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 883: Gates-Gate - AI Model Watermarks [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Can a single journalist armed with $30 in AI tools outpace traditional newsrooms and reinvent local reporting? This episode spotlights the DIY ingenuity shaking up journalism from the ground up. How Claude marks AI-gener…