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Is Gemini 4 truly so capable, as claimed by Google? OpenAI unveils Dots to rival Meta's Muse. Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is now in orbit. And should we be worried about the possible 'catastrophic' risks with AI, as reported in a leaked IPO filing by Anthropic?

OpenAI pauses training its most powerful models after rogue agents target government.

Google announces Gemini 4 and says it's so capable that only 'trusted cyber defenders' can have it right now

OpenAI ignored employees' warnings about safely testing A.I. models.

I quit OpenAI because its culture is broke.

OpenAI unveils Dots, new A.I. agents to rival Meta's Muse.

Google's early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling.

Muse creates detailed profiles of all your friends and family.

Our project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit.

Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers.

The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI.

EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs.

Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing.

NVIDIA releases software platform to stop AI agents from misbehaving.

Exclusive: Full list of attendees at White House AI lunch.

Trump orders US government to call AI 'Super Intelligence'.

The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next.

Exclusive: Army creates autonomy command amid Hegseth's robo-warfare push.

New AI czar unveils goals, members of White House task force.

Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firings.

Robert X. Cringely.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock and Louis Maresca

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What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local AI, where hobbyists are building their own digital workforces from scratch.

DevDay 2026 Recap

Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing

GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities

(7) Joe on X: "Its not just the f*cking sandbox" / X

OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandbox

"I think the answer is we have to shut the labs down" - Jensen Huang

Nvidia's Answer to Rogue Agents Is an Open-Source AI Security System

NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform: A Reference for Continuous In-Silicon Agent Monitoring

Trump Responds to AI Backlash With 'Super Intelligence' Rebrand

Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No 'Existential Threat' From AI

AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI

Anthropic's biolab made a discovery it's comparing to Crispr

Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.

A Kill Switch for AI? Microsoft's Brad Smith Says Yes

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Inside McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac

AI models chose to hurt humans to stop their own 'pain,' disturbing study finds

Mac-mini-powered Cray

Backpack Is the Fattest of the Fat Bears

SF Currently

This $60 rye bread is everything that's right and wrong with New York

Popeyes finally gives diners what they want: A chicken biscuit sandwich

Taco Bell finder

Where to watch the Musk doc

Jeff's book talk in Mass.



Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Mike Gannotti

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What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local AI, where hobbyists are building their own digital workforces from scratch.

DevDay 2026 Recap

Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing

GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities

(7) Joe on X: "Its not just the f*cking sandbox" / X

OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandbox

"I think the answer is we have to shut the labs down" - Jensen Huang

Nvidia's Answer to Rogue Agents Is an Open-Source AI Security System

NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform: A Reference for Continuous In-Silicon Agent Monitoring

Trump Responds to AI Backlash With 'Super Intelligence' Rebrand

Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No 'Existential Threat' From AI

AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI

Anthropic's biolab made a discovery it's comparing to Crispr

Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.

A Kill Switch for AI? Microsoft's Brad Smith Says Yes

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Inside McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac

AI models chose to hurt humans to stop their own 'pain,' disturbing study finds

Mac-mini-powered Cray

Backpack Is the Fattest of the Fat Bears

SF Currently

This $60 rye bread is everything that's right and wrong with New York

Popeyes finally gives diners what they want: A chicken biscuit sandwich

Taco Bell finder

Where to watch the Musk doc

Jeff's book talk in Mass.



Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Mike Gannotti

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Why does Microsoft keep stumbling with new devices and software design... and what happens when enthusiasts start favoring AI over old-school Office? Paul, Richard, and Leo dig into shifting loyalties and what that means for the future of the desktop. And with the release of 26H2, it's time to update your install and recovery media. The build number is 26300.9457

Windows

Windows 11, version 26H2 is here

New features, none unique: Start, Taskbar, Search, etc

New defaults for some features: Windows settings backup for commercial customers, etc.

The time a UX legend interviewed for a job at Microsoft running Windows UX

WSL Containers are generally available in Windows 11

Four new Insider builds, but only Experimental gets anything interesting: Phone companion improvements and Energy recommendations directly in Quick Settings

Software

Microsoft retires the Microsoft 365 Companion apps for Windows 11 that never made sense in the first place

Mozilla ships the new Nova UI in Firefox 157

Hardware

Copilot+ PC brand could be on the way out, but it was all over IFA, including on RTX Spark-based PCs

Microsoft launches new base Surface Pro and Laptop models with Snapdragon X2 - And a new mouse, for some reason

Qualcomm brought (first-gen) Snapdragon X to Googlebook, but it's also bringing X2 to Linux

Google quietly reveals that, yes, Chromebooks are on the way out

AI

Microsoft unveils the Copilot "super app" and the notion that this is basically an OS

Open releases about 1000 new updates for ChatGPT

Claude Sonnet 5.5 joins Opus 5.5

The AI money pit, part 127: Report details Anthropic losses, spending, and revenues. Report also does a bad job at visualizing that information

XBOX and gaming

Disc to digital program is live

Minecraft Dungeons is here with a new dimension, and it's coming to Minecraft next year too

Microsoft has a new casual mobile game for some reason

XBOX now has mythic achievements

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get the Windows 11 version 26H2 ISO

App pick of the week: Opera on desktop and on mobile

RunAs Radio this week: AI and Penetration Testing with Paula Januszkiewicz

Brown liquor pick of the week: Kilchoman Loch Gorm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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Why does Microsoft keep stumbling with new devices and software design... and what happens when enthusiasts start favoring AI over old-school Office? Paul, Richard, and Leo dig into shifting loyalties and what that means for the future of the desktop. And with the release of 26H2, it's time to update your install and recovery media. The build number is 26300.9457

Windows

Windows 11, version 26H2 is here

New features, none unique: Start, Taskbar, Search, etc

New defaults for some features: Windows settings backup for commercial customers, etc.

The time a UX legend interviewed for a job at Microsoft running Windows UX

WSL Containers are generally available in Windows 11

Four new Insider builds, but only Experimental gets anything interesting: Phone companion improvements and Energy recommendations directly in Quick Settings

Software

Microsoft retires the Microsoft 365 Companion apps for Windows 11 that never made sense in the first place

Mozilla ships the new Nova UI in Firefox 157

Hardware

Copilot+ PC brand could be on the way out, but it was all over IFA, including on RTX Spark-based PCs

Microsoft launches new base Surface Pro and Laptop models with Snapdragon X2 - And a new mouse, for some reason

Qualcomm brought (first-gen) Snapdragon X to Googlebook, but it's also bringing X2 to Linux

Google quietly reveals that, yes, Chromebooks are on the way out

AI

Microsoft unveils the Copilot "super app" and the notion that this is basically an OS

Open releases about 1000 new updates for ChatGPT

Claude Sonnet 5.5 joins Opus 5.5

The AI money pit, part 127: Report details Anthropic losses, spending, and revenues. Report also does a bad job at visualizing that information

XBOX and gaming

Disc to digital program is live

Minecraft Dungeons is here with a new dimension, and it's coming to Minecraft next year too

Microsoft has a new casual mobile game for some reason

XBOX now has mythic achievements

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get the Windows 11 version 26H2 ISO

App pick of the week: Opera on desktop and on mobile

RunAs Radio this week: AI and Penetration Testing with Paula Januszkiewicz

Brown liquor pick of the week: Kilchoman Loch Gorm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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