OpenAI's Opportunistic and Sloppy Deal

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack the Pentagon's fallout with Anthropic over military AI, OpenAI's rushed deal to replace them, Block cutting 40% of staff, blaming AI, Perplexity launching a multi-agent computer system, a whistleblower exposing Meta smart glasses privacy issues, and the Supreme Court rejecting AI copyright claims.

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CHAPTERS:

• 0:00:00 - Start

• 0:01:59 - A ‘Fight About Vibes’ Drove the Pentagon’s Breakup with Anthropic (wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-amodei-hegseth-ai-c1…)

• 0:05:34 - OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’ (theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/03/openai-…)

• 0:05:34 - SAMA's prevaricating, planicked posts (x.com/sama/status/2028642231138353299)

• 0:12:33 - Anthropic Nears $20 Billion Revenue Run Rate Amid Pentagon Feud (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/anthrop…)

• 0:28:04 - Jack Dorsey’s Latest Far-Out Bet: An AI Future With Fewer Employees (wsj.com/business/jack-dorseys-latest-far-out-b…)

• 0:28:36 - Jack Dorsey’s Block to Lay Off 40% of Its Workforce in AI Remake (wsj.com/business/jack-dorseys-block-to-lay-off…)

• 0:30:16 - The Week the Dreaded AI Jobs Wipeout Got Real (wsj.com/tech/ai/the-week-the-dreaded-ai-jobs-w…)

• 0:31:20 - Tech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. Don’t Bet on It Now. (wsj.com/economy/jobs/tech-has-never-caused-a-j…)

• 0:37:21 - Perplexity announces “Computer,” an AI agent that assigns work to other AI agents (arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/perplexity-announce…)

• 0:39:16 - Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models (techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/perplexitys-new-comp…)

• 0:40:55 - Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they often view private footage from Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, like bathroom visits; some footage is blurred (svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-dat…)

• 0:48:02 - Restaurant uses AI to make salty otter logo; gets slammed (lookout.co/salty-otter-owner-says-ai-logo-upro…)

• 0:50:15 - Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ (theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911…)

• 0:54:22 - The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art (engadget.com/ai/the-supreme-court-doesnt-care-…)

• 0:59:58 - Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/na…)

• 1:03:16 - Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-resea…)

• 1:03:38 - GPT‑5.3 Instant: Smoother, more useful everyday conversations (openai.com/index/gpt-5-3-instant)

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