Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
4/10/20261 hr 4 min
This week, we look at the cybersecurity threats that a new unreleased model from Anthropic are posing to software everywhere. And we ask whether Project Glasswing, the company’s bold new defense initiative, will give tech companies enough of a head start to secure the web. Then, we’re joined by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz of The New Yorker to discuss their blockbuster new profile of Sam Altman. And finally, we look to the skies for this edition of One Good Thing.
Guests:
- Ronan Farrow, investigative reporter and a contributing writer to The New Yorker.
- Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Additional Reading:
- Anthropic Claims Its New A.I. Model, Mythos, Is a Cybersecurity ‘Reckoning’
- Why Anthropic’s New Model Has Cybersecurity Experts Rattled
- Sam Altman May Control Our Future — Can He Be Trusted?
- Artemis II Moon Launch
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Kevin Roose· Host0:33
Casey, I got a haircut yesterday. Thanks for noticing.
Casey Newton· Host0:35
Kevin, it looks extraordinary.
Kevin Roose· Host0:38
Have, has this ever happened to you? I went into the barber, I sat down in the chair. He did not ask me what I wanted. He just started cutting. [laughs] [laughs] Has this ever happened to you?
Casey Newton· Host0:46
No, because they know I'm not straight. [laughs] With a straight guy, you don't need to ask them. You just get the standard haircut that a man gets.
Kevin Roose· Host0:53
He, he one-shotted my hair.
Casey Newton· Host0:55
[laughs] He said, he said, "Yeah, I've seen this before. I know what I'm doing here."
Kevin Roose· Host0:59
Anyway...
Casey Newton· Host0:59
Whereas if I walk in, it's like, "Okay, let me get out the schematics- It's also like- ... and have to watch a couple YouTube videos" ...
Kevin Roose· Host1:04
not a barber that I've been to a lot.
Casey Newton· Host1:06
Mm-hmm.
Kevin Roose· Host1:06
So, like, it's not like he knew me.
Casey Newton· Host1:08
See, this is exactly... It's like the fact that you just go to random barbers- [laughs] ... and will accept whoever happens to be... This is why they can just start cutting your hair. [laughs] "Oh, who is, who is... Yeah, I know. I don't know this person. Yeah, do whatever the hell you want. See if I care."
Kevin Roose· Host1:21
Yeah.
Casey Newton· Host1:21
That is the straight approach to hair. [laughs] But it's working great for you.
Kevin Roose· Host1:25
Thank you.
Casey Newton· Host1:26
Yeah.
Kevin Roose· Host1:26
Appreciate it.
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