#248: The AI Cybersecurity Crisis, Dario Fights Back on Safety, OpenAI’s Monitoring Blind Spots & Claude Duet

AI found a 14-year-old flaw in the code behind an estimated 70% of websites, and within 12 hours of it leaking, Cloudflare saw millions of attempts to exploit it. In Episode 248, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down this AI cybersecurity crisis: what happened, why it cascaded across banks, infrastructure, and medical records, and the steps you can take now.
They also cover Dario Amodei's defense of Anthropic's safety record, outside evaluators finding gaps in OpenAI's safeguards, Meta's Muse data exposure, and Anthropic's IPO filing at a valuation approaching $2 trillion, plus product and funding news in the rapid-fire round.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:05:17 — The AI Cybersecurity Crisis Is Here
00:29:55 — Dario Defends Anthropic’s Safety Record
00:45:50 — Outside Evaluators Find Gaps in OpenAI’s AI Safeguards
00:56:57 — Marketing AI Institute’s 10-Year Anniversary
01:05:28 — Meta’s Muse Agent Found to Expose User Data
01:11:35 — Anthropic Releases Its Own Personal Agent
01:14:59 — Inside Anthropic’s IPO
01:19:29 — AI Use Case Spotlight
01:32:02 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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