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August 7 · 21 min
Is Middle America Right to Hate Data Centers? | Jasmine Sun
Jasmine Sun joins MTS to discuss data center opposition in the Midwest, tensions between local governments and residents, and the economic impact of AI infrastructure projects on skilled trades and communities. MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts⁠ Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to http://getvcx.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01) Midwest Data Center Tour (00:02) Local Government vs Residents (00:04) Factories Versus Data Centers (00:10) Environmental Opposition and Myths (00:14) Loss of Pioneer Spirit (00:17) Trade Worker Data Boom -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 7 · 35 min
The Intelligence AI Power Grab | Anton Leicht
Anton Leicht joins MTS to discuss AI securitization policy, power distribution across government agencies and countries, and strategic options for middle powers building sovereign AI capacity. MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts⁠ Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to http://getvcx.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01:12) What Is AI Securitization? (00:02:46) Distributing AI Power (00:09:42) Risks of Power Concentration (00:14:53) A Manhattan Project for AI? (00:17:08) Wealth Concentration From AI -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 6 · 21 min
Classical Computing Can't Scale AI | Guillaume Verdon
Guillaume Verdon joins MTS to discuss scaling thermodynamic computing, replacing classical bit architecture with pbits, and building software frameworks for stochastic programming. He outlines the trade-offs between numerical precision and power efficiency when running AI models on low-power chips. Additionally, he shares how thermodynamic systems can co-exist with GPUs to tackle complex frontier problems. -- https://x.com/GillVerd -- MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts⁠ Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to http://getvcx.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01) Scaling Extropic’s New Z1 Hardware (00:04) Running Current AI Models on Z1 (00:07) Moving Away From Deterministic Computing (00:11) Comparing Probabilistic Bits to Qubits (00:13) Explaining the Torcs Software Framework (00:15) Future of Classical Computers and GPUs (00:19) Onboarding Developers onto Extropic Frameworks -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 6 · 28 min
Is GDP Failing to Measure AGI? | Phillip Trammell
Phillip Trammell joins MTS to discuss how GDP fails to measure prosperity across technology paths, what happens to the economy when AI automates all work, and why he believes humans should own machines rather than letting them own themselves. -- https://x.com/pawtrammell -- MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts⁠ Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to GetVCX.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01) Flaws of GDP Metric (00:03) Measuring Real Human Prosperity (00:06) Singularity Without GDP Growth (00:08) Tracking Economic AI Transformation (00:12) Replacing Labor Versus Complementing (00:22) Future Market Power Concentration (00:25) Long-Term Optimism for Abundance -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 6 · 26 min
Why AI-Driven Autonomous Attacks Are Forcing A Security Reset
Anand Oswal joins MTS to discuss Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS 12.2 Ceres release, including advanced virtual patching that creates automated protections in hours, AI-powered security agents with human-in-the-loop verification, and quantum safe cryptographic agility. Oswal shares how Unit 42 discovered over 14,000 previously unknown vulnerabilities in open source projects using frontier AI models, and explains how defenders are using AI to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated autonomous attacks. -- https://x.com/aoswal1234 -- MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts⁠ Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to GetVCX.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01) Changing Cyber Threat Landscape (00:02) Speeding Up Patch Delivery (00:04) Shifting Power To Defenders (00:10) Preparing For Quantum Computing (00:13) Uncovering AI Discovered Vulnerabilities (00:25) Mission Driven Cybersecurity Leadership -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 6 · 19 min
The Supply Chain Threat to American AI Startups | Anastasios Angelopoulos
Anastasios Angelopoulos joins MTS to discuss the latest frontier model releases from Chinese labs, price-performance dynamics on the Arena leaderboards, and the business models behind American open source AI. -- https://x.com/ml_angelopoulos -- MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. http://elevenlabs.io/mts Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to GetVCX.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01:05) First Impressions of Qwen 3.8 (00:07:22) How Qwen Performs on Math (00:10:30) US Economics of Low AI Pricing (00:17:29) Duration of Anthropic Dominance -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 5 · 59 min
Fixing the American Housing Market | Opendoor Team
Kaz Nejatian, Vu Tran, and Yan Guo join MTS in three back-to-back interviews to discuss turning around a public company, building an AI-first corporate culture, and scaling real estate market making using proprietary data and machine learning. -- https://x.com/nejatian https://x.com/vu0tran https://x.com/yang_guo -- MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts⁠ Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. https://arena.ai/ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to http://getvcx.comto learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01) Status Of Opendoor Turnaround (00:04) Opendoor's Shift To Software (00:05) Speed As Core Moat (00:10) Becoming An AI Pilled Company (00:29) Joining Opendoor From Meta (00:46) Career Journey And Returning -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.
August 4 · 26 min
ColdCard Bitcoin Hack EXPLAINED | Haseeb Qureshi
Haseeb Qureshi joins MTS to discuss the economics of frontier-level intelligence as open models drop in price, the changing dynamics of cybersecurity as AI makes vulnerability discovery faster and cheaper, and how AI-native startups are building fundamentally different organizational structures. -- https://x.com/hosseeb -- MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ -- Brought to you by: Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. https://elevenlabs.io/mts Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com Merge - OpenAI, Dropbox, and Ramp use Merge to get AI to production faster. https://merge.dev/mts AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com Macroscope - AI codebase understanding for engineering leaders. https://macroscope.com/mts -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:06) Securing Infrastructure in AI Era (00:12) Impact on Cash-Strapped Crypto Foundations (00:15) Legacy Hardware and Infrastructure Risks (00:17) Government Role in Cyber Defense (00:21) Relying on Foreign Open-Source Models (00:23) Economic Impact of Cheaper AI -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.

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