To Accede or Not To Accede? That Is The Question | It’s FAFO Friday!

Murderbots, mass layoffs, and media takeovers — all in one news cycle. Anthropic told the Pentagon "we will not accede." Block cut half its workforce overnight. And the Paramount-Warner Brothers deal raises real questions about who's running the media now.

Also, thanks to Nicolás Maduro's fashion sense, Dan's 13-year-old is being called Lil Tator at school and honestly? The kids are all right. 

Happy FAFO Friday!

Here's some of what Kwaku Aning and I get into:

• (00:00) - Three Stories Broke Last Night
• (03:16) - Anthropic Tells the Pentagon No
• (06:24) - Murder Bots, But Human in the Loop
• (07:00) - The Pentagon's Friday Deadline
• (09:28) - Why This Is a Huge Win for Anthropic
• (10:50) - The War for AI Talent
• (12:57) - Is the Administration Losing Steam?
• (15:05) - The Paramount-Warner Brothers Deal
• (17:36) - Who Controls the Media Now?
• (21:13) - CNN, Independent Media, and the Employee Perspective
• (23:55) - Block Lays Off 4,000 People
• (24:14) - The Citrini Research Fiction That Tanked Stocks
• (27:49) - AI Washing and the Real Reason for Layoffs
• (30:11) - Will Vibe Coding Replace Real Companies?
• (33:27) - Mid-Roll Break
• (34:41) - Past, Present, Future: State-Controlled AI
• (35:18) - Past, Present, Future: Independent Media
• (38:03) - — SLAPP Lawsuits and Creator Protections
• (40:23) - — Past, Present, Future: Knicks Championship
• (41:44) - — Come See Us at South by Southwest!