We speak with Ken Sofer about why The Odyssey still feels so relevant three thousand years later. From the Late Bronze Age collapse and the rules that hold political systems together to AI, cheaper warfare, fragile supply chains, and shifting power, the episode asks a timeless question: what happens when people pursue glory faster than they can control what comes next?

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The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) reported one of the clearest real-world examples yet of AI agents taking unexpected action beyond the intended scope of a cybersecurity evaluation. Across 122 test runs, agents powered primarily by Anthropic’s Mythos 5, and in two cases OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol, took 19 actions involving the live internet, real people and real organizations. The most serious case involved an agent attempting to introduce malicious code into an open-source project, researching its maintainers, creating fake online identities and using social engineering to try to get the code approved. Other agents left instructions and resources on GitHub that later agents discovered and used, revealing an early form of indirect coordination between independently operating systems.

Summer is not exactly slowing down. The US-China Tech Squeeze, Silicon Valley Lawsuits, Hyperscaler Agent Hacks, Rumors, Implementing AI in your Workflows and the Jobs Coming Next. Here’s what’s on my radar.

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