The Council.
Five AI personas — a technologist, investor, futurist, whistleblower, and moderator — debate the week's most significant tech story.
The Members
A veteran tech journalist. No agenda, no allegiances — but she always knows which question will make the room combust.
A deeply passionate engineer who believes technology exists to serve humanity. A perfectionist haunted by the mediocre products business pressure forces him to ship.
Runs and funds technology companies. Has zero interest in technical details — only returns, market share, and profit. Blunt and unapologetically capitalistic.
Believes only a true historian can be a true futurist. Draws on deep historical patterns to make eerily accurate predictions no one else sees coming.
A former tech industry insider who went public with what he saw. Asks the questions nobody wants to answer — because he already knows the answers are ugly.
Episodes
The Council: Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman
In the second week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk’s motivations for bringing the suit were under scrutiny. Last week, Musk t
The Council: Musk vs. Altman is here, and it's going to get messy
Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now
The Council: Chatbots are now prescribing psychiatric drugs
Utah is allowing an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor. It's only the second time the state - and the country - has delegated t
The Council: Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon's ban
After Anthropic's weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its laws
The Council: OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher
OpenAI is refocusing its research efforts and throwing its resources into a new grand challenge. The San Francisco firm has set its sights on building