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Paramount Wins Warner Bros. Bid, Anthropic vs. Pentagon, and AI Doomsday Memo

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, News Commentary, Tech News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott discuss Anthropic pushing back on the Pentagon's demands, and Trump's longest State of the Union ever. Then, Paramount wins the battle for Warner Bros. after Netflix drops out — Puck’s Bill Cohan joins with insights. Plus, Nvidia posts blockbuster earnings, and a viral memo warning of AI-triggered mass layoffs rattles Wall Street. Visit resistandunsubscribe.com for tickets to our Minneapolis show on March 8th! Proceeds to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Pivot is returning to the Vox Media Podcast Stage at SXSW for a live taping on March 15th, presented by Odoo. Visit voxmedia.com/sxsw to learn more and get a 15% discount on your Innovation badge. Or use code VOXMEDIA15 at checkout on SXSW.com. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠.Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:44.3

Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher. And I'm Scott Galloway. Resistant on subscribe. Why don't you give us an update? Because February is coming to an end. You've had over 20 million views across social media and over 1.5 million sites. This obviously has a lot of momentum. People mention it to me all the time. Your website touts $242 million loss in market cap. Talk a little bit

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And I've had a lot of different kind of smaller, I don't know, resistance programs reach out

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