September 23, 2026

Amazon Blocks Meta's Agent: Not without Permission

Amazon has shut the door on Muse, Meta's new artificial intelligence agent, browsing and shopping in its store. And this is no technical glitch: it is a deliberate decision. The screen some users see is quite clear: Amazon considers continued access by an unauthorized AI agent a violation of its…

September 23, 2026

AI Is Shortening the Time It Takes to Hack

That is the episode's central thesis: the immediate threat is not some mysteriously evil artificial intelligence, but the shrinking time between an exposed attack surface and a viable exploit. In other words, defenders can no longer count on attackers getting tired, getting distracted, or taking weeks to understand…

September 23, 2026

A Full Factory Can Be Worse than an Empty One

Here is the contrarian point: an empty factory can be a problem, but filling a factory with a product that is not ready can be worse. The temptation to quickly turn a promise into volume is enormous, especially when a company needs to justify massive investments. However, manufacturing thousands of…