Experts Sound Alarms on AI & Sugar Prices Hit 5-Year Low

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

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Episode 779: Neal and Toby explain why some of AI’s top minds are sounding the alarm about how quickly the technology is evolving. Then, why Corning’s stock is setting records and weight loss drugs are sending sugar prices to historic lows. Then a deep dive into Olympic stones and drones and the headlines you need to know before the long weekend. Learn more about FlavCity at https://go.shopflavcity.com/mbds Sign up for our monthly trivia! https://mbdtrivianight-feb2026.splashthat.com/ We’d love to hear from you! https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/MBDS?display=mbdailyshow Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠ Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.7	Good morning Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, AI presents an existential threat to humanity, say people working on AI. Then the hottest stock right now
0:50.1	is a 175-year-old glass maker. It's Friday, February 13th. Let's ride.
1:01.0	Today is Friday the 13th. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and a new pop-up in New York City
1:06.6	manages to combine the doom and doting of both. This week, the chat bot platform Eva AI opened what
1:13.3	it claims is the world's first AI dating cafe in New York City. What that means in practice is
1:18.6	you go to this bar by yourself, sit down and put headphones on, then flirt with an avatar on an iPhone
1:24.2	that's propped up on the table. Good luck to the server who's trying to take your order. No doubt, this was mostly a marketing stunt, and the people who've showed up so far were
1:31.5	more in it for the novelty of it all than to actually find digital love. But hey, at least AI is a cheap
1:36.8	date. Yeah, there were certainly more influencers or media at this cafe than actual people taking
1:44.1	their AI out for a date. But this is happening. People are
1:47.4	talking romantically to AI companions. 28% of American adults admitted to having at least one romantic
1:53.2	encounter with AI as of last October. 42% of high schoolers admitted to using AI companions for
2:00.3	friendship. And then the Reddit community,
2:02.7	our my boyfriend is AI, has 48,000 users. So maybe they're not actually going out on dates to
2:09.7	bars, but they are certainly speaking with them, maybe in the privacy of their own homes.
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