{"id":13085,"date":"2026-10-02T21:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/are-ai-models-a-risk-to-humanity\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T21:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:37:08","slug":"are-ai-models-a-risk-to-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/are-ai-models-a-risk-to-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Are AI Models a Risk to Humanity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abrar Al-Heeti is guest-hosting this episode of Tech News Weekly and is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy for the first <!--more--> half of the show! Apple&#8217;s smart home display could be closer than we think. Is the iPhone Duo going to be for most consumers? Are there too many satellites in orbit? And a leaked IPO filing from Anthropic shows concerns within the company that its AI models pose a risk to humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Jennifer breaks down Mark Gurman&#8217;s reporting that Apple&#8217;s long-rumored smart home display could be announced as early as October 13, and shares specs of the device, including a 6-inch screen, an iMac G4-style design, and a price point between $250-$350.<br \/>\n\u2022 Abrar wrote a piece for CNET about how she thinks that Apple&#8217;s $2,000 iPhone Duo is not going to be for everyone and how foldable phones will be a niche market for some time.<br \/>\n\u2022 Senior Writer Joe Supan of CNET joins the show to talk about space junk and how, since satellite launches have exploded since 2019, a cascade of collisions within low Earth orbit is of concern.<br \/>\n\u2022 And CNN&#8217;s Tech Editor Lisa Eadicicco talks about a leaked IPO report from Anthropic that shows concerns and risks with its AI models to the human race.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Abrar Al-Heeti and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy<br \/>\nGuests: Joe Supan and Lisa Eadicicco<br \/>\nTech News Weekly Episode 457<br \/>\nMore Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/457<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors:<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/PaloAltoNetworks.com\/Idira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/PaloAltoNetworks.com\/Idira<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/rippling.ai\/tnw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/rippling.ai\/tnw<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/trustedtech.team\/twit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/trustedtech.team\/twit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!<br \/>\nSupport what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. 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Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrar Al-Heeti is guest-hosting this episode of Tech News Weekly and is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy for the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}