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Today's show:
*Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word essay about the future of AI, and Jason thinks it's his smartest PR move in years.
The thinkpiece, "The Future is for Everyone: The Path to a Positive AI Future," arrives alongside a new open-weight Meta model — Muse Glimmer — and the promise of an open-weight version of Muse Spark 1.2 to come. Zuckerberg's clearly pitching an "abundance" narrative, promising the American public untold benefits from AI technology — everything from a PhD-level tutor for every student to scientific breakthroughs, personal assistants, and beyond — all for the low low cost of not banning new data centers. Do our hosts think everyday voters will take this deal?
PLUS X retires its revenue sharing program, the CLARITY Act misses a key pre-recess vote, what can we do to stop widespread AI-powered community college cheating, and some of the podcasting positions for which LAUNCH is hiring.
Relevant Links
Meta: "The Future is for Everyone": about.fb.com/news/2026/08/the-future-is-for-ev…
Meta: "Introducing Muse Glimmer": research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer…
MS Now: "Kevin O'Leary wants to atone for his data center sins": ms.now/news/kevin-oleary-wants-to-atone-for-hi…
"The Social Reckoning" teaser: youtube.com/watch?v=gM4LkaXwGuY
X: Original Content Rewards Program: help.x.com/en/using-x/original-content-rewards
TechCrunch: Nikita Bier steps down as X's head of product: techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/nikita-bier-steps-do…
Congress.gov (congress.gov): H.R. 3633 - Digital Asset Market Clarity Act: congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/36…
Politico: "Crypto faces a setback in the Senate": politico.com/news/2026/08/07/delays-imperil-se…
NYT: "AI Agents are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students": nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/ai-cheating-online-d…
Inside Higher Ed: "Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI to Cheat": insidehighered.com/news/faculty/learning-asses…
Podnews: Spotify's Skip Ahead ad skip test: podnews.net/article/spotify-threat-ad-skipping
Tommy Vietor X post on Spotify: x.com/TVietor08/status/2085073214968037428?s=20
JJ Smith SF "open drug market" video: x.com/war24182236/status/2086839186137710724
Timestamps:
0:00 Why Zuck thinks the future is open source
2:26 Meta's roadmap: personal assistants and beyond
9:21 Every.io - For all of your incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes or other back-office administration needs, visit every.io
20:22 Netsuite - For the first time ever, you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to NetSuite.ai/TWIST
27:43 How to win the data center argument
29:32 YSecurity - The on-demand security team for startups. Need enterprise-grade security without hiring a $400k CISO? YSecurity gives you 40+ expert engineers, matched to exactly what you need, by the hour, with your first six hours completely free. Go to YSecurity.io/TWIST
39:24 X intros Original Content Rewards
51:58 The CLARITY Act faces new setbacks
1:00:46 AI agents are taking students' tests for them
1:09:37 LAUNCH is hiring!

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