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Capability, Capital, and Consequences

September 19, 2026 · 28 min

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On the latest episode of This Week in AI, host Christina Stathopoulos covers new OpenAI capabilities, major AI funding, renewed safety concerns, and recent work in genomics.


Watch as she breaks down OpenAI’s push into software control, scientific reasoning, and financial services, along with large investments in companies including Mistral, Harvey, Positron, and Hugging Face. Christina also discusses warnings from researchers at Anthropic and Google DeepMind about AI safety and recursive self-improvement. She closes with genomics projects from DeepMind, UC Berkeley, and Tempus that use AI to study genetic variation, disease, and more personalized approaches to treatment.


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