Today, Explained
Today, Explained
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AI just got scarier
26 minutes Posted Apr 16, 2026 at 6:26 pm.
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Anthropic and OpenAI are proving the inherent difficulties in trusting AI companies with our future.
This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc. Photo by Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
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