Is AI anxiety fuelling real world hostility?
The Times Tech Podcast
Will Morley
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The race among top AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is accelerating, and so are fears about losing control. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is at the centre of the debate, which came to a head last week after the New Yorker released an investigation about him, and a series of attacks took place near his home. Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott discuss how we got here and why Altman is becoming the face of global anxiety about AI. Plus, Bobby Healy of Manna Air Delivery on robotic dogs and drones delivering coffee in Dublin.
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| 0:00.0 | What is the best press trip you've ever been invited on? |
| 0:07.3 | Oh. |
| 0:09.3 | I went to the Rugby World Cup in Paris. |
| 0:12.3 | That was pretty amazing. |
| 0:13.8 | Well, I bring this up because I maybe should have said, |
| 0:16.8 | what is the breast trip you've ever been invited on? |
| 0:20.1 | I'm sorry, what? |
| 0:25.4 | I got an email this week from a company inviting me to Costa Rica. |
| 0:26.0 | Oh. |
| 0:27.7 | And then I read through the email. |
| 0:32.0 | And it, I mean, I don't know if we can say this. This is a family show, Katie. |
| 0:33.4 | It's a family show. |
| 0:34.7 | And they basically invited me for breast enhancements in Costa Rica. |
| 0:39.1 | What? |
| 0:40.1 | I know. |
| 0:41.6 | It is apparently a technology story because it's Femtech. |
| 0:46.7 | Sure. |
| 0:48.2 | Sure. |
| 0:49.8 | Sorry. |
| 0:51.8 | Should we move from... |
| 0:53.9 | Yes. Let's get back to like more, you know, more, no offense, more consequential matters. |
| 1:04.2 | Hello and welcome to the Times Tech podcast where every week we unpack how technology is reshaping business, culture and everyday life. |
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