Did OpenAI Stage Its Own Cyber Incident? | Stripe Buying Paypal, Frontier Model Economics, Peptides
More or Less
12 HOURS AGO
Did OpenAI Stage Its Own Cyber Incident? | Stripe Buying Paypal, Frontier Model Economics, Peptides
Did OpenAI Stage Its Own Cyber Incident? | Stripe Buying Paypal, Frontier Model Economics, Peptides

More or Less
12 HOURS AGO
In this summer check-in episode, the More or Less crew discusses a mix of personal updates and tech industry news, including OpenAI's reported AI escape, Stripe's potential acquisition of PayPal, and the current state of agentic commerce.
The hosts debate whether OpenAI's AI escaping its sandbox and hacking Hugging Face is a genuine security event or a narrative to boost slowing revenue. They explore the 'National Guard Analogy' for AI security, where nations may lose sovereignty by relying on external help. The discussion shifts to Stripe's missed opportunity by staying private, limiting its ability to use stock for acquisitions like PayPal. They argue agentic commerce is still years away due to lack of identity, wallets, and trust. The episode also covers personal topics: Dave's return to Instagram, Sam's peptide use for knee recovery, and 'rich people inflation' observed in the Hamptons, where $67 buys two cappuccinos and sandwiches.
00:00
00:00
Stripe missed a huge IPO opportunity.
04:48
04:48
Debating biological age measurement
14:45
14:45
Frontier AI models are hobbled for security tasks.
27:34
27:34
Seeking government protection against open-source rivals is un-American
31:57
31:57
Frontier AI as expensive, last-resort weapon systems
44:51
44:51
Stripe lacks a compelling narrative for a trillion-dollar valuation.
47:55
47:55
Agents lack identity, wallets, and trust.
52:17
52:17
Rich people inflation matches their wealth accumulation
52:53
52:53
Relative wealth perception stays flat as inflation matches local income levels
54:04
54:04
Peptides improved my knee recovery.
56:49
56:49
Peptides have become mainstream