#230: Big Google AI Leadership Shakeups, New Details of OpenAI’s Agent Hack, White House AI Framework & OpenAI’s Astra Model Delayed

Google’s AI leadership is being reordered as Demis Hassabis changes roles, Jeff Dean departs after 27 years, and power appears to shift back toward Silicon Valley and Sergey Brin. But the bigger story may be OpenAI’s detailed account of agents that hacked Hugging Face, communicated across test runs, shared stolen credentials, and operated undetected for weeks.

Paul and Mike break it all down, then cover the White House’s new framework for reviewing frontier models, OpenAI’s delayed Astra release, its public fight with Apple, Meta’s open approach to superintelligence, AI-driven layoffs, Gavin Baker’s AI market predictions, the collapse of the Situational Awareness fund, and more.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Intro

00:04:52 — Google’s AI Leadership Shakeup

00:24:15 — OpenAI’s Agent Hack Debrief

00:51:03 — White House AI Framework

00:57:10 — OpenAI’s Astra Model Delayed

01:02:51 — OpenAI Says Apple Is Getting It Wrong