Month: January 2025

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Big Technology Podcast - Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: The Path To AGI, Deceptive AIs, Building a Virtual Cell

Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the cutting edge of AI and where the research is heading. In this conversation, we cover the path to artificial general intelligence, how long it will take to get there, how to build world models, whether AIs can be creative, and how AIs are trying to deceive researchers. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss Google's plan for smart glasses and Hassabis's vision for a virtual cell. Hit play for a fascinating discussion with an AI pioneer that will both break news and leave you deeply informed about the state of AI and its promising future.

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Umbrella”—Rihanna

Rob celebrates pop icon Rihanna while looking back at her smash hit “Umbrella.” While combing through Rihanna’s expansive career, Rob also discusses whether Jay-Z’s guest verse on “Umbrella” is the worst of his career. Later, Brittany Spano joins the show to answer the difficult question of what song is Rihanna’s best, and much more.


Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Brittany Spano

Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Justin Sayles

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The Intelligence from The Economist - A tax or attacks: how the Houthis fund themselves

The procedure is simple—genial, even. Contact Houthi rebels in Yemen and pay up, and your freight can pass into the Red Sea unmolested. We examine how this extortion affects world trade. China is fast closing its gap with America on AI innovation, and doing so far more cheaply (7:22). And a trip to a Ghanaian rum distillery reveals a regional trend (15:44). 


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Money Girl - Will Renting or Owning a Home Make You Wealthier?

Laura reviews the pros and cons of renting and owning a home and which option will likely build wealth for you and your family.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.22.25

Prattville Pride, an LGBTQ+ organization, is set to participate in the city's February 1 Mardi Gras parade after securing a federal court order to join last December's Christmas parade.

James Cauthen, a 54-year-old battalion chief with Coweta County Fire Rescue died in Chambers County after being fatally shot while assisting a couple whose car hit a deer.

The fate of the girls at Pathway of Madison County in Owens Cross Roads is uncertain if city leaders revoke the facility's business license at a hearing on February 21. 

On his first day as the 47th U.S. president, Donald Trump signed over 100 executive orders aimed at reshaping American policies and institutions. These orders spanned a wide range of priorities, including border security, energy policy, immigration laws, and cultural issues. 

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Honestly with Bari Weiss - Trump’s Populism Isn’t a Sideshow. It’s as American as Apple Pie.

Donald Trump, just sworn in as the 47th president, was reelected to be a wrecking ball, a middle finger, the people’s punch to the Beltway’s mouth. And while this populist moment feels “unprecedented,” it’s not. The rebuke of the ruling class is encoded in our nation’s DNA. 


We have seen populist leaders like Donald Trump before. He stands on the shoulders of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, Alabama governor George Wallace, and Louisiana legend Huey Long. There have been populist senators, governors, newspaper editors, and radio broadcasters.


But only rarely has a populist climbed as high as President Trump. In fact, it has happened only once before. 


The last populist to win the presidency was born before the American Revolution. He rose from nothing to become a great general. His adoring troops called him Old Hickory, and his enemies derided him as a bigamist and a tyrant in waiting. His name was Andrew Jackson, and he’s the guy who’s still on the 20 dollar bill. 


On today’s debut episode of Breaking History, Eli Lake explains how Andrew Jackson’s presidency is the best guide to what Trump’s second term could look like. 


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Performance Enhancing Drugs and Substances

One of the biggest controversies in the world of sports over the last several decades has been the use of performance-enhancing drugs and substances, or PEDs. 

It seems as if there hasn’t been a single sport that hasn’t been touched in some way by the use of PEDs. 

But what exactly are PEDs, and how do they give athletes an advantage? Do they really work, and if they do, just how big of an advantage do they give?

Learn more about performance-enhancing drugs and how they have impacted the world of sports on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Opening Arguments - Trump’s Executive Orders Are All Absurd and Horrible. But Which of them Actually Matter?

OA1115 - Matt joins for a special Wednesday to provide an initial review of some of the most notable of the 26 executive orders which Donald Trump signed after his inauguration on Monday. We go beyond the headlines to take a closer look at what is actually in these things, and try to sort the routine bluster from the very real threats. 

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