Open AI’s Sora 2 Was a Big Sloppy Mess | EP 159

Описание: Backlash to OpenAI’s video generation app Sora has reached a new tipping point. We discuss two big changes the company is making, after Bryan Cranston and the family of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. complained about deepfakes. Then, New York Times reporter Karen Weise joins us to discuss her scoop that Amazon plans to reduce its hiring needs by more than half a million workers, thanks to new improvements to warehouse automation. And finally, A.I. browsers are here. We offer our first impressions on ChatGPT Atlas and how it stacks up against alternatives like Perplexity’s Comet and The Browser Company’s Dia.

For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/po...

Guest:
Karen Weise, New York Times technology reporter covering Amazon.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/karen-weise

Additional Reading:
OpenAI Blocks Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. After Racist Depictions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/bu...

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/te...

The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/te...

OpenAI Unveils Web Browser Built for Artificial Intelligence
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/te...

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:50 - Casey is an expert on quantum computing
00:01:45 - This week on the show
00:02:09 - Sora is being used to make deepfakes. Who could have predicted this?
00:23:58 - Interview with Karen Weise on Amazon's push for automation
00:49:28 - OpenAI's Atlas and the rise of the A.I. web browser.

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