Siliconsciousness: The King Kong v. Godzilla of A-holes and Other Big Stories of AI

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in court, but beyond the high-profile legal drama, a wave of industry-shifting stories is unfolding. Mat Honan, Editor-in-Chief of MIT Technology Review, joins David Rothkopf to explore the week's key headlines—including the era of AI malaise, China’s strategic pivot toward open-source models, and more. This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.6	Welcome to CILA Consciousness, the DSR Network podcast focusing on the artificial intelligence revolution, politics and policy.
1:28.7	Hello and welcome to this week's CILA consciousness. I'm David Rothkoff, your host.
1:35.0	And this week, as every week, we're going to take a look at big stories that are in AI and in related technologies.
1:40.2	And as we do every so often this week, we're going to talk to our friend Matt Honan, who is the editor at the MIT Technology Review and therefore has his finger on the pulse of,
1:46.5	well, pretty much everything.
1:48.9	How are you doing today, Matt?
1:50.8	I'm doing great, David. How are you?
1:53.6	Well, you know, I live in Washington and, you know, every last vestige of free speech is being
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