The Cal Newport Show

Did OpenAI Create “Secret AI Civilizations”? | Tech Decoded

Donnerstag, 3. September 2026 · 27 min

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Shownotes

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

() Does OpenAI create “secret AI civilizations”?

() What’s the deal with “agent swarms”?

() Should we be worried that the agents are plotting?

() How should we be thinking about all of this?

Links:

Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow

dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface

calnewport.com/has-ai-gone-rogue

calnewport.com/are-we-at-war-with-ai-agent-civ…

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