IM 859: What's Behind the Fox? - Tech's Gilded Age

IM 859: What's Behind the Fox? - Tech's Gilded Age

Author: TWiT February 26, 2026 Duration: 3:05:22

What happens when the creator of Stack Overflow decides he's going to take on rural poverty with a guaranteed minimum income—and bankrolls it himself? Find out why Jeff Atwood believes AI and philanthropy might matter more to the American dream than any new software ever could.

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Guest: Jeff Atwood

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IM 873: Superman's Mustache - AI in Hollywood [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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IM 872: Infinite Jeffs - Why the Pope's AI Manifesto Matters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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IM 871: CTRL-F Techno King - Google's Search Overhaul [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:53:48
Dashlane's CTO pulls back the curtain on how password managers are actually using AI, why it's more complicated than hype suggests, and what the rise of AI-powered code review means for the next wave of digital security.…
IM 869: My Sentience is Going Up - Chatbots in Charge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:29:13
Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches. White House Considers Vetting…
IM 867: The Ketchup Effect - The Lines Are Too Damn Long [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:45:37
Game designer and Atlantic writer Ian Bogost joins to argue that the true joy of technology is not frictionlessness, but the small sensory pleasures and constraints that keep us tethered to real life. Discover how AI cou…
IM 866: I'm Bonkers for Yonkers - Is Coding Dead? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:28:30
When renowned photographer Craig Mod coded his own AI-powered Twitter, the lines between art, tech, and community blur in surprising ways. This episode explores what happens when creative minds take AI into their own han…
IM 865: Mythic - Too Dangerous to Release? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:26:36
A secretive AI called Mythos is already finding zero-day exploits that humans missed for decades, but Anthropic claims it is too risky for public release. Hear what leading security experts think could happen if this tec…
IM 864: And Artemis Too - Journalism In The Age Of AI [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:25:03
What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even…