODAY'S POEM —

“Nobody Asked” — an original poem written by Linu Conil for this episode of Six Minutes of Silence.

📚 Linu's books:

📖 Fifty Rooms of Silence — published by Romanson, endorsed by Dr. Shashi Tharoor.https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556

📖 100 Best Prompts for Claude AI —https://www.amazon.in/100-BEST-PROMPTS-CLAUDE-Marketing-ebook/dp/B0H4HRKP3B

📖 AI & Automation Guide for Normal People —https://www.amazon.in/AUTOMATION-GUIDE-NORMAL-PEOPLE-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B0H6X9ZCPR

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Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced by The Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.

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