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PodcastTBPNSeptember 29, 2026

Cambridge’s AI Safety Proposal, Instinct CEO on Invest Like the Best, Zuck Hires MongoDB CEO | Diet TBPN

AI safety discourse is escalating into policy proposals and bunker-prepping while agent startups like Instinct scale explosively with minimal headcount.

  • SNL parodies Dario Amodei: The Anthropic CEO was mocked on SNL for AI doom rhetoric ("push a button that kills everyone") the same weekend he reportedly had a private one-on-one dinner invite from Trump.
  • Cambridge AI safety proposal goes concrete: Researchers propose monitoring what % of AI-lab R&D is AI-generated, plus government response plans (a 'FEMA for AI') for cyberattack, biosecurity, and economic-dislocation scenarios.

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