X Hits Grok Bottom + More A.I. Talent Wars + ‘Crypto Week’

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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“XAI had to apologize after Grok began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic comments and referring to itself as MechaHitler.”

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0:00.0	Casey, welcome back.
0:02.1	Welcome back, Kevin.
0:03.2	Here we are again.
0:04.1	How was your vacation?
0:05.5	My vacation was wonderful.
0:07.2	I went to Japan with my boyfriend.
0:09.7	Everything that folks say about it is true.
0:12.2	Amazing country, wonderful people, and highly recommend.
0:15.7	I'm so glad.
0:16.8	How was your vacation?
0:18.0	It was great.
0:18.9	You know, I was not, I did not go to Japan.
0:21.4	I stayed here in California, but I had a lovely time with my family, just relaxing.
0:25.8	And, you know, I did not intend to work during this vacation.
0:30.0	But then one morning, about a week in, my three-year-old son climbed up on the bed in the morning and said, Daddy, I want to make a podcast.
0:39.5	No, actually, I sort of predicted, I believe for his first birthday, I did get him a podcast microphone.
0:45.6	Yes, so you have radicalized him, and now he wants to make a podcast. And so we spent like a couple
0:52.7	hours on vacation making a podcast together.
0:55.9	What did you guys podcast about? Well, do you want to hear a clip? Yeah, I love to.
0:58.7	All right. Play the clip.
1:00.2	First thing you have to do on a podcast is say your name. So I'll say, I'm Kevin. And you say,
1:07.8	Hi, I'm too.
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