Episode 138: Robots in the Environment - Stefano Mintchev
In this episode, Claire interviews Stefano Mintchev, an assistant professor at ETH Zürich, about his work developing bio‑inspired robots for environmental monitoring and sustainable resource management. They discuss how these robots can navigate challenging natural terrains, collect high‑resolution data, and operate autonomously over long periods, offering new insights for ecology and climate science. Mintchev emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between robotics and environmental science to create scalable, robust solutions that can aid conservation efforts.
Knowledge Workers Freak Out Over AI (511)
Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose dissect two Wall Street Journal stories: the surge in demand for "storytellers"—a rebranding of long‑standing content work—and the growing anxiety among knowledge workers facing layoffs and AI disruption, emphasizing that adaptability and a fluid professional...
GLP Podcast: Evolutionary Mismatch. Is Civilization Wrecking Our Health?
The episode examines the evolutionary mismatch theory, arguing that modern industrialized life bombards humans with chronic low‑level stressors unlike the intermittent challenges faced by our hunter‑gatherer ancestors, leading to physical ailments such as hypertension, immune decline, and reduced fertility, as...
Yann LeCun Looking for $3B+ for "World Model" AI Startup
The episode explains Yann LeCun's announcement of a new AI startup focused on building a "world model" and its pursuit of a $3 billion-plus valuation, potentially exceeding $5 billion. It clarifies what world models are—systems that learn to predict and simulate entire...
As Only Humans Can
The episode explores how Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data is being used to equip astronauts with rapid visual analysis tools for an upcoming lunar flyby, enabling them to make split‑second geological inferences that only human intuition can provide. It highlights...
Jason Lee, Head of Chime Enterprise, on the Transformation of Employee Financial Health
In this episode, fintech veteran Jason Lee discusses how employee financial wellness is becoming as essential as health insurance, emphasizing that it drives productivity and business performance. He explains the evolution from DailyPay to Salt Labs and its acquisition by...
SANS Stormcast Friday, December 19th, 2025: Less Vulnerabie Devices; Critical OneView Vulnerablity; Trufflehog Finds JWTs
The episode highlights a positive trend of fewer publicly exposed industrial control system devices and a roughly 50% drop in SSL 2.0/3.0 exposure, indicating improved server hygiene. It warns about a critical, unauthenticated remote‑code‑execution flaw in Hewlett‑Packard Enterprise OneView (CVSS 10.0) that...
Amazon in Talks to Invest $10B in OpenAI
The episode examines the reported $10 billion investment by Amazon in OpenAI, framing it as part of a broader trend toward circular partnerships where tech giants both collaborate and compete in AI. It explains what circular deals are, why major cloud...
82% of Companies Are Seeing Positive AI ROI
The AI Daily Brief reveals that 82% of organizations now report positive AI ROI, with 37% seeing transformational impact, and most expecting faster gains soon. The study of 1,200 respondents and 5,000 use cases shows ROI is driven by both...
How Is Europe Rethinking Satellite Connectivity? W/ Craig Bowley
In this episode, SSPI Executive Director Tamara Bond‑Williams talks with Craig Bowley, Regional VP of Sales for Europe at ST Engineering iDirect, about how Europe is reshaping satellite connectivity. Bowley outlines macro trends such as the EU’s IRIS² and GovSatCom...
Congratulations to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
The episode discusses the confirmation of billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator, highlights Rocket Lab's successful STP‑S30 launch for the U.S. Space Force, and notes Redwire's contract to supply docking systems for The Exploration Company's Nyx capsule. Guest Ryan Brown,...
Editors’ Choice: Top Stories of 2025
In the year‑end episode, GEN editors review six headline biotech stories, highlighting AI’s expanding role in drug discovery, a landmark success for Baby KJ in cell‑gene therapy, and the turbulent year for Sarepta’s DMD gene therapy Elevidys, including patient deaths...
Eye Tracking in Recommender Systems
In this episode, researcher Santiago de Leon explains how eye‑tracking technology captures gaze patterns—fixations and saccades—to reveal user behavior on recommender interfaces, and introduces the RecGaze dataset, the first eye‑tracking collection tailored for recommender‑system research. He shows how eye data...
Peter Dougherty, President of Spreedly | Episode 454
In this episode, Peter Dougherty, President of Spreedly, explains how an open payments platform enables global brands to launch faster, reduce vendor risk, and improve authorization rates by providing a unified layer for tokenization, fraud, KYC, and multi‑processor connectivity. He...
America and China Are Racing to Different AI Futures
In this episode Tristan Harris talks with China‑focused AI experts Selena Xu and Matt Sheehan about the misconceptions driving the U.S.–China AI narrative. They explain that China’s AI strategy is driven by a diverse ecosystem of companies, academia and local...
Trust No Link, My Darling.
The episode covers the latest social engineering threats, from AI‑driven virtual kidnapping extortion and celebrity impersonation scams to Google’s dual strategy of suing phishing operations while supporting new anti‑scam legislation and AI tools. It offers practical home‑network advice, emphasizing IoT...
Lovable Raises $330M at $6.6B Valuation
The episode dissects Lovable's $330 million Series round that lifted its valuation to $6.6 billion, highlighting the surge of investor interest in developer‑first AI tools. It explains the concept of “vibe‑coding”—AI‑driven code generation that adapts to a programmer’s style—and why this approach...
SANS Stormcast Thursday, December 18th, 2025: More React2Shell; Donicwall and Cisco Patch; Updated Chrome Advisory
The episode highlights evolving React2Shell attacks that now target less‑common endpoints and non‑Next.js applications, urging operators to assume compromise if systems remain unpatched. It also covers active exploits in Cisco Secure Email Gateway (UAT‑9686) and a SonicWall SMA1000 local privilege...
Europe’s Ariane 6 Launch and Asia’s Space Momentum.
The episode highlights Europe’s successful Ariane 6 launch of two Galileo satellites and the ESA’s decision to repurpose the Ariane 6 kick‑stage into an orbital transfer vehicle, underscoring a push for greater launch resilience. It also covers Asia’s growing space capabilities, noting...
The Present and Future of AI in Sales and GTM A Deep Dive with Jason Lemkin and Kyle Norton,...
Jason Lemkin and Owner CRO Kyle Norton discuss how AI agents now outperform average AEs and SDRs, reshaping GTM team structures. They stress that CROs/CMOs must personally train at least one agent within 30 days, choose one or two vendor...
How AI Could Transform the Nature of War | Paul Scharre, Author of 'Army of None'
Paul Scharre, former Army Ranger and author of *Army of None*, discusses how AI is poised to create a "battlefield singularity" where autonomous systems replace human decision‑making, leading to faster, more lethal conflicts such as swarming drone attacks and AI‑driven...
Inside a Crypto-Only Lifestyle - Joel Valenzuela | ATC #590
In this episode, Stephen Sargeant talks with crypto pioneer Joël Valenzuela about his transition from early Bitcoin involvement to a fully crypto‑only lifestyle, eschewing traditional fiat banking. Valenzuela explains how Dash’s focus on privacy and instant transactions makes it uniquely...
Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Vlad Malanin, a surgeon‑turned AI scientist, details how SpeedSize grew from $400K to $6M ARR by leveraging AI‑driven media compression, a usage‑based enterprise pricing model, and a partnership‑first go‑to‑market strategy with AWS and IBM. He explains the land‑and‑expand sales motion...
OpenAI’s Image AI Aims to Reduce Creative Friction
The episode examines how OpenAI’s new image AI tools are designed to cut down the friction that often hampers creative workflows, highlighting specific efficiency gains for artists and designers. It discusses the technology’s ability to streamline tasks like image generation,...
Meta AI Glasses Add AI Hearing Boost & Spotify
The episode reviews Meta's latest AI glasses update, highlighting the new Spotify integration and an AI-powered hearing boost that clarifies conversations. It explains how these features function, from streaming music directly to the lenses to real-time audio enhancement using on-device...
Microdebris, Maneuvers, and Managing the Orbital Commons.
The episode covers recent developments in space traffic management and orbital safety, highlighting the US‑France joint satellite maneuver exercise under Operation Olympic Defender, EraDrive’s $5.3 M seed round to scale its SSA platform, and a U.S. State Department call for private‑sector...
Jailbreaking AGI: Pliny the Liberator & John V on AI Red Teaming, BT6, and the Future of AI Security
In this episode, Pliny the Liberator and John V discuss their radical approach to AI red‑teaming, emphasizing universal jailbreaks—skeleton‑key prompts that bypass guardrails across modalities—and the shortcomings of RLHF‑based safety as mere security theater. They detail hard vs. soft jailbreak...
Why Physical AI Needed a Completely New Data Stack
In this episode, Lukas Biewald interviews a lineup of AI leaders—from Arvind Jain of Glean, who details the shift from enterprise search to agentic AI that grasps internal workflows, to Jarek Kutylowski of DeepL, who explains how a small team...
From AI Agent Orchestrators to Deepfakes. The New Tech Order
The episode revisits the team’s bold January 2025 AI roadmap, evaluating how predictions about AI agent orchestrators, reasoning data, and deepfake threats have unfolded. Jordan Wilson highlights the rise of AI agents as a new employee class, the shift toward...
THE SIGNAL: SaaS Is Dead, Long Live SaaS + Payments | Episode 453
In this episode, Peter Galvin and Luis Peña explain how the SaaS landscape is shifting from horizontal subscription tools to vertical commerce platforms that embed payments directly into the user workflow. They detail how integrated, tokenized payment flows enable new...
How to Build Your PM Second Brain with ChatGPT
In this episode, Amir Klein from monday.com walks listeners through a practical system for creating a PM "second brain" using ChatGPT, emphasizing that AI should amplify rather than replace a product manager's work. He explains how to define a clear...
Microsegmentation (Noun) [Word Notes]
The episode defines microsegmentation as a zero‑trust security method that isolates individual application workloads, enabling granular protection for each. It highlights how this approach reduces lateral movement risks within networks and supports compliance by enforcing policy at the workload level....
OpenAI's 'Code Red' And the AIO Best-Of Listicle Hack
The episode examines OpenAI's rushed launch of GPT‑5.2, noting its strong benchmark scores but mixed real‑world performance and urging cautious testing against GPT‑5.1. It reveals how classic "best‑of" listicles are now a rapid shortcut to AI search visibility, though this...
496: How B2B Brands Actually Grow
In this episode, marketing scientist Professor Byron Sharp explains that B2B growth hinges on building mental availability before physical sales, challenging the common focus on in‑market buyers and flashy brand campaigns. He outlines the metrics that truly reflect progress—such as...
DoorDash Rolls Out Zesty AI Social App
The episode breaks down DoorDash's new AI-powered social app, Zesty, which helps users discover restaurants and share dining experiences. It explains how Zesty's AI curates personalized recommendations, leverages community content, and integrates social features to make food discovery more interactive....
A Holiday Prank
The episode recounts how the Gemini VI crew, after their October mission was canceled, pivoted to a December launch aimed at achieving the historic first rendezvous with Gemini VII. It details the technical challenges of coordinating two spacecraft in orbit...
SANS Stormcast Tuesday, December 16th, 2025: Current React2Shell Example; SAML Woes; MSMQ Issues After Patch;
The episode reviews recent activity around the React2Shell exploit, noting that while variants continue to appear in SANS honeypots, the technique is largely mature and even Iranian actors are now merely scanning for it. It then delves into ongoing SAML...
Will This OpenAI Update Make AI Agents Work Better?
The episode examines OpenAI's integration of Anthropic's "skills" system, explaining how modular skill libraries and progressive disclosure can make AI agents more efficient, reliable, and easier to share than ever‑more complex monolithic models. It highlights the broader AI policy landscape,...
Starfish Space Completes an Autonomous RPO in LEO.
The episode highlights Starfish Space's autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) mission in low Earth orbit, conducted with Impulse Space, and notes Rocket Lab's first dedicated JAXA launch and Mission Space's upcoming payload with Rogue Space. Guest Patrick O'Neill, Public...
Humane versus Human Marketing
Mark Schaefer and Mathew Sweezey explore the distinction between "human" marketing—aimed at emotional connection—and "humane" marketing, which prioritizes delivering fast, effortless help to customers, often via AI. They argue that while heartfelt storytelling remains valuable, the immediate impact of AI-driven,...
Inside a Mars Habitat
The episode explores analog missions that simulate living on Mars, focusing on how researchers test life-support systems, crew psychology, and health protocols to keep astronauts fit for deep-space travel. Experts discuss the challenges of isolation, radiation protection, and sustainable resource...
SANS Stormcast Monday, December 15th, 2025: DLL Entry Points; ClickFix and Finger; Apple Patches
The episode covered four main topics: how malware can exploit DLL entry points that run on load, the resurgence of ClickFix attacks using the obsolete finger command over port 79, a massive Apple patch addressing 48 vulnerabilities—including two actively exploited...
Space Power: New Names May Foretell New Space Weapons Systems
The episode examines how recent renaming of U.S. space units signals a shift toward developing dedicated space‑based weapons, exploring the strategic implications of a new “Star Wars”‑style executive order. It highlights the evolving doctrine that treats space as a contested...
Woman Gives Birth Inside Waymo Robotaxi
The episode recounts a real‑world edge case where a pregnant woman went into labor while inside a Waymo self‑driving robotaxi, detailing how the autonomous system and the ride‑share operator responded to the emergency. It highlights the challenges autonomous vehicles face...
From Cyber Threats to Heavy-Lift Satellites.
The episode covers the resurgence of a bipartisan U.S. bill aimed at bolstering cybersecurity for commercial satellites, highlights K2 Space’s $250 million Series C round that values the company at $3 billion, and introduces stealth‑emerged Fortastra, which secured over $8 million to develop maneuverable...
7MS #705: A Phishing Campaign Fail Tale
In this episode, the host recounts a recent phishing campaign that initially attracted many victims but was abruptly terminated, highlighting how even well‑executed attacks can fail due to unforeseen factors. The discussion underscores the importance of understanding the broader attack...
AI Could Let a Few People Control Everything — Permanently (Article by Rose Hadshar)
The episode examines how advanced AI could dramatically amplify existing power imbalances, enabling a tiny elite to control vast economic, political, and military systems. It outlines why this risk is urgent, counters common objections that the threat is overstated or...
Passwords Are Broken: AI Agents Need Identity | Rishi Bhargava, CEO of Descope
Rishi Bhargava, CEO of Descope, explains why traditional passwords are failing and how passkeys and AI agent identities can create a seamless, secure login experience. He breaks down the mechanics of account takeovers, the persistent pain points of password-based logins,...
We Deployed 20+ AI Agents and Replaced Our Entire Human SDR Team. Here's What Actually Works. (Video + Pod)
In this episode the hosts detail how they replaced their human SDR team with over 20 AI agents, sending 60,000+ hyper‑personalized emails, booking 130+ meetings and generating 15% of SaaStr AI London ticket revenue by targeting low‑priority and ghosted leads....
Episode 137: Getting Two-Legged Robots Moving - Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi
In this episode, Dr. Claire Asher interviews Assistant Professor Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi about her pioneering work in bipedal robotics, covering how two‑legged robots achieve stable walking and stair‑climbing through advanced control algorithms. Oluwami explains the development of the Biped Bootcamp curriculum,...