TBD | The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This week’s AWS outage illustrates just how fragile and vulnerable our interconnected world really is—and how far we’ve fallen from the vision of a decentralized internet. Guest: Samanth Subramanian, author of “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World.” Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's the truth about AI.
0:02.0	AI is only as powerful as the platform it's built into.
0:05.0	ServiceNow puts AI to work for people across your business,
0:09.0	removing friction and frustration for your employees,
0:12.0	supercharging productivity for your developers,
0:15.0	providing intelligent tools for your service agents to make customers happier.
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0:56.2	Waitrose, the home of food lovers.
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1:04.9	If you're listening to this podcast, there's a decent chance you dealt with some kind of internet outage on Monday.
1:12.3	Snapchat, Roblox, OpenAI, Ring.
1:15.0	Some people couldn't get into their bank platforms.
1:17.1	They couldn't get their flight deals.
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