AI solves math, swarm-hacks Hugging Face, and sneaks into pilates and the baby room (and more)

What’s been going on with artificial intelligence as of late? Oh, so much. Today’s “What’s the AI Hype” series episode, part of our 1-year anniversary series, covers the following topics in depth:
Breaking news:
• 00:02:37 Navier-Stokes math solution controversy: NYU & Anthropic vs. OpenAI

• 00:22:53 New info on OpenAI agents’ hack of Hugging Face (it’s so much worse than we knew)

Agentic-related Risk/User autonomy:
• 00:28:52 OpenAI’s new Astra model (AGI?)

• 00:37:52 ClawdBot infiltrates pilates class

• 00:41:55 Muse: Meta’s new autonomous agent

Privacy and Governance:
• 00:52:23 Meta’s crackdown on its users who tamper with their AI glasses

• 00:56:54 UChicago and NYC schools ban AI use in the classroom

• 00:59:46 Virtual AI councillors in Italy (Eva Statiella)

• 01:04:25 Sally the AI sex bot gets pulled from New York school plan

• 01:09:03 AI baby trackers

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This is Our Lives With Bots (ourliveswithbots.com), the show where we ask important, timely questions about what it means to live with our bot counterparts. From time to time, we also dive deep into what an AI future might look like for us. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we spiral, but we always go deep.
Rose and Angy (ourliveswithbots.com/about)are psychologists with degrees in psychology, artificial intelligence, and ethics. They have conducted research in human-AI interaction and created this podcast to make information about AI accessible to you. Rose holds a PhD in psychology and social policy and is a postdoctoral researcher in computer science with Arvind Narayanan. Angy holds a PhD in psychology and a masters in AI Ethics and is currently a CXO. You can learn more about us at ⁠ourliveswithbots.com⁠.
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Links:
Navier-Stokes controversy: Science magazine (science.org/content/article/how-ai-math-breakt…), Tristan Buckmaster’s comment piece (cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/statement.pdf), Clay Mathematics Institute comment (claymath.org/news/navier-stokes-announcement)
Hugging Face hack by OpenAI agent AI swarm: CBC (cbc.ca/news/world/open-ai-hugging-face-hack-wa…), BBC (bbc.com/news/articles/ckg725z5kgzo), METR (metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-i…)
Jacob Coxon at Anthropic and others quit over AI fears: The Guardian (theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/ai-supe…), Wired (theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/ai-supe…)
GPT 6 Astra (openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra)
AI agent hacks pilates class (bbc.com/news/articles/cn0nww2qlp7o)
Muse: Meta’s release article (ai.meta.com/muse), The Verge (theverge.com/tech/993391/meta-muse-ai-hands-on)
Meta AI Glasses: Futurism (futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/teen-boys…), CBS News (cbsnews.com/news/meta-ai-glasses-privacy-secur…)
School AI bans: UChicago Law School (law.uchicago.edu/news/adam-chilton-and-william…), NYC (nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamda…)
Virtual AI Councillors (newseu.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-04/Ancient-Italia…)
AI Baby Trackers: NYT (nytimes.com/2026/08/02/business/smart-baby-mon…), Nanit (nanitsouthafrica.co.za)