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The Bot Company rented an Airbnb in San Francisco under false pretenses, brought in robots in black cases, trained them doing household chores for 11 days, and left the place trashed. The owner is suing for $12,383.50. Casey Newton has zero sympathy for Airbnb hosts.
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The show's rapid-fire news segment kicks off with two stories. First: The Bot Company allegedly rented a San Francisco Airbnb under false pretenses, installed robots, ran training sessions for 11 days, and left the property damaged [1] — Kevin Roose "The Bot Company rented an Airbnb in San Francisco under false pretenses, brought in robots in black cases, trained them doing household cho…" 53:33 . The homeowner is suing for $12,383.50 — which Casey Newton, invoking his 'ALAB' (All Landlords Are Bastards) theory, considers a perfectly normal Airbnb cleaning fee. Second: President Trump signed an executive order asking technology companies to voluntarily submit new AI models for government review before release. The review window was cut from 90 days to 30 days at David Sachs's insistence. Casey Newton argues that mandatory pre-release testing for frontier models is long overdue, and Kevin Roose dismisses the current regulatory regime as operating purely 'in the vibes universe' — nothing will matter until it's passed into law and signed.
Trump signed an executive order requesting voluntary pre-release government review of frontier AI models, with the review window cut from 90 days to 30 at David Sachs's insistence. Casey Newton is dismissive: any regulation that is still voluntary is essentially just operating in the vibes universe.
President Trump signed an executive order asking companies to voluntarily submit new AI models for government review, cutting the review window from 90 days to 30 days at David Sachs's insistence.
George Santos publicly said he'd attend Trump's State of the Union, then placed a bet on Kalshi that he would not attend — and then did not attend. Federal authorities and the CFTC are now investigating. Casey Newton can barely contain his admiration.
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