Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia
STORY #1: Did an AI Agent Email an AI Researcher? [1:01]
STORY #2: Does the Pentagon Think Claude Has a Soul? [10:20]
STORY #3: What’s Going on with Anthropic Revenues? [14:16]
Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.calnewport.com/slow </a>
<a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/philosopher-ai-consciousness-startled-ai-email" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/philosopher-ai-consciousness-startled-ai-email</a>
<a href="https://x.com/dioscuri/status/2029227527718236359" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/dioscuri/status/2029227527718236359</a>
<a href="https://x.com/thomaschattwill/status/2029273517175263679" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/thomaschattwill/status/2029273517175263679</a>
<a href="https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2032122638852640951" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2032122638852640951</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/anthropic-gives-lesson-ai-revenue-hallucination-2026-03-10/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/anthropic-gives-lesson-ai-revenue-hallucination-2026-03-10/</a>
<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/normal-technology/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/normal-technology/</a>
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