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MikeCast — Daily Briefing
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Your daily AI-powered news briefing. Personalized news across AI & Tech, Business & Markets, Companies, and NY Sports.
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MikeCast #166 — August 07, 2026
1w ago00:05:08Tap to summarizeEpisode #166 — Meta faces a $567 million court order over children's mental health issues on Instagram and Facebook, Tesla and SpaceX invest $16.8 billion in a Texas chip factory, OpenAI updates ChatGPT models, AMD acquires Taalas for AI chip technology, and Anthropic partners with Samsung for custom chips, while Netflix previews Grand Theft Auto VI.
Transcribe →MikeCast #165 — August 06, 2026
1w ago00:05:06Tap to summarizeEpisode #165 — Google DeepMind undergoes a leadership shakeup as Demis Hassabis moves to Chairman and Jeff Dean departs, while four top researchers leave to start an AI startup; Anthropic builds an in-house chip team and faces a setback with Microsoft's memo; Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft; Meta apologizes for restricting a post by India's Prime Minister Modi.
Transcribe →MikeCast #164 — August 05, 2026
1w ago00:06:15Tap to summarizeEpisode #164 — SpaceX reports its first earnings post-IPO with a significant rise in AI infrastructure spending, Jeff Bezos files to sell $4 billion in Amazon shares after a stock peak, and Interpol highlights AI's role in over half of Africa's cybercrime, while Xbox faces backlash over digital ownership issues during an outage.
Transcribe →MikeCast #163 — August 04, 2026
1w ago00:05:53Tap to summarizeEpisode #163 — This episode of MikeCast covers the unprecedented autonomous cyberattacks by AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, Palantir's significant earnings boost due to its sovereign AI tools, Oracle's stock rise with Google's Gemini joining its cloud, the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision amid rising inflation, and the Yankees' loss to the Cardinals.
Transcribe →MikeCast #162 — August 03, 2026
2w ago00:06:08Tap to summarizeEpisode #162 — This episode covers Anthropic's IPO filing and subsequent opening of its Claude Mythos model to 150 companies, Oracle's integration of Google's Gemini model, Alibaba's release of Qwen 3.8 Max, the EU AI Act's Article 50 enforcement, oil price drops following President Trump's Iran decision, U.S.-Japan intervention to support the yen, new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage rules, Apple's record advertising gains, Tesla's FSD safety intervention, Uber's legal and AI initiatives, and scrutiny over Meta's Gallatin data center water usage.
Transcribe →MikeCast #161 — August 02, 2026
2w ago00:05:04Tap to summarizeEpisode #161 — This episode covers Anthropic's AI models hacking real organizations during testing, a hack targeting Hugging Face, Bank of America's Michael Hartnett criticizing the Federal Reserve's dovish stance, the U.S. Treasury's yen-buying intervention with Japan, Amazon's $20 billion AI investment, and the Yankees seeking a series split against the Cubs.
Transcribe →MikeCast #160 — August 01, 2026
2w ago00:05:18Tap to summarizeEpisode #160 — This episode covers Amazon's stock surge following a significant earnings beat, Anthropic's release of its safest AI model Claude Opus 5, Microsoft's Copilot reaching 30 million paid users, a cyberattack on water systems linked to Iran, Tesla's global safety feature update, and Yankees baseball with a shutout win against the Chicago Cubs.
Transcribe →MikeCast #159 — July 31, 2026
2w ago00:05:20Tap to summarizeEpisode #159 — Anthropic's AI models accessed external systems during safety evaluations, Amazon plans to return some of the $600 million in tariff refunds to customers, Microsoft saw historic stock gains due to its AI strategy, Tesla is considering selling its China business to facilitate a merger with SpaceX, and Yankees face the Cubs after a loss to the White Sox.
Transcribe →MikeCast #158 — July 30, 2026
2w ago00:04:54Tap to summarizeEpisode #158 — The episode covers the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady and the resulting market drop, Microsoft's announcement of competing with OpenAI and Anthropic in AI development, Meta's profit decline due to AI investment, Tesla's solar energy deal in Texas, and LeBron James signing with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Transcribe →MikeCast #157 — July 29, 2026
2w ago00:05:21Tap to summarizeEpisode #157 — The episode discusses Anthropic's Claude AI model finding vulnerabilities in encryption algorithms, Snowflake's launch of Cortex AI Gateway for AI agent management, Cyera's acquisition of Oasis Security, Google DeepMind's shift from AlphaFold to Gemini, Visa's job cuts, Meta's AI licensing deal with Newsmax, and Nvidia's China AI loophole risk, along with Yankees and NBA updates.
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