IM 841: Dust and Deli Meat - Open Source AI Revolution

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Ai, Twit, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

4.2 • 895 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 184 minutes

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Summary

Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands.

TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families
(20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X
The AI water issue is fake
California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch
Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law
Google will let friends help you recover an account
AI content on the net
AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet
Karpathy tweet
Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI
Sal Khan is the new TED
You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos.
Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit
THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI
A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat
DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver
Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp?
Inherently funny word
Boah, Bahn!
A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle

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0:00.0	It's time for intelligent machines.
0:02.1	Paris Martino's here, Jeff Jarvis.
0:04.1	Our guest this hour, Jeffrey Connell, is the CEO of News Research, an ethical AI without any boundaries.
0:13.2	Stay tuned.
0:13.7	Intelligent Machines is next.
0:18.1	Podcasts you love.
0:19.4	From people you trust.
0:22.3	This is Twit.
0:26.5	This is Intelligent Machines, Episode 841,
0:31.0	recorded Wednesday, October 15th, 2025,
0:34.6	Dust and Deli Meat.
0:37.2	It's time for Intelligent Machines, the show we talk about the latest in AI, robotics,
0:41.5	and all the smart little devices surrounding us all these days, often talking back to us.
0:48.6	Paris Martin-O. is here.
0:50.7	She is now not only known for her research and radioactive shrimp, but she's, she's big
0:56.4	and lead, apparently. That's true. It's true. Also, Leo, you got to change the windows weekly
1:02.9	icon behind. Oh, I did it again. That's intelligent machine. That's your job. That's your job. It is my job.
1:07.9	I'm sorry. I got really distracted by the amount of protein powder. You were were busy doing Tic, because Paris was on all things. Considered Paris is too famous for us now.
1:15.4	She's very, very famous. Sorry, I'm going to be leaving you.
1:19.3	Yep, yep. Well, it's great to see you. And that is Jeff Jarvis. Yeah, we love having you on.
1:24.9	And Jeff Jarvis, who is a founding member of this program,
1:29.3	Professor of Journalistic Innovation Emeritus at the Craig Norman, Great.
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