Spies aren't just in the shadows anymore—AI has turned every smartphone and social feed into a battlefield of influence and surveillance. This episode exposes how intelligence agencies, rogue states, and even TikTok are using machine learning to reshape what we know, believe, and fear.

• Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure


• Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document


• OpenAI CEO Declares 'Code Red' to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, Delays Ads Effort


• AI helps drive record $11.8 billion in Black Friday online spending


• I love AI. Why doesn't everyone?


• Dozens of US universities and colleges have announced new AI departments and programs over the last two years; an AI program is now MIT's second-largest major


• Austria's Rebel Nuns Refuse To Give Up Instagram To Stay In Their Convent


• Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait'


• AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner


• The race to AGI-pill the pope


• Suno Creates an Entire Spotify Catalog's Worth of Music Every Two Weeks, Says Investor Pitch Deck for $250M Fundraise

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell

Guest: Dr. Anthony Vinci

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