To Accede or Not To Accede? That Is The Question | It's FAFO Friday!
Update: 2026-02-27
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Murderbots, mass layoffs, and media takeovers — all in one news cycle. Anthropic told the Pentagon "we will not accede." Block cut half its workforce overnight. And the Paramount-Warner Brothers deal raises real questions about who's running the media now.
Also, thanks to Nicolás Maduro's fashion sense, Dan's 13-year-old is being called Lil Tator at school and honestly? The kids are all right.
Happy FAFO Friday!
Here's some of what Kwaku Aning and I get into:
- (00:00 ) - Three Stories Broke Last Night
- (03:16 ) - Anthropic Tells the Pentagon No
- (06:24 ) - Murder Bots, But Human in the Loop
- (07:00 ) - The Pentagon's Friday Deadline
- (09:28 ) - Why This Is a Huge Win for Anthropic
- (10:50 ) - The War for AI Talent
- (12:57 ) - Is the Administration Losing Steam?
- (15:05 ) - The Paramount-Warner Brothers Deal
- (17:36 ) - Who Controls the Media Now?
- (21:13 ) - CNN, Independent Media, and the Employee Perspective
- (23:55 ) - Block Lays Off 4,000 People
- (24:14 ) - The Citrini Research Fiction That Tanked Stocks
- (27:49 ) - AI Washing and the Real Reason for Layoffs
- (30:11 ) - Will Vibe Coding Replace Real Companies?
- (33:27 ) - Mid-Roll Break
- (34:41 ) - Past, Present, Future: State-Controlled AI
- (35:18 ) - Past, Present, Future: Independent Media
- (38:03 ) - — SLAPP Lawsuits and Creator Protections
- (40:23 ) - — Past, Present, Future: Knicks Championship
- (41:44 ) - — Come See Us at South by Southwest!
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