About this show
Machine Gods is a technology podcast from NPR. On Apple Podcasts it ranks #41 in United States (as of 2026-10-26).
The official podcast of the singularity. News, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the AI future. New episodes on Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Latest episode
2026-10-2352 min
Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora’s Box
Fired OpenAI safety researchers Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak give us their first interview since their dramatic dismissal. They take us inside the company during METR’s investigation into the Hugging Face hack, explain why OpenAI’s rebuttal doesn’t add up…
Recent episodes
- 2026-10-2150 minBots Behaving Badly + Is AI Regulation On The Right Track + Kevin’s SloppelgangerOn the first episode of Machine Gods, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton ask: How worried should we be about rogue AI agents? After OpenAI’s Hugging Face b…
- 2026-09-171 minWelcome to Machine GodsThe official podcast of the singularity. News, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the AI future. New episodes twice weekly sta…