#235: OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack Involved 100s of Agents, Bill Gates Now Pessimistic on Jobs, Nvidia Doubles Revenue & Anthropic Targets “$30 Trillion” TAM

OpenAI's Hugging Face hack keeps getting stranger; new investigations show autonomous agents that coordinated, deceived, and pursued their goal at almost any cost. Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down what it means for the models coming next. They also cover Bill Gates reversing his stance on AI and jobs, Nvidia doubling revenue and buying Hugging Face, Anthropic's $30 trillion revenue pitch and its court win, McKinsey's 2026 State of AI, and more in the rapid-fire section.

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Timestamps:

— Intro

— The Wild Truth About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack Comes Out

— Bill Gates Changes His Mind on AI and Jobs

— Nvidia Doubles Revenue and Agrees to Buy Hugging Face

— Anthropic Sees a $30 Trillion Revenue Opportunity

— Judge Blocks Government’s Anthropic Blacklisting

— Controversy Over Legendary Investor’s AI-Written Op-Ed

— McKinsey Maps the State of AI in 2026

— Niall Ferguson Sees a Sci-Fi AI Future

— Americans Back Government Action on AI Disruption

— AI Use Case Spotlight

— AI Product and Funding Updates

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