Sitemap - 2026 - The Rip Current with Jacob Ward
OpenAI Beat Musk. Now It Gets to Go Public.
Musk Lost in Court. But Who Won, Exactly?
Altman Wins. What About the Rest of Us?
The CEOs Who Flew to China and Got Nothing
The CEOs Flying to China with Trump Need Xi Jinping Far More Than He Needs Them
"Do You Tell Lies?" Dispatches from Sam Altman's Day in Court
Sam Altman's Own Hero Calls Him a Liar. Now He Faces a Jury.
Musk v Altman: Testimony from OpenAI's Tragic Billionaire-Believer
Jake on CNN: The White House Reverses Course on A.I. Regulation
Musk v Altman: How Can Billionaires Claim Money Doesn't Motivate Them?
Musk vs Altman: What I've Seen So Far
First Come, First Served: Dispatches From Inside the Musk-Altman Trial
Speak, Memory: Dispatches from Inside the Musk-Altman Trial
Juicy A.I. Billionaire Drama Exposed
The A.I. Billionaire Drama Goes to Court
Nine People in Oakland Hold More Power Over A.I. Than Congress
Prediction Markets Were Supposed to Forecast the Future. A New Study Says They're a Shakedown.
Why the Pentagon Can't Quit Anthropic
Why U.S. Spies Are Using Banned A.I.
Why Tim Cook's Apple Era Is Over — And What Comes Next
Tim Cook Steps Down, and the World He Mastered is Gone
Why Are Social Media's Effects So Hard to Study? Because Only the Companies Can Truly Do It.
The Companies That Built Social Media Are the Only Ones Who Know the Harms It Can Do
I'm Joining CNN. And The Rip Current is Coming With Me.
How America Built an AI Kill Chain (with Katrina Manson)
Mythos Latest: The AI That Escaped Its Own Cage
Who Decides What Happens Next with the Most Dangerous Software Ever Built?
Greece Invented the Public Square. Now It's Banning Social Media.
Transcript: An A.I. Doomsday Machine...and the Private Club that Has It
An A.I. Doomsday Machine...and the Private Club That Has It
Anthropic Made Something Too Dangerous to Release. So It Released It to 11 Companies.
From Popular Science to Substack: Baratunde & Jacob Ward Compare Notes
Live today at 2:40pm PT with Baratunde Thurston from Life With Machines
Sam Altman Would Like to Change the Subject
AI That Promised Privacy May Have Been Sending Your Conversations to Meta and Google
Transcript: They Already Know When You've Had Enough
Tech Companies Already Know When You've Had Enough
Everything I Said on Six TV Networks Yesterday
Transcript: The Verdict That Could End Social Media as We Know It (with Nita Farahany)
The Verdict That Could End Social Media as We Know It (with Nita Farahany)
The Era of Unaccountable Design Is Over
Transcript: The Era of Unaccountable Design Is Over
BREAKING: Meta and YouTube Found Liable for Addiction and Harm
How Meta's New Mexico Loss Could Lead to Billions in Damages—and Worse
BREAKING: Meta Loses in Court. Here Come 1600 More Lawsuits.
Transcript: America Is Deciding Whether Your Choices Can Be a Crime Scene
Is America Ready for "Behavioral Harm"?
Are Your Choices a Crime Scene?
No One Can Take Your Call Right Now
Transcript: The AI Industry Got What It Wanted Today...Again
The AI Industry Got What It Wanted Today...Again
What's In the White House's AI Plan? Here's My Guess.
Transcript: Hollywood Is Pulling Up the Drawbridge
Hollywood Is Pulling Up the Drawbridge
Transcript: When Gen Z Makes Jokes, They're Screaming
When Gen Z Makes Jokes, They're Screaming
Meta's Layoffs and the AI Money Trap
DHS Has a Surveillance Shopping List. You're On It.
Transcript: DHS Has a Surveillance Shopping List. You're On It.
The AI Surveillance Shopping Spree
Did Meta Connect Children to Predators? (with A.G. Raúl Torrez)
Transcript: Did Meta Connect Children to Predators? (with A.G. Raúl Torrez)
I'm going to Austin. Come find me.
Transcript: The Attack on Those Who Say No to Tech
The Attack on Those Who Say No to Tech
Three Venture Capitalists Got the Briefing on AI and War That Congress Never Has
How One Silicon Valley Congressman's Views on A.I. are Changing...in Real Time
Transcript: A Silicon Valley Congressman Faces the Shifting Sands of A.I.
A Silicon Valley Congressman Faces the Shifting Sands of AI
9 Things Sam Altman Has Said That You Should Keep in Your Head
Gaza was the Beta Test. Iran is the Product Launch.
Full Transcript: Gaza Was the Beta Test. Iran Is the Launch.
The War Machine Is Now Off-the-Shelf
I Went on CNN Tonight to Talk About the Anthropic Ban
Anthropic Built a Door Into the Pentagon. This Week, It Got Slammed In the Company's Face.
Full Transcript: What Anthropic Doesn't Want the Pentagon to Have
What Anthropic Doesn't Want the Pentagon to Have
Seven Things AI Can Already Do That Should Terrify You
Who Will Make the Killer Systems Anthropic Refused To Build for the Pentagon?
State of the Union: Tech Anxiety Edition
Jake on CNN: The Pentagon Just Told the World's Most Cautious AI Company to Stop Being Cautious
Full Transcript: Anthropic's CEO Built an AI With Ethics. The Pentagon Just Told Him to Drop Them.
Anthropic's CEO Built an AI With Ethics. The Pentagon Just Told Him to Drop Them.
Big Tech Accountability is Having a Big February
Full Transcript: Big Tech Accountability is Having a Big February
The Social Media Addiction Trial Explained (Full Transcript)
Full Transcript: Moral Panic or Public Health Crisis?
Moral Panic or Public Health Crisis? A Real Debate About Kids and Screens
Big News: The Rip Current is Changing
Zuckerberg Was Served at the Courthouse Door. Here's What That Means.
Zuckerberg Was Served at the Courthouse Door. Here's What That Means. (Full Transcript)
Zuckerberg Under Oath (Jake on the BBC)
Zuckerberg Under Oath (and What I Couldn't Say on TV)
Zuckerberg Under Oath (and What I Couldn't Say on TV) (Full Transcript)
Zuckerberg's Testimony: What to Watch For
Zuckerberg's Testimony: What to Watch For (Full Transcript)
The Social Media Addiction Trial Explained
Social Media's Big Tobacco Moment
Jake Talks TikTok on Chinese State Television
Why ICE Agents Wear Masks: Inside the Billion-Dollar Surveillance System Targeting Us All
AI Is Getting People Fired — Even Though It’s Not Ready
Jake on PBS: What's Happening with TikTok?
The Receipts Are In: Inside Big Tech's Battle for Your Kids
Big Tech Knew It Was Harming Kids — Newly Unsealed Documents Prove It
We're a Match Flare in an Infinite Darkness — And We're Wasting It Fighting Each Other
Davos Is Just a High School Reunion — And AI Companies are the Cool Kids
Robots Are Coming for Factory Jobs — and No One Voted on It
Humans are Tribal and Judgy, and AI is Exploiting It (with Yarrow Dunham)
Every Oil Empire Thinks This Time Will Be Different.
Why So Many People Hate AI — and Why 2026 Is the Breaking Point