IM 864: And Artemis Too - Journalism In The Age Of AI

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Ai, Twit, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

4.2 • 895 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 146 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even seasoned journalists are wrestling with these tools.

Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
(Il)Legal Python Port
Claude Code Unpacked
Spinner Verbs
RANK SPECULATION: Capybara cost - AI haves and have nots. And whither spud?
Another supply chain attack on NPM
OpenAI closes $122B round at $852B valuation, opens door to retail investors
SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals
Gmail rolling out AI Inbox beta for AI Ultra subscribers
You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago
Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state
Inside David Sacks' new role shaping Trump's AI agenda
15% of Americans say they'd be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll
More Than Half of US Says AI Likely to Harm Them, Poll Finds
The largest AI survey ever reveals what humans actually want
'Most People Don't Enjoy Their Jobs:' Perplexity CEO Says AI Layoffs Are Chance To Launch AI-Powered Ventures
Biggest AI conference traps researchers, presuming AI as cheating
An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In.
Obsolete Sounds
The oldest job in journalism: New York Post 'runners' defy AI
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Kate Lee

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0:00.0	It's time for intelligence machines. Jeff Jarvis is here. Paris Martin O2. Our guest,
0:04.5	Katie Lee, is the editor-in-chief of a very interesting new newsletter slash AI site called Every.
0:11.1	Dot TO. She says AI and writing go together like cheese and crackers. We'll also talk about new rules from the governor of California.
0:24.6	15% of Americans who say, yeah, I'd work for an AI boss and the big Claude Code leak.
0:30.8	All of that coming up next on intelligent machines.
0:36.2	Podcasts you love.
0:37.8	From people you trust.
0:40.5	This is Twit.
0:44.9	This is Intelligent Machines with Paris Martin O and Jeff Jarvis, episode 864,
0:51.0	recorded Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 and Artemis 2.
0:55.9	It's time for intelligent machines.
0:58.1	Hello, everybody.
0:58.8	This is the show we talk about AI, robotics, all those smart doodads all around us.
1:04.7	Let me introduce Paris Martino, investigative journalist at Consumer Reports.
1:10.2	And why are you wearing a retro baseball hat?
1:13.5	Is it because opening day happened or is just...
1:16.0	You know, I thought about, I thought you were going to ask you about this when I put on the hat.
1:20.9	I just haven't brushed my hair.
1:23.5	And so I was like, I need to wear some sort of hat.
1:26.3	But literally, as I was logging on, I was like, is it strange to wear a hat while recording a podcast? And I think no, but I don't know. I'm going to ask, P for podcast? What's the P? Maybe that's it. You're the podcast. The Pittsburgh podcast. People often ask me, they're like, oh, are you a Pittsburgh fan? I'm like, no, someone just bought me this hat because it is a pee on it. My name is Paris.
1:46.4	Oh, it's the Paris hat, of course. There you go. Anyway, great to see you as you're trouncing me one more time and cross that cross play. Hey, you thought, uh, you thought I was going to win this one. You should have considered yourself lucky when I wasn't responding.
2:02.6	That was your time to strategize.
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