Netflix Angst, The End of the Internet, Q&A on Meta’s VR Glasses, Anthropic Alignment, You Can See Everything

Ben and Andrew begin with notes on the future of the podcast before turning to a raft of ominous Netflix shows and a question: what can Netflix fix, and what growth problems are more intractable? From there: A note on Elon’s investment in Skydance, Anthropic solves an NSA mystery, and reactions to a variety of ominous cybersecurity developments from the past several days. At the end: Meeting the Meta VR glasses in person, Anthropic’s branding spawns thoughts on alignment, why Apple has retained the “Siri” branding (so far), reading as an AI bottleneck, olive oil recs, podcast-listening speeds, and Andrew reverses his stance on the new Nathan Fielder movie.

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Netflix Earnings, Business or Franchise, Disney’s Deal — Stratechery

Is Netflix Washed Now? — Sharp Text

You Can See Everything (And It’s a Great Time) — Sharp Text

Presented by Stripe — Stratechery

Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins — Anthropic

NSA Advisory: Critical Patches Recommended for PHP Vulnerabilities — NSA

Indian firm eMudhra exits global digital certificates business after vulnerability disclosure — Reuters

Scoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts — Axios

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